Craig, could you post your test cases please? I can't figure out how you are getting "dork" past my code.

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Prompter prompt = new Prompter();
        System.out.print("Enter the story template: ");
        Template tmpl = null;
        try {
            tmpl = new Template(prompt.getReader().readLine());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        prompt.run(tmpl);
        try {
            prompt.getReader().close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public BufferedReader getReader() {
        return mReader;
    }

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;
        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
        String yourTreeStory = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", yourTreeStory);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }
        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
        String response = mReader.readLine();

        //while (mCensoredWords.contains(response.toLowerCase())) {
        while (true){
            boolean rude = false;
            for (String item : mCensoredWords) {
                if (response.replaceAll("\\s","").toLowerCase().contains(item)) {
                    System.out.printf("Sorry, but the word %s is not allowed! Please enter a valid %s: ", item, phrase);
                    response = mReader.readLine();
                    rude = true;
                    break;
                } else {
                    rude = false;
                }
            }
           if (!rude)
               break;
        }
        return response;
    }
}