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How can i run a loop within a loop in python to make points in a simple word game

import random WORDS = ("python", "jumble", "easy", "difficult", "answer", "xylophone", "truck", "doom", "mayonase", "flying", "magic", "mine", "bugle") play = "Yes" points = 0 ask = ('Yes') word = random.choice(WORDS) while play == "Yes": hint = word correct = word jumble = "" while word: position = random.randrange(len(word)) jumble += word[position] word = word[:position] + word[(position + 1):] print( """ Welcome to Word Jumble! Unscramble the letters to make a word. (Press the enter key at the prompt to quit.) """ ) print("The jumble is:", jumble) guess = input("\nYour guess: ") while guess != correct and guess != "": print("Sorry, that's not it.") guess = input("Your guess: ") print("Do you want a hint") if ask == "yes": print(word) points - 10 print(points) if guess == correct: print("That's it! You guessed it!\n") play = input("Do you want to play again") points + 100 print(points) print("Thanks for playing.") input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.") 

is all the code i have im trying to add a point system into it. The problem im trying to do is "Improve “Word Jumble” so that each word is paired with a hint. The player should be able to see the hint if he or she is stuck. Add a scoring system that rewards players who solve a jumble without asking for the hint."

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    We would rather see just the code that demonstrates your problem than all the code you have. Commented Oct 5, 2013 at 3:23

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Came up with something like this... needs a lot of work, but it will set you on the right track (I hope so!!)

Here's the modified code:

import random WORDS = ("python", "jumble", "easy", "difficult", "answer", "xylophone", "truck", "doom", "mayonase", "flying", "magic", "mine", "bugle") play = "Yes" points = 0 ask = ('Yes') word = random.choice(WORDS) while play == "Yes": next_hint = 4 hint = "{}...".format(word[0:next_hint]) correct = word jumble = "" while word: position = random.randrange(len(word)) jumble += word[position] word = word[:position] + word[(position + 1):] print( """ Welcome to Word Jumble! Unscramble the letters to make a word. (Press the enter key at the prompt to quit.) """ ) print("The jumble is:", jumble) guess = input("\nYour guess: ") while guess != correct and guess != "": print("Sorry, that's not it.") if hint != word: ask = input("Do you want a hint? yes / no: ") if ask in ("yes", "y", "yeah"): print(hint) next_hint += 1 hint = "{}...".format(correct[0:next_hint]) points -= 10 print("You lose 10 points!") guess = input("Your guess: ") if guess == correct: print("That's it! You guessed it!\n") play = input("Do you want to play again? yes/no: ") points += 100 print("You earn {} points!".format(points)) print("Thanks for playing.") input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.") 

I added hints that will gradually show the word and fixed the point system (Or at least it takes into account how many hints you used). The problem is, I always show at least 4 characters of the string and some words are that short (you'll have to fix that) Hope it helps!!!

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