anyone for hangman?

Here's another project I've been playing around with. As with the other program, if anyone sees anything bad, please let me know.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <time.h>

const char *wordlist[] = { "almost", "recovery", "tempest", "whirlwind", "zebra" };
/* any number of words can be added, or perhaps loaded from an external file */

int main(void) {

   char input[3] = { 0 },
        *p, *tmpstr = NULL, *cpystr = NULL, *cmpstr = NULL;
   int word, misses;
   unsigned maxlen = 0;
        
   srand((unsigned)time(NULL));
   
   for(word=0; word < sizeof(wordlist)/sizeof(wordlist[0]); ++word)     
        if(strlen(wordlist[word]) > maxlen)
           maxlen = strlen(wordlist[word]);
           
   tmpstr = malloc(maxlen + 1); /* create a few working strings */
   cpystr = malloc(maxlen + 1);  
   cmpstr = malloc(maxlen + 1);      
           
   if(!tmpstr || !cpystr || !cmpstr) { /* bail on malloc failure */
      puts("program error - couldn't allocate memory");
      return 1;
   }

   for(;;) {
   
      char noose[] =  {'_', '_', '_', '_', ' ', '\n',
                       '|', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\n',
                       '|', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\n',
                       '|', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\n',
                       '|', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\n',
                       '|', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\n',
                       '|', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\n',
                       '_', '_', '_', '\n', '\n', '\0' };
   
      printf("start game (y/n): ");
      fgets(input, sizeof input, stdin);
      
      if((p = strchr(input, '\n')) == NULL)
         while(getchar() != '\n'){}         
         
      if(tolower(input[0]) != 'y') {      
         break;         
      } else { 
      
         memset(tmpstr, 0, maxlen);  /* clear out any junk from game to game */
         memset(cpystr, 0, maxlen);
         memset(cmpstr, 0, maxlen);
         
         word = rand() % (sizeof(wordlist)/sizeof(wordlist[0])); /* pick a word */
         misses = 0;
         
         strncpy(cpystr, wordlist[word], strlen(wordlist[word]));
         memset(tmpstr, '-', strlen(cpystr));
         memset(cmpstr, '!', strlen(cpystr)); /* initialize the copies */
         
         do {
            
            puts(noose);
            puts(tmpstr);
            
            printf("enter letter: ");
            fgets(input, sizeof input, stdin);
            if((p = strchr(input, '\n')) == NULL)
               while(getchar() != '\n'){}
               
            if((p = strchr(cpystr, input[0])) != NULL) { /* user pick a letter */
               *(tmpstr + (int)(p - cpystr)) = *p;
               *p = '!';
            } else {
               switch(misses) {
               
                  case 0 : noose[9] = '|';   break;
                  case 1 : noose[15] = 'O';  break;
                  case 2 : noose[21] = '|';  break;
                  case 3 : noose[20] = '/';  break;
                  case 4 : noose[22] = '\\'; break;
                  case 5 : noose[26] = '/';  break;
                  case 6 : noose[28] = '\\'; break;
               }
                  
               ++misses;
               fflush(stdout); /* force the output buffer */
            }            
            
         }while((strcmp(cpystr, cmpstr) != 0) && (misses < 7)); 
         
         puts(noose);
         
         if(strcmp(cpystr, cmpstr) == 0) {
            puts("\n\nyou win");
            puts(wordlist[word]);
            puts("\n");
         } else {         
            puts("\n\nhanged");
            puts(wordlist[word]);
            puts("\n");
         }  
      }
   }
   
   free(cmpstr);  /* release the memory */
   free(cpystr);
   free(tmpstr);      
   
   return 0;
}