playground.py

from collections import Counter

dictionary = set()
letcount = Counter()

with open('words_alpha.txt') as f:
    for line in f.readlines():
        dictionary.add(line.rstrip())
        for c in line.rstrip():
            letcount[c] += 1

for x in range(ord('a'), ord('z')+1):
    c = chr(x)
    print(c, letcount[c])

"""
letter counts, ordered alphabetically

a 295792
b 63940
c 152981
d 113190
e 376454
f 39238
g 82627
h 92368
i 313008
j 5456
k 26814
l 194914
m 105208
n 251436
o 251596
p 113663
q 5883
r 246142
s 250284
t 230895
u 131496
v 33075
w 22407
x 10493
y 70580
z 14757
"""

print()
for pair in sorted(letcount.most_common(26), key=lambda pair: pair[1]):
    print(pair[0], pair[1], round(100.0 * pair[1] / sum(p[1] for p in letcount.most_common(26)), 2), 10000 * pair[1] / sum(p[1] for p in letcount.most_common(26)))

"""
letter counts, ordered by frequency, with percentages. With manually added letter scores and proposed frequencies.

j 5456 0.16     9   16
q 5883 0.17     9   17
x 10493 0.3     8   30
z 14757 0.42    8   42
w 22407 0.64    7   64
k 26814 0.77    7   77
v 33075 0.95    6   95
f 39238 1.12    6   112
b 63940 1.83    5   183
y 70580 2.02    5   202
g 82627 2.36    5   236
h 92368 2.64    5   264
m 105208 3.01   4   301
d 113190 3.24   4   324
p 113663 3.25   4   325
u 131496 3.76   4   376
c 152981 4.38   4   438
l 194914 5.58   3   558
t 230895 6.61   2   661
r 246142 7.04   2   704
s 250284 7.16   2   716
n 251436 7.19   2   719
o 251596 7.2    2   720
a 295792 8.46   1   846
i 313008 8.96   1   896
e 376454 10.77  1   1078
"""


def rules(x, y):
    dx, dy = abs(x)%5, abs(y)%5

    if abs(dy) == abs(dx) and dx%2:
        if dx in (1, 4):
            return (1, 2)
        return (1, 3)

    if abs(dy-dx) in (2,3) and dx > dy and not dx%2:
        return (abs(dy-dx), 1)

    return (1, 1)


def symb(val):
    if val == (1, 3):
        return 'W3'
    if val == (1, 2):
        return 'W2'
    if val == (3, 1):
        return 'L3'
    if val == (2, 1):
        return 'L2'
    return '  '

for y in range(-15, 16):
    print(' '.join(symb(rules(x, y)) for x in range(-15, 16)))

print(len(dictionary))
print(len([w for w in dictionary if len(w) > 1]))