scary.py

import string
def scaryDict(filename):
    inFile = open(filename)
    outFile = open('dictonary.txt', 'w') #find universal solution
    content = inFile.read()
    content = ''.join([c for c in content.lower() if c in (string.letters + string.whitespace) ])
    words = sorted(set(content.split()))
    for word in words:
        if len(word) <= 2:
            words.remove(word)

    print(words[:40])

scaryDict('frankenstein.txt')