evenflow Hangman

   # FILL IN YOUR CODE HERE...
    lettersGuessed = []
    mistakesMade = 0
    availableLetters = string.ascii_lowercase #import string
    MAX_MISTAKES = 8

    ###INTRO START
    print "Welcome to the game Hangman!"
    print "I am thinking of a word that is "+str(len(secretWord))+" letters long."
    print "-------------"
    ###INTRO END

    ###GAMELOOP START
    while mistakesMade < MAX_MISTAKES:
        print "You have "+str(MAX_MISTAKES-mistakesMade)+" guesses left"
        availableLetters = getAvailableLetters(lettersGuessed) #rather unnecessary assignment
        print "Available letters: "+availableLetters
        letter = raw_input("Please guess a letter: ").lower()
        if letter in lettersGuessed:
            print "Oops! You've already guessed that letter: "+getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)
        else:
            lettersGuessed.append(letter)
            if letter in secretWord:
                print "Good guess: "+getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)
            else:
                mistakesMade += 1
                print "Oops! That letter is not in my word: "+getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)
        print "-------------"

        if isWordGuessed(secretWord, lettersGuessed):
            print "Congratulations, you won!"
            return #ugly exit
    ###GAMELOOP END

    print "Sorry, you ran out of guesses. The word was "+secretWord+"."