gistfile1.txt

import random

f = open("enable1.txt")
words = [x.strip().upper() for x in f.readlines()]

def CreateWords(difficulty=1):
    """Take the difficulty number and a list of words, return
    a list of words accordingly"""
    newwords = []
    i = 0
    temp = ""
    while i < 5:
        temp = random.choice(words)
        if len(temp) == difficulty + 4:
            newwords.append(temp)
            i += 1
    return newwords

def CheckMatch(userinput, answer):
    """Take user input and the answer word, return number of letters user
    matched"""
    i = 0
    count = 0
    for x in answer:
        if i >= len(userinput):
            break
        if x == userinput[i]:
            count += 1
        i += 1
    return count

def PrintResult(count, answer):
    """Take number of correct matches and the answer and print the results"""
    if count == len(answer):
        print "You win!"
    else:
        print "%d out of %d correct" % (count, len(answer) )
        
while True:
    difficultynum = input("Difficulty (1-5) ? ")
    if 1 <= difficultynum <= 5:
        break
wordlist = CreateWords(difficultynum)
for x in wordlist:
    print x
y = count = 0
answer = random.choice(wordlist)
while y < range(4) and count != len(answer):
    userword = input()
    count = CheckMatch(userword, answer)
    PrintResult(count, answer)
    print "%d / 4 tries left" % y
    y += 1