The "Word Jumble" game

#Word Jumble
#The computer picks a random word and then "jumbles" it
#The player has to guess the original word

import random

#create a sequence of random words to choose from 
WORDS = ("python", "jumble", "easy", "difficult", "answer", "xylophone")

#the hints
python = "THIS programming language."
jumble = "To shake things up."
easy = "The opposite of difficult."
difficult = "The opposite of easy."
answer = "Every question has an..."
xylophone = "A whacky instrument."


#pick one word randomly from the sequence
word = random.choice(WORDS)

#create a variable to use later to see if the guess is correct
correct = word

#start the score off at zero
score = 0

#create a jumbled version of the word
jumble = ""

while word:
    position = random.randrange(len(word))
    jumble += word[position]
    word = word[:position] + word[(position + 1):]
    
    
#start game
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)
print("\nTo get a hint, type 'hint'")
guess = input("\nYour guess: ")

if guess == "hint":
    score += 1
    if correct == 'python':
        print(python)
    elif correct == 'jumble':
        print(jumble)
    elif correct == 'easy':
        print(easy)
    elif correct == 'difficult':
        print(difficult)
    elif correct == 'answer':
        print(answer)
    elif correct == 'xylophone':
        print(xylophone)
    guess = input("Your guess: ")

while guess != correct and guess != "" and guess != "hint":
        print("Sorry, that's not it.")
        guess = input("Your guess: ")

if guess == correct and score >= 1:
    print("\nThat's it! You guessed it!")
    print("\nThanks for playing, but there's no reward because you needed help.")
    
if guess == correct and score == 0:
    print("\nThat's it! You guessed it!")
    print("\nAND you needed NO help, here's a cookie: NOM! NOM! NOM! COOKIE!")
input("\nPress the enter key to exit.") 

# this is a python3 code.

#Word Jumble
#The computer picks a random word and then "jumbles" it
#The player has to guess the original word

import random

# We will type the words and hints only once!
# This way we can easily expand the game.
hints = dict(
    python = "THIS programming language.",
    jumble = "To shake things up.",
    easy = "The opposite of difficult.",
    difficult = "The opposite of easy.",
    answer = "Every question has an...",
    xylophone = "A whacky instrument.",
    )

WORDS = list(hints)                     # Yep, it's this easy

#pick one word randomly from the sequence
word = random.choice(WORDS)

#start the score off at zero
score = 0

#create a jumbled version of the word
L = list(word)                          # use random.shuffle for speed and
random.shuffle(L)                       # easier to understand than
jumble = ''.join(L)                     # your algorithm.
    
#start game
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)
print("\nTo get a hint, type 'hint'")
guess = input("\nYour guess: ")

if guess == "hint":
    score += 1
    print(hints[word])                  # Yep, it's this easy.
    guess = input("Your guess: ")

while guess and (guess != word) and (guess != "hint"):
    print("Sorry, that's not it.")
    guess = input("Your guess: ")

if guess == word: # this was a repeated test, so I nested the subordinates
    if score:
        print("\nThat's it! You guessed it!")
        print("\nThanks for playing, but there's no reward because you needed help.")
    else:
        print("\nThat's it! You guessed it!")
        print("\nAND you needed NO help, here's a cookie: NOM! NOM! NOM! COOKIE!")
input("\nPress the enter key to exit.")