hangman: guess the mystery word

wordguess.py

# select letters one at a time to guess mystery word
import string
import random
from words_json import words

def get_valid_word(words):
    word = random.choice(words)
    while '-' in word or ' ' in word:
        word = random.choice(words)

    return word.upper()

def guess():
    limit = 0
    while limit == 0 or type(limit) != int:
        try:
            limit = int(input('How many guesses?: '))
        except:
            print("Choose an integer number of guesses.")
    selection = get_valid_word(words)
    word = list(selection.strip(""))
    play = ['-']*len(word)
    abc_string = string.ascii_uppercase
    choice_list = list(abc_string)
    letter = ''
    count = 0

    while play != word and count < limit:
        print(f'Mystery word so far: {play}\n')
        lives_left = limit - count
        letter = input(f'You have {lives_left} guesses left. Choose a letter from the remaining letters \n {choice_list}: ').upper()
        while letter not in choice_list:
            letter = input(f'Choose a letter from the remaining letters \n {choice_list}: ').upper()
        print(f'Letter choice is: {letter}.')
        choice_list.remove(letter)
        if letter in word:
            indices = [i for i in range(len(word)) if word[i]==letter]
            for i in indices:
                play[i] = letter
        else:
            count += 1

    print(f'Mystery word so far: {play}\n')
    if count == limit:
        print(f'No more guesses left, sorry! The word was {selection}.')
    else:
        str=''
        print(f'!!!You got it! The word is {str.join(word)}.')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    guess()

words_json.py

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hoc","adamant","adaptable","add","addicted","addition","adhesive","adjoining","adjustment","admire","admit","adorable","adventurous","advertisement","advice","advise","afford","afraid","aftermath","afternoon","afterthought","aggressive","agonizing","agree","agreeable","agreement","ahead","air","airplane","airport","ajar","alarm","alcoholic","alert","alike","alive","alleged","allow","alluring","aloof","amazing","ambiguous","ambitious","amount","amuck","amuse","amused","amusement","amusing","analyze","ancient","anger","angle","angry","animal","animated","announce","annoy","annoyed","annoying","answer","ants","anxious","apathetic","apologise","apparatus","apparel","appear","applaud","appliance","appreciate","approval","approve","aquatic","arch","argue","argument","arithmetic","arm","army","aromatic","arrange","arrest","arrive","arrogant","art","ashamed","ask","aspiring","assorted","astonishing","attach","attack","attempt","attend","attract","attraction","attractive","aunt","auspicious","authority","automatic","available","average","avoid","awake","aware","awesome","awful","axiomatic","babies","baby","back","bad","badge","bag","bait","bake","balance","ball","ban","bang","barbarous","bare","base","baseball","bashful","basin","basket","basketball","bat","bath","bathe","battle","bawdy","bead","beam","bear","beautiful","bed","bedroom","beds","bee","beef","befitting","beg","beginner","behave","behavior","belief","believe","bell","belligerent","bells","belong","beneficial","bent","berry","berserk","best","better","bewildered","big","bike","bikes","billowy","bird","birds","birth","birthday","bit","bite","bite-sized","bitter","bizarre","black","black-and-white","blade","bleach","bless","blind","blink","blood","bloody","blot","blow","blue","blue-eyed","blush","blushing","board","boast","boat","boil","boiling","bolt","bomb","bone","book","books","boorish","boot","border","bore","bored","boring","borrow","bottle","bounce","bouncy","boundary","boundless","bow","box","boy","brainy","brake","branch","brash","brass","brave","brawny","breakable","breath","breathe","breezy","brick","bridge","brief","bright","broad","broken","brother","brown","bruise","brush","bubble","bucket","building","bulb","bump","bumpy","burly","burn","burst","bury","bushes","business","bustling","busy","butter","button","buzz","cabbage","cable","cactus","cagey","cake","cakes","calculate","calculating","calculator","calendar","call","callous","calm","camera","camp","can","cannon","canvas","cap","capable","capricious","caption","car","card","care","careful","careless","caring","carpenter","carriage","carry","cars","cart","carve","cast","cat","cats","cattle","cause","cautious","cave","ceaseless","celery","cellar","cemetery","cent","certain","chalk","challenge","chance","change","changeable","channel","charge","charming","chase","cheap","cheat","check","cheer","cheerful","cheese","chemical","cherries","cherry","chess","chew","chicken","chickens","chief","childlike","children","chilly","chin","chivalrous","choke","chop","chubby","chunky","church","circle","claim","clam","clammy","clap","class","classy","clean","clear","clever","clip","cloistered","close","closed","cloth","cloudy","clover","club","clumsy","cluttered","coach","coal","coast","coat","cobweb","coherent","coil","cold","collar","collect","color","colorful","colossal","colour","comb","combative","comfortable","command","committee","common","communicate","company","compare","comparison","compete","competition","complain","complete","complex","concentrate","concern","concerned","condemned","condition","confess","confuse","confused","connect","connection","conscious","consider","consist","contain","continue","control","cooing","cook","cool","cooperative","coordinated","copper","copy","corn","correct","cough","count","country","courageous","cover","cow","cowardly","cows","crabby","crack","cracker","crash","crate","craven","crawl","crayon","crazy","cream","creator","creature","credit","creepy","crib","crime","crook","crooked","cross","crow","crowd","crowded","crown","cruel","crush","cry","cub","cuddly","cultured","cumbersome","cup","cure","curious","curl","curly","current","curtain","curve","curved","curvy","cushion","cut","cute","cycle","cynical","dad","daffy","daily","dam","damage","damaged","damaging","damp","dance","dangerous","dapper","dare","dark","dashing","daughter","day","dazzling","dead","deadpan","deafening","dear","death","debonair","debt","decay","deceive","decide","decision","decisive","decorate","decorous","deep","deeply","deer","defeated","defective","defiant","degree","delay","delicate","delicious","delight","delightful","delirious","deliver","demonic","depend","dependent","depressed","deranged","describe","descriptive","desert","deserted","deserve","design","desire","desk","destroy","destruction","detail","detailed","detect","determined","develop","development","devilish","didactic","different","difficult","digestion","diligent","dime","dinner","dinosaurs","direction","direful","dirt","di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