gistfile1.py

def answer(names):
    names_with_sums = []
    for name in names:
        names_with_sums.append([word_to_sum(name), name])
        
    names_with_sums.sort(reverse=True)
    
    sorted_names = []
    for item in names_with_sums:
        sorted_names.append(item[1])
    
    return sorted_names

def word_to_sum(str):
    sum = 0
    offset = ord("a") - 1
    for c in str:
        sum += (ord(c)-offset)
    return sum