Hangman Logic Testing | Python Fiddle

word = 'analysis'
guesses = 10
letters = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']

#userGuess = raw_input('Please guess a letter:')

#print userGuess

def removeGuessLetter(letter, letters):
    for i in letters:
        if i == letter:
            letters.remove(i)
    return letters
    
removeGuessLetter('a', letters)

def printWord(word):
    testWord = []
    for i in word:
        testWord.append('_')
    return testWord
        
hiddenWord = printWord(word)

def convertToString(toConvert):
    newString = ''
    for i in toConvert:
        newString = newString + i
    return newString
    
convertToString(hiddenWord)

def changeHiddenWord(word, hiddenWord, letter):
    for p in range(len(word)):
        if letter == word[p]:
            hiddenWord[p] = letter
    return hiddenWord

def inWordCheck(letter, word):
    for i in word:
        if i == letter:
            return True
    return False

#changes the hiddenword if correct, else returns letters left
def newGuess(userGuess, letters, word, hiddenword):
    letters = removeGuessLetter(userGuess, letters)
    if inWordCheck(userGuess, word) == True:
        print 'Nice! That letter is in my word!'
        test = changeHiddenWord(word, hiddenWord, userGuess)
        print convertToString(test)
    else: 
        print "Sorry that is not in the word!"

##guess sequence
##print 'Letters left: ', convertToString(letters)
print "hello"
userGuess = str(raw_input("Guess a letter please")).lower()      
newGuess(userGuess, letters, word, hiddenWord)
userGuess = str(raw_input("Guess a letter please")).lower()
newGuess(userGuess, letters, word, hiddenWord)

while guesses > 0:
    print guesses, ' guesses left'
    print 'Letters left: ', convertToString(letters)
    userGuess = str(raw_input("Guess a letter please")).lower()
    newGuess(userGuess, letters, word, hiddenWord)
    if inWordCheck(userGuess, word) == False:
        guesses = guesses - 1
    if word == convertToString(hiddenWord):
        guesses = 0
print hiddenWord

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