Morse code necklace decode attempt

decode_necklace.py

# https://www.reddit.com/r/morsecode/comments/k9x18w/please_help_with_this_necklace/
# tried with 
#   - https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/blob/master/words_alpha.txt (english)
#   - https://github.com/mertemin/turkish-word-list/edit/master/words.txt (turkish)
# assuming single whole word, could try substrings as well

import unidecode

MORSE = {'a': '.-',     'b': '-...',   'c': '-.-.',
         'd': '-..',    'e': '.',      'f': '..-.',
         'g': '--.',    'h': '....',   'i': '..',
         'j': '.---',   'k': '-.-',    'l': '.-..',
         'm': '--',     'n': '-.',     'o': '---',
         'p': '.--.',   'q': '--.-',   'r': '.-.',
         's': '...',    't': '-',      'u': '..-',
         'v': '...-',   'w': '.--',    'x': '-..-',
         'y': '-.--',   'z': '--..'
}

SEQ = "......-.-.....--."

with open('words.txt', 'r') as words_f:
    # convert things to ascii
    words = {unidecode.unidecode(x).replace(' ', '')
             for x in words_f.read().splitlines()}

def decode(curr, seq):
    # remove 'and curr in words' to see all possibilities
    if seq == "" and curr in words: 
         print(curr)
         return
    for letter, code in MORSE.items():
        if seq.startswith(code):
            decode(curr + letter, seq[len(code):])

decode("", SEQ)