SCORES = {'A': 1, 'E': 1, 'I': 1, 'O': 1, 'U': 1, 'L': 1, 'N': 1, 'R': 1, 'S': 1, 'T': 1, 'D': 2, 'G': 2, 'B': 3, 'C': 3, 'M': 3, 'P': 3, 'F': 4, 'H': 4, 'V': 4, 'W': 4, 'Y': 4, 'K': 5, 'J': 8, 'X': 8, 'Q': 10, 'Z': 10} def score(word): return sum(SCORES[ch.upper()] for ch in word)