Hangman in Python | Guess the Word

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Who hasn't played Hangman. This famous pen-paper game is quite simple to play and can keep players occupied for hours. A little bit of a changed version of Hangman can be built in Python.
It doesn't have the hanging man picture but gives you 10 chances to guess a random word from a set of words. Using lists and if-statements, this game can be coded faster than playing a round of Hangman.

Check out the code here:
possible_words = ['Hello','Apple','Level']
import random
question = random.choice(possible_words)
question = question.lower()
wrong_letters = []
right_letters = []
word = ['_ ' for x in range(len(question))]

print("Welcome to Hangman\n\nGuess letters and find the word in 10 chances\n\n")
while len(wrong_letters) < 10 and '_ ' in word:
    print('Word: ')
    for x in word:
        print(x,end='') 
    inp = input("\nEnter letter: ")
    inp = inp.lower()
    if len(inp) == 1 and inp.isalpha():
        if inp not in wrong_letters and inp not in right_letters:
            if inp in question:
                for l in range(len(question)):
                    if question[l] == inp:
                        word[l] = inp
                        right_letters.append(inp)
            else:
                wrong_letters.append(inp)
                print('Letter not in word, You have ',10-len(wrong_letters),' chances remaining')
        else:
            print('Letter already tried')
    else:
        print('Wrong input')

if len(wrong_letters) ==  10:
    print("Sorry, you lost\n\nWord was ",question)
else:
    print('Congratulations, You found the word. Word was ',question)

Some points you need to note here are: 

possible_words is the list that contains all possible words from which the computer chooses an random word

right_letters and wrong_letters are to keep count of all letters already played and which of those were right and which of those were wrong

if count of wrong_letters exceeds 10, the computer breaks the while loop and prints a 'You lose' statement

Output:
Welcome to Hangman

Guess letters and find the word in 10 chances


Word: 
_ _ _ _ _ 
Enter letter: L
Word: 
_ _ _ l_ 
Enter letter: app
Wrong input
Word: 
_ _ _ l_ 
Enter letter: a
Word: 
a_ _ l_ 
Enter letter: 123
Wrong input
Word: 
a_ _ l_ 
Enter letter: P
Word: 
appl_ 
Enter letter: e
Congratulations, You found the word. Word was  apple
>>>


Clearly, the code makes sure all inputs are one-letter inputs and shows the correct word in the end.

This code can be edited to make it better and suited to the users likes.

Here is the final code: Hangman

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