Rebel Hill Hangman

    gLets = []
    guessO = int(8)
    guessRem = guessO

    print 'Welcome to the game, Hangman!'
    print 'I am thinking of a word that is ' + str(len(secretWord)) + ' letters long.'

    while guessRem > 0:
        if isWordGuessed(secretWord, gLets):
            break
        print '-------------'
        print 'You have ' + str(guessRem) + ' guesses left.'
        print 'Available letters: ' + str(getAvailableLetters(gLets))
        thisGuess = (str(raw_input('Please guess a letter: '))).lower()

        if thisGuess in gLets:
            print "Oops! You've already guessed that letter: "+ str(getGuessedWord(secretWord, gLets[:]))

        elif thisGuess in secretWord:
            gLets.append(thisGuess)
            print 'Good guess: ' + str(getGuessedWord(secretWord, gLets[:]))

        else:
            print "Oops! That letter is not in my word: "+ str(getGuessedWord(secretWord, gLets[:]))
            gLets.append(thisGuess)
            guessRem -= 1

    if isWordGuessed(secretWord, gLets):
        print '-------------'
        print 'Congratulations, you won!'
    else:
        print '-------------'
        print 'Sorry, you ran out of guesses. the word was '+ secretWord