Write a tkinter game Scrambler, that allows the user to guess a scrambled word.

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Write a tkinter game Scrambler, that allows the user to guess a scrambled word.    The game is started by giving a word and packing.   The parent can be specified or omitted, e.g, either:

>>> Scrambler("apple").pack()

>>>

Or

>>> root = Tk()

>>> Scrambler("orange",root).pack()

>>>

The game will then scramble the word and display it in the gui, see images to the right.   The user will then have 3 guesses to guess the original word.   (To scramble a word, make sure you add the import “from random import *”, then use the following code.

scramble = list( word )

shuffle(scramble)

scramble = ''.join( scramble) # this is now the scrambled word

To guess a word, the user types in the Entry and clicks the button. The game then checks the guess against the original. There are three possibilities:

The guess is correct, then the user is told “You got it” in a showinfo.

The guess is incorrect, and there is at least 1 guess left. Then the user is told the number of guesses left.

The guess is incorrect, and no guesses are left. The user is told “You lose”

ppael Guess

Explanation / Answer

import random

#Creates a dictionary for the words

words = {'lights':'Something with multiple colors on a Christmas tree',

'santa':'Fat old man who comes around Christmas',

'elves':'Little people with pointy ears that work with Santa',

'tree':'The thing people put presents under on Christmas',

'snow':'Frozen yet soft form of rain',

'ornaments':'Accessories that get hung on a Christmas tree',

'sleigh':'The vehicle that Santa rides in to bring toys to all the world',

'christmas':'December 25th',

'present':'A kid opens one on Christmas',

'snowball':'The frozen and soft version of rain formed into a shape',

'snowman':'Frosty the ________',

'reindeer':'Rudolph the red-nosed _______',

'jesus':'The person that Christmas is named for',

'manger':'What Jesus was born in',

'stars':'The bright lights in the sky at night',

'grinch':'Green guy from Who-ville',

'stockings':'Looks like a sock, people use these to hold small gift on Christmas',

'rudolph':'Reindeer with a bright-red nose',

'dasher':'One of Santa's reindeer',

'garland':'Think tinsel for a Christmas tree'}

#Function that prints the COP 1000 line and briefly explains the game

def Intro():

print('COP 1000 Project 5 - Charles Goggins ')

print('Word Scramble! ')

print('I'm going to show you a scrambled word and give you three guesses.')

print('After your second guess, I'll help by giving you a hint. ')

#Selects a word from the dictionary at random and returns it it's caller

def getWord(word):

wordKey = random.choice(list(word.keys()))

return wordKey

#When the player guesses incorrectly twice, the program will provide a hing

def getHint():

hint = len(wordKey.index)

return hint

#Gets the first guess from the player, also ensures only characters are entered

def getGuess1():

guess = input(' Enter your first guess: '
while True:

if guess.isalpha():
return guess

else:
guess = input(' Please enter a letter: ')

#Does the same as getGuess1() but gets the player's second guess only if he/she didn't guess correctly the first time   

def getGuess2():

guess = input(' Enter your second guess: ')
while True:

if guess.isalpha():

return guess

else:

guess = input(' Please enter a letter: ')

#Does the same as getGuess2() but gets the player's third guess only if he/she didn't guess correctly the first and second time

def getGuess3():

guess = input(' Enter your final guess: ')

while True:

if guess.isalpha():

return guess

else:

guess = input(' Please enter a letter: ')

#When the player types y to the question and then types HELPME or HELP in the prompt, the program will provide a hint

def cheatCode(yes, werd):

x = werd[0]

y = werd[1]

print(x, end = '')

print(y)

return x, y

#==============================================================MAIN PROGRAM===============================================#

#Initializes some varibles, ans = 'y' is for the play again loop

ans = 'y'

guesses = 0
while ans == 'y':

Intro()

#Calls the getWord() function

w0rd = getWord(words)

#Turns w0rd into a list to enable scrambling

scramWord = list(w0rd)

#Scrambles the word

random.shuffle(scramWord)

#Joins the scrambled word together to be able to display it

sWord = ''.join(scramWord)

print('The scrambled word is ' +sWord)

#Calls the getGuess1() function and determines whether the player guessed correctly

guessed = getGuess1()

if guessed == w0rd:

print('Congratulations!')

ans = 'y'

if guessed != w0rd:

print('Nope, sorry')

#Counts the amount of guesses taken

guesses = guesses + 1

cheat = input('Do you want help? [y/n] ')

if cheat == 'y' or cheat == 'Y':

cheatInput = input('Type "HELPME or HELP": ')

cheatCode(cheatInput, w0rd)

#Calls the getGuess2() function

guessed2 = getGuess2()

if guessed2 == w0rd:

print('Congratulations!')

ans = 'y'

if guessed2 != w0rd:

print('Nope, sorry')

guesses = guesses + 1

cheat = input('Do you want help? ')

if cheat == 'y' or cheat == 'Y':

cheatInput = input('Type "HELPME or HELP"')

cheatCode(cheatInput, w0rd)

#Code to provide the hint

while guesses == 2:

hint = words[w0rd]
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print('Heres a hint ===> '+hint)

guesses = guesses + 1

guessed3 = getGuess3()

if guessed3 == w0rd:

print(' Congratulations! ')

else:

if guessed3 != w0rd:
print(' Nope, sorry. The word was ''+w0rd+'' Better luck next time')

guesses = 0

#Code to ask the player if he/she wants to play again

print(' would you like to play again?[y/n]', end = ' ')

ans = input()

if ans == 'n' or ans == 'N':

print(' Goodbye then')

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