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+def hangman(word):
+    wrong=0
+    stages=["",
+            " __________     ",
+            "|               ",
+            "|          |    ",
+            "|          |    ",
+            "|          0    ",
+            "|         /|\   ",
+            "|         / \   ",
+            "|               "
+            ]
+    remaining_letters=list(word)
+    board=["__"]* len(word)
+    win=False
+    print("Welcome to Hangman")
+
+    while wrong < len(stages)-1:
+        print('\n')
+        msg="Guess a letter"
+        char=input(msg)
+        if char in remaining_letters:
+            cind=remaining_letters.index(char)
+            board[cind]=char
+            remaining_letters[cind]="$"
+        else:
+            wrong+=1
+            print((" ".join(board)))
+            e=wrong+1
+            print("\n".join(stages[0:e]))
+            if "__" not in board:
+                print("You win!")
+                print(" ".join(board))
+                win=True
+                break
+            if not win:
+                print("\n".join(stages[0:wrong]))
+                print("You lose! It was{}.".format(word))
+