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python hangman

#first i have to say, i didn't develope this all by myself. I tried, but with the "display_hangman" function i needed help.
import random
word_list = ["insert", "your", "words", "in", "this", "python", "list"]

def get_word(word_list):
    word = random.choice(word_list)
    return word.upper()


def play(word):
    word_completion = "_" * len(word)
    guessed = False
    guessed_letters = []
    guessed_words = []
    tries = 6
    print("Let's play Hangman")
    print(display_hangman(tries))
    print(word_completion)
    print("n")
    while not guessed and tries > 0:
        guess = input("guess a letter or word: ").upper()
        if len(guess) == 1 and guess.isalpha():
            if guess in guessed_letters:
                print("you already tried", guess, "!")
            elif guess not in word:
                print(guess, "isn't in the word :(")
                tries -= 1
                guessed_letters.append(guess)
            else:
                print("Nice one,", guess, "is in the word!")
                guessed_letters.append(guess)
                word_as_list = list(word_completion)
                indices = [i for i, letter in enumerate(word) if letter == guess]
                for index in indices:
                    word_as_list[index] = guess
                word_completion = "".join(word_as_list)
                if "_" not in word_completion:
                    guessed = True
        elif len(guess) == len(word) and guess.isalpha():
            if guess in guessed_words:
                print("You already tried ", guess, "!")
            elif guess != word:
                print(guess, " ist nicht das Wort :(")
                tries -= 1
                guessed_words.append(guess)
            else:
                guessed = True
                word_completion = word
        else:
            print("invalid input")
        print(display_hangman(tries))
        print(word_completion)
        print("n")
    if guessed:
        print("Good Job, you guessed the word!")
    else:
        print("I'm sorry, but you ran out of tries. The word was " + word + ". Maybe next time!")




def display_hangman(tries):
    stages = [  """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \|/
                   |      |
                   |     / \
                   -
                   """,
                   """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \|/
                   |      |
                   |     /
                   -
                   """,
                   """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \|/
                   |      |
                   |
                   -
                   """,
                   """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \|
                   |      |
                   |
                   -
                   """,
                   """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |      |
                   |      |
                   |
                   -
                   """,
                   """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   -
                   """,
                   """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   -
                   """
    ]
    return stages[tries]

def main():
    word = get_word(word_list)
    play(word)
    while input("Again? (Y/N) ").upper() == "Y":
        word = get_word(word_list)
        play(word)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

hangman python

# i know its very messy but it was my first try to make something with python ~regards vga
import random

words = ['tree', 'mango', 'coding', 'human', 'python', 'java',
         'hangman', 'amazon', 'help', 'football', 'cricket', 'direction', 'dress', 'apology', 'driver', 'ship', 'pilot']
guess = words[random.randint(0, len(words)-1)].upper()
display = []
for x in guess:
    display.append("_")
print("*** GAME STARTED ****")
print("")
print("Guess the word ! ", end=" ")
indexes = []
limbs = 6
userWon = False
userLost = False
guessedLetters = []


def start(word, indexes, display, limbs, userWon, userLost, guessedLetters):
    chance = False  # to stop recursion
    wrong_guess = False
    word_found = ""  # change it to True or False based on word found in the word array
    if userLost == False:
        if len(indexes) > 0:  # check on recursion if user entered any correct letter
            for val in indexes:
                # loop to change "_" with the correct letter in array
                display[val] = word[val]
        if len(guessedLetters) > 0:
            # display how many limbs left
            print("You have ", limbs, " chances left")
            print("")
            print("Wrong Guesses", guessedLetters)
            print("")
        for dash in display:
            # print the display of "_" or the correct letter in the array
            print(dash, end=" ")
        print("")
        print("")
        user_guessed = input(
            "Guess by entering a letter or the complete word to win!: ").upper()
        if len(user_guessed) == 1:  # if user entered only a letter
            word_found = False
            for i in range(len(word)):  # to get the index of word array
                if(word[i] == user_guessed):  # match every single letter
                    if i in indexes:  # if user already guessed correct letter
                        print("You already guessed the letter ", word[i])
                        chance = True
                        word_found = True
                        break
                    else:
                        indexes.append(i)
                        print("Nice guess it was ", word[i])
                        word_found = True
        elif len(user_guessed) > 1:  # if used tried to guess by a word
            if(word == user_guessed):
                print("Woah luck is on your side, You won !")
                print("The correct word was ", word)
                userWon = True
            else:
                wrong_guess = True
        if user_guessed in guessedLetters:  # if user guessed wrong again with the same word/letter
            print("You already tried ", user_guessed)
            chance = True
        elif wrong_guess == True or word_found == False:  # when user guessed wrong reduce limbs
            guessedLetters.append(user_guessed)
            print("Eh, Wrong guess")
            limbs -= 1
            if limbs == 0:
                userLost = True
            else:  # when limbs are not 0 user can still play with chance = true
                chance = True
        if chance == True:
            start(word, indexes, display, limbs,
                  userWon, userLost, guessedLetters)
            chance = False  # to stop recursion :X aryan
        elif len(indexes) > 0 and userWon == False and userLost == False and chance == False:
            if len(indexes) == len(word):  # if user guessed all letters
                print("Woah, You won ! :)")
                print("The correct word was ", word)
            else:
                start(word, indexes, display, limbs,
                      userWon, userLost, guessedLetters)
        elif userLost == True:  # all limbs are 0 so user lost
            print("You have ", limbs, " chances left")
            print("Sorry, You lost :(")
            print("The correct word was ", word)


start(guess, indexes, display, limbs, userWon, userLost, guessedLetters)