Hangman by manish

import java.util.*;

public class Hangman {

    static String words[] = {"expression", "illegal", "query", "elaborate", "sunshine", "darkness", "stationary", "original", "confused", "superior"};
    static int x = ((int) (Math.random() * 10)), life = 7;
    static String word = words[x], word2, word3, name, chosen = "";
    static char letter;

    static void getword() {
        word2 = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
            word2 = word2 + '*';
        }
        System.out.println(" Welcome to HangMan. You start with 7 lives. You lose a live for every wrong letter. ");
        System.out.println(" The letters are:        " + word2);
    }

    static void input() {
        System.out.println(" Enter any letter");
        letter = new Scanner(System.in).next().charAt(0);
        if (chosen.indexOf(letter) >= 0) {
            System.out.println("You have already chosen this letter. Please try again.");
            input();
        } else if (word.indexOf(letter) >= 0) {
            chosen = chosen + letter;
            correctLetter();
        } else {
            chosen = chosen + letter;
            wrongLetter();
        }
    }

    static void correctLetter() {
        word3 = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
            if (word.charAt(i) == letter) {
                word3 = word3 + letter;
            } else if (word2.charAt(i) == '*') {
                word3 = word3 + '*';
            } else {
                word3 = word3 + word2.charAt(i);
            }
        }
        word2 = word3;
        System.out.println(" You have guessed a correct letter. ");
        System.out.println("   The letters are:        " + word2);
        finalcheck();
    }

    static void wrongLetter() {
        System.out.println(" You have chosen a wrong letter and so, you lose a life.");
        life--;
        System.out.println(life + " lives remaining.");
        System.out.println("   The letters are:        " + word2);
        finalcheck();
    }

    static void finalcheck() {
        if (life == 0) {
            System.out.println(" You have lost all your lives and so, you lose the game. The correct word was '" + word + "' .");
        } else if (word2.indexOf('*') < 0) {
            System.out.println(" Congratulations, You guessed the correct word '" + word + "' and have won the game with " + life + " lives remaining.");
        } else {
            input();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String s[]) {
        getword();
        input();
    }
}