Python Letter Game Introduction

Question

I followed the video on how to create a letter game and the game will not let me win. I believe that I followed along exactly as video dictated with the exception being my list. 
Here is my code
import random
make a list of words
words = [
    "little",
    "minute",
    "hill",
    "dislike",
    "expansion",
    "bee",
    "awesome",
    "check",
    "obnoxious",
    "momentous",
    "pancake",
    "chilly"
]
while True:
    start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit")
    if start.lower() == "q":
        break
    # pick a random word
    secretword = random.choice(words)
    badguesses = []
    good_guesses = []
while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):

# draw guessed letters, spaces and strikes
    for letter in secret_word:
        if letter in good_guesses:
            print(letter, end='')
        else:
            print('_', end='')
    print('')
    print("Strikes: {}/7".format(len(bad_guesses)))
    print('')
# take guess
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

if len(guess) != 1:
        print("Cheater! You can only guess a single letter!")
        continue
    elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
        print("You've already guessed that letter!")
        continue
    elif not guess.isalpha():
        print("You can only guess letters!")
        continue
    if guess in secret_word:
        good_guesses.append(guess)
        if good_guesses == secret_word: 
            print("You win! The word was {}".format(secret_word))
            break
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)
# draw guessed letters and strikes
else:
    print("Your didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
#print out win/lose

Seth Kroger · Answer

In the video, Kenneth compares the length of the guesses and the word, not the guesses and word directly.
```python
if goodguesses == secretword:
should be
if len(goodguesses) == len(list(secretword)):
```
That takes care of the order issue. You'll probably find the solution to the more than one of a letter issue in the following videos.

Seth Kroger · Answer

Let's take a closer look at where you handle good guesses:
python
        if guess in secret_word:
            good_guesses.append(guess)
            if good_guesses == secret_word: 
                print("You win! The word was {}".format(secret_word))
                break

What will happen when 1) you don't guess the letters in the same order as the word, 2) the guessed letter appears more than once in the word?

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Python Letter Game Introduction

make a list of words

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