cost

sentence = <<-something
    Steven likes the movies.  Blake likes to ride his bike but hates movies.
    Blake is taller than than than  steven.  Steven  Steven is a great teacher.
  something

counter = Hash.new(0)
sentence.gsub!(".","").split(" ").each do |word|
  counter[word] += 1
end

words =  counter.select { |k,v| v>2 } 

cost = {}

("a".."z").each_with_index { |x,i|	cost[x] = i+1 }

def getCost(words, cost)
	h = {}
	words.each do |k,v|
		sum = 0
		k.split('').each do |l|
				sum += cost[l.downcase]
		end 
		h[k] = sum * v
	end
	h
end

puts getCost(words, cost)