Unreachable code error

Question

public class Game {
public static final int MAX_MISSES=7;       
private String answer;
private String hits;
private String misses;
public Game(String answer)  {
    this.answer = answer;
    hits = "";
    misses = "";
    }
public boolean applyGuess (char letter) {
    if(misses.indexOf(letter) !=-1 || hits.indexOf(letter)!=-1);{
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(letter+"has already been guessed");
    }
boolean isHit=answer.indexOf(letter) !=-1; 
    if (isHit) {
        hits+=letter;   
    }else {
        misses += letter; } 
    return isHit;
}
public int getRemainingTries() {
return MAX_MISSES - misses.length();
}
public String getCurrentProgress() {
    String Progress="";
    for(char letter : answer.toCharArray()) {
        char display='-';
        if(hits.indexOf(letter)!=-1){
            display=letter; 
        } Progress += display;
}return Progress;
}
}
it gives me " unreachable code error on the line ' boolean isHit=answer.indexOf(letter)...'
please help
sorry for pasting the code as i was working in ecilipse

Gaurang Kotasthane · Accepted Answer

I got the mistake it was the semicolon(;) I used after the IF statement for IllegalArgumentException
sorry for wasting your time

Nirbhay Agarwal · Answer

Yes the semicolon

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Unreachable code error

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