scrabble.py

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"]
points = [1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 1, 8, 5, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 10, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 8, 4, 10]

letter_to_points = {key:value for key,value in zip(letters,points)}

letter_to_points[" "] = 0

def score_word(word):
  point_total = 0
  for letter in word:
    point_total += letter_to_points.get(letter, 0)
  return point_total

brownie_points = score_word("BROWNIE")

print(brownie_points)

player_to_words = {
"player1": ["BLUE", "TENNIS", "EXIT"], 
"wordNed": ["EARTH", "EYES", "MACHINE"], 
"Lexi Con" : ["ERASER", "BELLY", "HUSKY"], 
"Prof Reader": ["ZAP", "COMA", "PERIOD"]
}

player_to_points = {}
for player, words in player_to_words.items():
  player_points = 0 
  for word in words:
    player_points =+ score_word(word)
  player_to_points[player] = player_points
print(player_to_points)