hangman-ftw/hangman.py

import random
def load_words(filename):
with open(filename) as file:
    text = file.read()
WORDS = set(map(str.lower,filter(bool,text.split('\n'))))
#TODO: cache wordfreq with hash of words

def generate_letter_frequency(word_list):
    ret = {}
    for word_num,word in enumerate(word_list):
        letter_counts = {}
        for i,letter in enumerate(word):
            try:
                ret[letter][0] += 1
            except KeyError:
                ret[letter] = [1,0]
            in_word = letter_counts.get(letter,0) + 1
            letter_counts[letter] = in_word
        for letter,count in letter_counts.items():
            word_portion = count/len(word)
            avg = (ret[letter][1] * word_num)  + word_portion
            avg /= word_num + 1
            ret[letter][1] = avg

    return ret

if __name__ == "__main__":
    l = generate_letter_frequency(WORDS)