Scrabble Problem¶

You're developing a knock-off Scrabble game. You've implemented a Scrabble class that initializes with a specific list of characters, ['s', 'a', 'r', 'b', 'k', 'r', 'e']. It has a play_word(self, word: str) method that doesn't do anything, but it does throw an error if the word you try to play can't be formed from the list of letters.

For example,

Instantiate a new Scrabble game

scrabble = Scrabble()
print(scrabble.letters)  # ['s', 'a', 'r', 'b', 'k', 'r', 'e']

Play a valid word

scrabble.play_word('bark')  # returns None

Play an invalid word

scrabble.play_word('meatloaf')
# ScrabbleWordException: You can't form the word 'meatloaf' with the letters ['s', 'a', 'r', 'b', 'k', 'r', 'e']

Write a test to confirm that playing an invalid word raises the correct ScrabbleWordException.

Directory Structure¶

scrabble/
  scrabble.py
  test_scrabble.py

Files¶

scrabble.pytest_scrabble.py

class ScrabbleWordException(Exception):
    """Custom Scrabble Exception"""
    pass

class Scrabble():
    """
    Fake Scrabble, where the tiles don't have points,
    there's no wildcard tiles, and your letters are
    pre-selected
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.letters = ['s', 'a', 'r', 'b', 'k', 'r', 'e']

    def play_word(self, word: str):
        """
        Play a word

        should be any string formed from the characters in self.letters

        :param word: a string formed from the letters in self.letters
        :return: True if word can be formed from self.letters
        """

        letters = self.letters.copy()
        for char in word:
            try:
                letters.remove(char)
            except ValueError as e:
                raise ScrabbleWordException(f"You can't form the word '{word}' with the letters {self.letters}")

def test_invalid_word():
    """
    If the user plays an invalid word,
    make sure the right exception is raised.
    """

    # your code here