Have you ever played hangman? It's a children's game, normally played by kids when they're supposed to be doing homework instead. If you've never played here are the rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGOeiQfjYPk https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Hangman

hangman.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
# Hangman game

import random

class HangMan(object):
    
    # Hangman game
    hang = []
    hang.append(' +---+')
    hang.append(' |   |')
    hang.append('     |')
    hang.append('     |')
    hang.append('     |')
    hang.append('     |')
    hang.append('=======')
    
    man = {}
    man[0] = [' 0   |']
    man[1] = [' 0   |', ' |   |']
    man[2] = [' 0   |', '/|   |']
    man[3] = [' 0   |', '/|\\  |']
    man[4] = [' 0   |', '/|\\  |', '/    |']
    man[5] = [' 0   |', '/|\\  |', '/ \\  |']
    
    pics = []
    
    words = '''ant baboon badger bat bear beaver camel cat clam cobra cougar coyote
crow deer dog donkey duck eagle ferret fox frog goat goose hawk lion lizard llama
mole monkey moose mouse mule newt otter owl panda parrot pigeon python rabbit ram
rat raven rhino salmon seal shark sheep skunk sloth snake spider stork swan tiger
toad trout turkey turtle weasel whale wolf wombat zebra'''.split()

    infStr='_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\'*-_-*\''
  
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        i, j = 2, 0
        self.pics.append(self.hang[:])
        for ls in self.man.values():
            pic, j = self.hang[:], 0
            for m in ls:
                pic[i + j] = m
                j += 1
            self.pics.append(pic)

    def pickWord(self):
        return self.words[random.randint(0, len(self.words) - 1)]
    
    def printPic(self, idx, wordLen):
        for line in self.pics[idx]:
            print(line)
            
    def askAndEvaluate(self, word, result, missed):
        guess = input()
        if guess == None or len(guess) != 1 or (guess in result) or (guess in missed):
            return None, False
        i = 0
        right = guess in word
        for c in word:
            if c == guess:
                result[i] = c
            i += 1
        return guess, right

    def info(self, info):
        ln=len(self.infStr)
        print(self.infStr[:-3])
        print(info)
        print(self.infStr[3:])
            
    def start(self):
        print('Welcome to Hangman !')
        word = list(self.pickWord())
        result = list('*' * len(word))
        print('The word is: ', result)
        success, i, missed = False, 0, []
        while i < len(self.pics)-1:
            print('Guess the word: ', end='')
            guess,right = self.askAndEvaluate(word, result, missed)
            if guess == None:
                print('You\'ve already entered this character.')
                continue
            print(''.join(result))
            if result == word:
                self.info('Congratulations ! You\'ve just saved a life !')
                success = True
                break
            if not right:
                missed.append(guess)
                i+=1
            self.printPic(i, len(word))
            print('Missed characters: ', missed)
        
        if not success:
            self.info('The word was \''+''.join(word)+'\' ! You\'ve just killed a man, yo !')

a = HangMan().start()