sort a text file's words by value in Scrabble

scrabble-sort.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys;

points = {};

for char in "eaionrtlsu":
	points[char] = 1;
for char in "dg":
	points[char] = 2;
for char in "bcmp":
	points[char] = 3;
for char in "fhvwy":
	points[char] = 4;
points["k"] = 5;
for char in "jx":
	points[char] = 8;
for char in "qz":
	points[char] = 10;

def normalize(data):
	return ''.join(char.lower() for char in data if char.isalnum());

def getScrabbleValue(word):
	value = 0;
	for char in word:
		value += points[char];

	return value;

with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
	lines = [_.strip() for _ in file];

	used = {};
	for line in lines:
		for word in line.split():
			normal = normalize(word);
			if len(normal) > 1 and normal not in used:
				used[normal] = getScrabbleValue(normal);

	for word in sorted(used, key=used.get, reverse=True):
		print("{}: {}".format(word, used[word]));