#imports
import random
import re


def load_words(filename):
    with open(filename) as f:
        dictionary = f.readlines()
        # you may also want to remove whitespace characters like `\n` at the end of each line
    dictionary = [x.strip() for x in dictionary]
    return dictionary

dictionary=load_words('dictionary.txt')


word_to_guess=random.choice(dictionary)
print(word_to_guess)
guessed_letters=[]
asterisk_word='_'*len(word_to_guess)
glist=[]

failed_tries=0
while asterisk_word != word_to_guess and failed_tries<8:
    print('\n'*50)
    print(asterisk_word)
    print('Guessed letters:')
    print('failed attempts: ')
    print(failed_tries)
    guessed_letters=''.join(glist)
    print(guessed_letters)
    glist=list(guessed_letters)
    some_letter = input('Guess a letter: ')
    glist.append(some_letter)
    indexes = [x.start() for x in re.finditer(some_letter, word_to_guess)]
    l=list(asterisk_word)
    for i in indexes:
        l[i]=word_to_guess[i]
    asterisk_word=''.join(l)
    if asterisk_word==word_to_guess:
        print('Congratulations!')
    if some_letter not in word_to_guess:
        failed_tries+=1

print('The word was ' + word_to_guess + '!')