freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/daily-coding-challenges-python/69c6ff713a52713463aa7926.md

id, title, challengeType, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	dashedName
69c6ff713a52713463aa7926	Challenge 260: Word Score	29	challenge-260

--description--

Given a word, return its score using a standard letter-value table:

Letter	Value
A	1
B	2
...	...
Z	26

• Upper and lowercase letters have the same value.

--hints--

get_word_score("hi") should return 17.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_word_score("hi"), 17)`)
}})

get_word_score("hello") should return 52.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_word_score("hello"), 52)`)
}})

get_word_score("hippopotamus") should return 169.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_word_score("hippopotamus"), 169)`)
}})

get_word_score("freeCodeCamp") should return 94.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_word_score("freeCodeCamp"), 94)`)
}})

--seed--

--seed-contents--

def get_word_score(word):

    return word

--solutions--

def get_word_score(word):
    return sum(ord(c) - 96 for c in word.lower())