projects.mako.cc - wordplay-cdsw-solutions/blob - solution_9.py

   1 import scrabble
   2
   3 # Make a list of the highest scoring word that starts with each letter.
   4
   5 # This is a bit more advanced, but you already know how to do every
   6 # single piece of this.
   7
   8 # This only returns 1 word with the given score.
   9
  10 expensive_word = {}
  11 expensive_word_score = {}
  12
  13 for word in scrabble.wordlist:
  14     first_letter = word[0]
  15     if first_letter not in expensive_word:
  16         expensive_word[first_letter] = ''
  17         expensive_word_score[first_letter] = 0
  18
  19     score = 0
  20     for char in word:
  21         score = score + scrabble.scores[char]
  22
  23     if expensive_word_score[first_letter] < score:
  24         expensive_word[first_letter] = word
  25         expensive_word_score[first_letter] = score
  26
  27 for key in expensive_word:
  28     print(key + ": " + expensive_word[key] + ", " + str(expensive_word_score[key]))