scrabbleScore.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
__author__ = 'Ernest'


def scrabble_score():

    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}

    total = 0

    word = raw_input("Enter a word: ")
    word = word.lower()
    for i in word:
        if i in score:
            total += 1
    return total

a = scrabble_score()
print a