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Python Program for word Guessing Game

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

Learn how to create a simple Python word-guessing game, where players attempt to guess a randomly selected word within a limited number of tries.

This program is a simple word-guessing game where the user has to guess the characters in a randomly selected word within a limited number of attempts. The program provides feedback after each guess, helping the user to either complete the word or lose the game based on their guesses.

import random

The program asks the user for their name using the input() function. This name is stored in the variable name.

name = input("What is your name? ")
print("Good Luck ! ", name)

A list of possible words for the guessing game is defined. These words are strings stored in a list called words. Also, the program selects a random word from the words list using random.choice(). The selected word is stored in the variable word.

words = ['rainbow', 'computer', 'science', 'programming',
         'python', 'mathematics', 'player', 'condition',
         'reverse', 'water', 'board', 'geeks']
word = random.choice(words)

The program prompts the user to start guessing the characters of the randomly chosen word.

print("Guess the characters")

• guesses: An empty string that will hold all the characters guessed by the user.
• turns: The number of attempts the user has to guess the word. Initially set to 12.

guesses = ''
turns = 12

This while loop runs as long as the user has remaining turns. Inside the loop, the user will be prompted to guess characters.

while turns > 0:

• failed = 0: A counter for the number of characters that have not been correctly guessed.
• The for loop iterates through each character in the word.
• If the character has been guessed (i.e., it is in guesses), it is displayed.
• If the character has not been guessed, an underscore (_) is displayed, and failed is incremented.

failed = 0
    for char in word:
        if char in guesses:
            print(char, end=" ")
        else:
            print("_")
            failed += 1

If failed is 0, it means all characters in the word have been guessed correctly. The user wins, and the correct word is displayed. The game ends with a break statement.

if failed == 0:
        print("You Win")
        print("The word is: ", word)
        break

• The user is prompted to guess a character.
• The guessed character is added to the guesses string.

guess = input("guess a character:")
    guesses += guess

• If the guessed character is not in the word, the number of turns decreases by 1.
• A "Wrong" message is displayed, along with the number of remaining guesses.

if guess not in word:
        turns -= 1
        print("Wrong")
        print("You have", + turns, 'more guesses')

If the user runs out of turns, the game ends with a "You Lose" message.

if turns == 0:
            print("You Loose")

• The game loop will end either when the user guesses the word correctly (all characters are guessed) or when the user runs out of turns.

import random

name = input("What is your name? ")

print("Good Luck ! ", name)

words = ['rainbow', 'computer', 'science', 'programming',
         'python', 'mathematics', 'player', 'condition',
         'reverse', 'water', 'board', 'geeks']

word = random.choice(words)

print("Guess the characters")

guesses = ''
turns = 12

while turns > 0:

    failed = 0

    for char in word:

        if char in guesses:
            print(char, end=" ")

        else:
            print("_")
            failed += 1

    if failed == 0:
        print("You Win")
        print("The word is: ", word)
        break

    print()
    guess = input("guess a character:")

    guesses += guess

    if guess not in word:

        turns -= 1
        print("Wrong")
        print("You have", + turns, 'more guesses')

        if turns == 0:
            print("You Loose")

Output

What is your name? Gautam
Good Luck!  Gautam
Guess the characters
_
_
_
_
_
guess a character:g
g
_
_
_
_
guess a character:e
g
e
e
_
_
guess a character:k
g
e
e
k
_
guess a character:s
g
e
e
k
s
You Win
The word is:  geeks 

Word guessing game in Python

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