From 4445c8a66c6763b2d7fac249adfbbeda374bc9aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaurav Sharma <gaurav15042004@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:45:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add Hangman game implementation in Python

---
 Python/Hangman.py | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 128 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Python/Hangman.py

diff --git a/Python/Hangman.py b/Python/Hangman.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4512829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Python/Hangman.py
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+import random
+
+HANGMAN_PICS = [
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+           |
+           |
+           |
+           |
+    =========
+    """,
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+       O   |
+           |
+           |
+           |
+    =========
+    """,
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+       O   |
+       |   |
+           |
+           |
+    =========
+    """,
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+       O   |
+      /|   |
+           |
+           |
+    =========
+    """,
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+       O   |
+      /|\\  |
+           |
+           |
+    =========
+    """,
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+       O   |
+      /|\\  |
+      /    |
+           |
+    =========
+    """,
+    """
+       +---+
+       |   |
+       O   |
+      /|\\  |
+      / \\  |
+           |
+    =========
+    """
+]
+
+WORDS = [
+    "python", "computer", "programming", "hangman", "university", "graduate",
+    "research", "engineering", "science", "developer", "education", "project"
+]
+
+def hangman():
+    print("🔠 Welcome to Hangman!\n")
+
+    word = random.choice(WORDS)
+    guessed = set()
+    wrong_guesses = 0
+    max_wrong = len(HANGMAN_PICS) - 1
+
+    display_word = ["_"] * len(word)
+
+    while wrong_guesses < max_wrong and "_" in display_word:
+        print(HANGMAN_PICS[wrong_guesses])
+        print("Word:", " ".join(display_word))
+        print(f"Guessed letters: {', '.join(sorted(guessed))}")
+        print(f"Lives left: {max_wrong - wrong_guesses}")
+
+        guess = input("\nEnter a letter: ").lower()
+
+        if not guess.isalpha() or len(guess) != 1:
+            print("❌ Please enter a single letter.\n")
+            continue
+
+        if guess in guessed:
+            print("⚠️ You already guessed that letter.\n")
+            continue
+
+        guessed.add(guess)
+
+        if guess in word:
+            print("✅ Correct guess!\n")
+            for i, letter in enumerate(word):
+                if letter == guess:
+                    display_word[i] = guess
+        else:
+            print("❌ Wrong guess!\n")
+            wrong_guesses += 1
+
+    # Final game result
+    print(HANGMAN_PICS[wrong_guesses])
+    print("Final word:", word)
+
+    if "_" not in display_word:
+        print("🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! You won!")
+    else:
+        print("💀 GAME OVER! Better luck next time.")
+
+    # Replay option
+    again = input("\nPlay again? (y/n): ").lower()
+    if again == "y":
+        hangman()
+    else:
+        print("👋 Thanks for playing!")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    hangman()