Dictionaries - Scrabble

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

letter_to_points[''] = 0

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

brownie_points = score_word("BROWNIE")

print(brownie_points)

player_to_words = {'player1': ['BLUE', 'TENNIS', 'EXIT'], 'wordNerd': ['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)