Word Scramble | Python Fiddle

#Make word list of 20 words
import random
import urllib2
global guessCount
guessCount = 0
global guessesRemaining
guessesRemaining = 6

def readFile():
    urlData = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.mieliestronk.com/corncob_lowercase.txt")
    urlData.read()
    urlData = urlData.split("\n")
    for line in urlData:
        print line

def checkStart(): 
    global guessCount
    isStart = input("Would you like to start?") #seems to skip over this line and immediately assume it's a no
    if(isStart == "Y"):
       scramble()
    else:
       print "Wow. You really love fun stuff don't you?"

def guess():
    guess = input("What is your guess for the word?")
    return guess
        
def checkGuess():
    global word
    global guessCount
    global guessesRemaining
    if(guess() == word):
        print 
        print "Correct."
        playAgain()
    else:
        if(guessCount < 6):
            print
            print "Incorrect"
            guessesRemaining = guessesRemaining - 1
            guessCount = guessCount + 1
            guessesRemaining
            print "You have", guessesRemaining,"guesses remaining."
            checkGuess()
        else:
            print "Game Over"
            playAgain()
        
def scramble():
    global words
    words = ["water","guess","vacant","ignorant","fortress","station","flag","book","green","grass","flare"]
    random.shuffle(words)
    global word
    word = words[0]
    num_lets = range(len(word))
    jumbled_word = ""
    random.shuffle(num_lets)
    for i in num_lets:
        jumbled_word = jumbled_word + word[i]
    print jumbled_word
    for i in num_lets:
        print "_",
    return jumbled_word

def playAgain():
    guessCount = 0
    playAgain = input("Would you like to play again?(Y/N)")
    if(playAgain == "Y"):
        scramble()
        checkGuess()
    else:
        print "Goodbye"
     
def game():
    checkStart()
    checkGuess()

readFile()

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