scrabble_score.py

#Define a dictionary that holds the value in integers of each letter.
score = {"a": 1, "c": 3, "b": 3, "e": 1, "d": 2, "g": 2,
         "f": 4, "i": 1, "h": 4, "k": 5, "j": 8, "m": 3,
         "l": 1, "o": 1, "n": 1, "q": 10, "p": 3, "s": 1,
         "r": 1, "u": 1, "t": 1, "w": 4, "v": 4, "y": 4,
         "x": 8, "z": 10}

#Create function that gives score
def scrabble_score(word):
    total = 0
    for i in word: #for loop iterates through each character in word.
        total += score[i.lower()] #Adds the value of each character to word.
    return total

#Call and display the function.
print scrabble_score("ridiculous")