diff --git a/01/NNRepos/wordvalue.py b/01/NNRepos/wordvalue.py
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+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+from typing import Optional, List
+
+
+def load_words() -> List[str]:
+    """Load dictionary into a list and return list"""
+    with open(DICTIONARY) as f:
+        return [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()]
+
+
+def calc_word_value(word: str) -> int:
+    """Calculate the value of the word entered into function
+    using imported constant mapping LETTER_SCORES"""
+    return sum(LETTER_SCORES[letter] for letter in list(word.replace('-', '').upper()))
+
+
+def max_word_value(dictionary: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> str:
+    """Calculate the word with the max value, can receive a list
+    of words as arg, if none provided uses default DICTIONARY"""
+    if dictionary is None:
+        dictionary = load_words()
+    print("crap:", [x for x in dictionary if "-" in x])
+    return list(sorted(([calc_word_value(word), word] for word in dictionary), reverse=True))[0][1]