Hangman in Python

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import random

words = ['the', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', 'jumps', 'over', 'the', 'lazy', 'dog']

word = list(random.choice(words))
guesses = ['_'] * len(word)

lives = 3

while lives > 0:
    if guesses == word:
        print("You win! Word was “%s”" % ''.join(word))
        break

    print(guesses)
    print("Lives: %d" % lives)
    guess = input("Enter a character: ")

    if len(guess) != 1:
        print ("I said A (single) character!")
        continue

    guess_locations = [i for i, val in enumerate(word) if val == guess]
    if len(guess_locations) > 0:
        for g in guess_locations:
            guesses[g] = guess
    else:
        print('nope!')
        lives -= 1