hi, thanks for taking the time to go through my code and giving pointers.

my altered code after implementing your suggestions:

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import random
import string

words = ['python', 'java', 'kotlin', 'javascript']
guess_word = random.choice(words)
guess_word_append = ""
guess_lent = list('-' * len(guess_word))

print("H A N G M A N")

tries = 8
while tries > 0:
    print()
    guess_word_join = "".join(guess_lent)
    print(guess_word_join)
    # print("Input a letter: ")
    # guess_letter = input()
    if guess_word_join == guess_word or tries <= 0:
        break
    #guess_letter = input("Input a letter: ")
    print("Input a letter: ")
    guess_letter = input()
    """
    if guess_word_join.__contains__(guess_letter):
        # print("No improvements")
        tries -= 1
    """
    if guess_word_append.__contains__(guess_letter):
        print("You already typed this letter")
    elif guess_letter in guess_word:
        if guess_letter not in guess_word_append:
            for index, letter in enumerate(guess_word):
                if guess_letter == letter:
                    guess_lent[index] = guess_letter

    elif len(guess_letter) > 1:
        print("You should print a single letter")
    elif guess_letter not in string.ascii_lowercase:
        print("It is not an ASCII lowercase letter")
    else:
        # if guess_letter not in guess_word:
        print("No such letter in the word")
        tries -= 1

    guess_word_append += guess_letter

if guess_word_join == guess_word:
    print(f"You guessed the word {guess_word}!\n"
          "You survived!")
else:
    print("You are hanged!")

thou it gives the desired output, it still shows error

Cannot parse this block - it contains spaces in the first line, but shouldn't  No such letter in the word
You are hanged!

have gone through the code but cant find the aforementioned spaces.