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list HANGMAN 

// Did you consider using any different syntax for multi-line strings, instead of the Python syntax?

// I like this array syntax!
HANGMAN:0 <-  '''
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HANGMAN:1 <-  '''

  +---+
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HANGMAN:2 <- '''

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HANGMAN:3 <- '''

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HANGMAN:4 <- '''

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HANGMAN:5 '''

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HANGMAN:6 '''

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========='''

// Is there any syntactic significance to ALL_CAPS, or is it just a convention for values which won't be changed?
MAX_WRONG <- length of HANGMAN

list WORDS 

WORDS:0 <- 'animal'
WORDS:1 <- 'chicken'
WORDS:2 <- 'python'

// Is |from| syntactic sugar for |using|? Or is it specific to |choose_random|? 
word <- choose_random from WORDS

// Similarly, is |of| syntactic sugar for |using|? Will you allow interchanging |using|, |from| and |of|, or will you have classes of functions that take each one?
word_len <- length of word
so_far <- repeat using '-' and word_len

show 'Welcome to Hangman'

loop first:
  starting with
    wrong <- 0
    list used  // What does this syntax do? Given you usually put the variable on the left, might this be more consistent if it were something like "used: list"?
  end

  show HANGMAN: wrong  // Is there an extra space here? Is this syntatically acceptable, or a typo?

  show 'you used the following letters:' list used  // Why is the |list| keyword needed here?

  show 'so far the word is ' so_far

  guess <- user_input using 'enter your guess'

  guess <- lowercase of guess
  
  is wrong < MAX_WRONG and so_far != word ?  // I think you're using the wrong comparison operator here.
    stop first
  end

  loop second:

    show 'you already guess the letter', guess
    guess <- user_input using 'enter a guess'
    guess <- lowercase of guess

    is guess not in list used?
      stop second
    end
  end

  // This is a bit confusing - I assume this appends |guess| to the end of |list used|, but you'll have to be careful to increment the |:END| pointer when you assign to it. Perhaps this needs some more explicit syntax?
  list used:END <- guess

  is guess in word ?
    then show 'yes ' guess ' is in the word!'  // Why |then| here? And here it looks like you are not joining with spaces.
    
    loop three:
      starting with
        new <- ''
        i <-0 
      end

      is guess = word:i?
        then new <- new + guess
        // Do you not allow assigning to single characters of strings? i.e. is the reason this isn't |so_far:i = guess| simply a stylistic choice, or is it a limitation of the new language?
      
      otherwise
        new <- new + so_far:i
        stop three
      so_far <- new
      end
    end

  otherwise
    show 'sorry', guess, 'isn't in the word'
    wrong <- wrong + 1
  end
end

is wrong <- MAX_WRONG ?  // I think <- is a typo here. Also, do you ignore spaces between the condition and ? or not?
  then show list HANGMAN:wrong
       show 'you hav been hanged'
otherwise
  show 'u guessed it', word
end

show 'the word was', word

user_input using 'press enter to exit'