jumble_game.py

import sys
import random

DEFAULT_WORDLIST = "wordlist_10000.txt"


def load_wordlist(filename):
	try:
		with open(filename, 'r') as f:
			wordlist = [word.strip().lower() for word in f.read().split('\n') if len(word.strip().lower()) in [8, 9, 10]]
	except FileNotFoundError:
		print("Wordlist %s not found." % filename)
		sys.exit(-1)
	return wordlist

def get_word(wordlist):
	'''
	Returns a randomly chosen 8, 9, or 10 letter word from a wordlist.
	'''
	return random.choice(wordlist)

def main(wordlist):
	word = get_word(wordlist)
	jumble = list(word)
	random.shuffle(jumble)
	jumble = ''.join(jumble)
	guess = jumble

	attempts_left = 3
	print("Jumbled Word: %s" % jumble)
	while (guess != word) and (attempts_left > 0):
		if attempts_left != 3:
			print("\nIncorrect! ", end='')
		print("Attempts Left: %s" % attempts_left)
		guess = input("Enter your guess attempt: ").lower()
		attempts_left -= 1

	if guess == word:
		print("\nCorrect! The word is %s!" % word)
	else:
		print("\nIncorrect! The correct word is %s." % word)

	sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	try:
		assert sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
	except AssertionError:
		print("Please rerun the program in Python 3.x (Current version: %s)" % sys.version.split()[0])
		sys.exit(-1)
	args = sys.argv[1:]
	if len(args) > 1:
		print("Usage: %s [wordlist_filepath]" % sys.argv[0])
		sys.exit(0)
	elif len(args) == 0:
		wordlist = load_wordlist(DEFAULT_WORDLIST)
	else:
		wordlist = load_wordlist(args[0])
	main(wordlist)