scrabble

scores = {"a": 1, "e": 1, "i": 1, "l": 1, "n": 1, "o": 1, "r": 1, "s": 1, "t":
          1, "u": 1, "d": 2, "g": 2, "b": 3, "c": 3, "m": 3, "p": 3, "f": 4,
          "h": 4, "v": 4, "w": 4, "y": 4, "k": 5, "j": 8, "x": 8, "q": 10, "z": 10}


def scrabble(x, n, cases):
    words = []
    wordscores = []
    scrabble_ladder_l = []
    scrabble_ladder_r = []
    for i in cases:
        i = list(i)
        if len(i) == x:
            words.append(cases)
            j = sum([scores[letter] for letter in i])
            wordscores.append(j)
    print(wordscores)
    maxscore = wordscores.index(max(wordscores))
    print(maxscore)
    for word in words[:maxscore]:
        if (compareWords(words[maxscore], word)) is not None:
            scrabble_ladder_l.append(compareWords(words[maxscore], word))
    print(scrabble_ladder_l)
    for word in words[maxscore:]:
        if (compareWords(words[maxscore], word)) is not None:
            scrabble_ladder_r.append(compareWords(words[maxscore], word))
    print(scrabble_ladder_r)
    if len(scrabble_ladder_l) > 0 and len(scrabble_ladder_r) > 0:
        return (1)
        if len(scrabble_ladder_l) == len(scrabble_ladder_r):
            return True

def compareWords(word1, word2):
    score = 0
    spell1 = list(word1)
    for i, letter in enumerate(list(word2)):
        if letter != spell1[i]:
            score +=1
    if score ==1:
        return word2
    else:
        pass



x = 2
n = 20
cases = ["ae", "ax", "ay"] 
print(scrabble(x, n, cases))