Does anyone have a much shortened version of the hangman game in Python 3.

the wordlist to use is below the script.

# Python 3.7.4

# importing required modules for later

import random

import time

# main is at the bottom, it calls the two functions choose_word and guessing

def choose_word(): # selects a random word from the text file

with open('word_list.txt', 'r') as wordlist: # gets the the text file

wl = wordlist.readlines() # puts the words in the file into a list

return random.choice(wl) # returning the random word as the output of the function

def guessing(word): # the actual game

# defining lists and variables

guesses = 7 # starting number of guesses

word_letters = list(word) # puts the letters in the word into a list

blanks = '*'*len(word) # makes the * string, same length as word

blanks_list = list(blanks) # makes blank string into a list

new_blanks_list = list(blanks) # making a working blanks list so it can be checked against the blanks list

guess_list = [] # creating empty list for guesses

letters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' # defining letters to check for numbers and letters later

print (' ',' '.join(blanks_list),' Please guess a letter: ') # printing the blanks and start statement

# loop for guess countdown, if it gets to 0 this function ends and goes back to the main function

while guesses > 0:

guess = str(input('> ')) # user input

guess = guess.lower() # dealing with caps

# error case loop

if len(guess) > 1: # checking for more than one letter entered

print ('Enter one letter at a time.')

elif not guess in letters: # checking for symbols and numbers

print('No symbols or numbers')

elif guess == '': # checking for empty entrys

print ('Enter a letter.')

elif guess in guess_list: # checking for duplication

print ('You have already guessed:', ' '.join(str(x) for x in guess_list)) # printing 'You have already guessed:' followed by the list of previous guesses seperated by spaces.

else:

guess_list.append(guess) # adding the guess to the guess lists

# loop to check guess against every letter in the word

i = 0

while i < len(word):

if guess == word[i]: # if to catch a match

new_blanks_list[i] = word_letters[i] # adding a correct guess to the new blanks list in the right place

i = i+1

# if for wrong guesses

if new_blanks_list == blanks_list: # just checking for no insertion of a letter into the new blanks list

print ('You guessed wrong')

guesses = guesses - 1 # removing a guess on wrong guess

print ('You have', guesses,'guesses left')

if guesses > 0: # if you have more guesses it prints the below line before sending you to the start of the while guesses loop

print (' ',' '.join(blanks_list)) # printing the current blanks list with spaces between each letter or *

print ('Please enter your next guess: ')

# if for correct guesses

elif word_letters != blanks_list: # catch all

blanks_list = new_blanks_list[:] # making blanks_list a copy of new_blanks, adding the new correct letter to blanks_list

print (' ',' '.join(blanks_list)) # printing the blanks list with a space between each letter

# if for winning

if word_letters == blanks_list: # checking is the last correct letter has been entred

print (' Congratulations you win')

time.sleep (1) # time to read the message

#os._exit (0) # ending the script

return ('win')

# else for correct guess but not win it prints the below line before sending you to the start of the while guesses loop

else: print ('Please enter your next guess: ')

def main():

# intro para

print('',

'Hi JHub ',

'Modual 3 assesment: Hangman but without the actual hangman, which made me sad. ',

'You have 7 lives, to guess a random word from the list in the accompaning word_list.txt file.',

'You are able to guess one letter at a time, with the program either taking a "life" from them if it is an incorrect guess.',

'If correct it will show that the letter is correct and where it appears in the word (i.e. ***a**a*).',

'The game ends when you run out of lives or if you have filled in all the letters of the word.',

sep=' ')

word = choose_word() # setting word as the output from the choose_word function

word = str(word).strip(' ') # removing from the word as in the text file the words are seperated with a return

#print(word) # just so I can cheat when testing

if guessing(word) == 'win': # if the output of calling the hangman function with the random word is "win"

SystemExit # ending the script

else: # for the case of losing

print (' You lose ')

print ('The word was:', word) # giving away the correct answer

time.sleep (1) # time to read the message

SystemExit # ending the script

main() # calling the main function

the word list

rarely

universe

notice

sugar

interference

constitution

we

minus

breath

clarify

take

recording

amendment

hut

tip

logical

cast

title

brief

none

relative

recently

detail

port

such

complex

bath

soul

holder

pleasant

buy

federal

lay

currently

saint

for

simple

deliberately

means

peace

prove

sexual

chief

department

bear

injection

off

son

reflect

fast

ago

education

prison

birthday

variation

exactly

expect

engine

difficulty

apply

hero

contemporary

that

surprised

fear

convert

daily

yours

pace

shot

income

democracy

albeit

genuinely

commit

caution

try

membership

elderly

enjoy

pet

detective

powerful

argue

escape

timetable

proceeding

sector

cattle

dissolve

suddenly

teach

spring

negotiation

solid

seek

enough

surface

small

search