Login and get codingFind the dictionary word with the highest value using Scrabble rules.
There are three tasks to complete for this Bite:
- Finish the function
load_words
which creates and returns a list of words from a text file.- Finish the function
calc_word_value
which calculates and returns a word's Scrabble value.- Finish the function
max_word_value
which finds and returns the dictionary word with the highest score.Notes:
- The text of the dictionary is downloaded for you and is available with the path contained in the variable
DICTIONARY
.- The words in the file are separated by a newline character.
- Letters not found in
LETTER_SCORES
score zero points.Look at the TESTS tab to see what your code needs to pass. Enjoy!
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