Hangman Game - Part 2

hangman2.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# PRACTICE PYTHON script
# Part 1. Pick Word
# Part 2. User guesses letters until they get it right
# http://www.practicepython.org/exercise/2016/09/24/30-pick-word.html

import random

SOWPODS_FILE = "sowpods.txt"

def random_word(filename=SOWPODS_FILE):
    """Returns a random word from a local
    copy of the SOWPODS dictionary downloaded
    from here:

    http://norvig.com/ngrams/sowpods.txt"""

    f = open(filename, 'r')
    lines = f.readlines()
    f.close()

    return random.choice(lines).strip()


print "\n -------- Hangman Game --------\n"

word = random_word().lower()

print "Uncover the mystery word by guessing which"
print "letters it contains."

found_letters = []
incorrect_guesses = []

while len(found_letters) < len(word):

    print ''.join([a + ' ' if a in found_letters else '_ ' for a in word ])

    print "Incorrect guesses:", incorrect_guesses

    print "Guess a new letter:"
    while True:
        c = raw_input(">").lower()
        if len(c) != 1:
            print "Enter one letter at a time"
            continue
        if c.isalpha():
            if c in incorrect_guesses or c in found_letters:
                print "You already tried that."
            else:
                break
        else:
            print "Must be between a-z."

    if c in word:
        found_letters.append(c)
    else:
        incorrect_guesses.append(c)

print "Correct.  Well done!"