A simple hangman game

Hangman

import random

def print_word(word):
	string = ""
	for letter in word:
		string += letter + ' '
	print(string)

def get_word():
	word_file = "/usr/share/dict/words" #only works for *nix users
	words = open(word_file).read().splitlines()
	return random.choice(words)

def run_game():

	word = get_word()
	progress = list("_" * len(word))
	max_guesses = 10;
	print_word(progress)
	game_finished = False;
	while not game_finished:
		guess = raw_input()
		if guess in word:
			for i in range(len(word)): #for multiple letters
				if guess == word[i]:
					progress[i] = guess
		else:
			print("Nope, sorry!")
			max_guesses -= 1

		if progress.count("_") == 0:
			print ("You win!")
			game_finished = True;

		if max_guesses <=0:
			print("Game over!")
			game_finished = True;
			print("The word was: " + word)

		print_word(progress)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	run_game()