Use a sorted str instead of namedtuple as key

extension.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from collections import Counter
 import pickle
 import requests
-from helpers import LetterFreq, BASE_DICT, get_anagram_hub_id, get_questions
+from helpers import get_anagram_hub_id, get_questions
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("--name", help="Extension name", dest="name")
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
     auth_header = {"Authorization": args.auth_token}
     hub_id = get_anagram_hub_id(args.api_url, auth_header)
     for question in get_questions(args.api_url, auth_header, hub_id):
-        word = Counter(question)
-        word.update(BASE_DICT)
-        word = LetterFreq(**word)
+        word = "".join(sorted(question))
         possible_answers = WORD_DICT[word]
         for answer in possible_answers:
             requests.post(

helpers.py

@@ -18,39 +18,6 @@
 
 WORD_LIST = "wordlist.txt"
 
-LetterFreq = namedtuple(
-    "LetterFreq", "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"
-)
-
-BASE_DICT = {
-    "a": 0,
-    "b": 0,
-    "c": 0,
-    "d": 0,
-    "e": 0,
-    "f": 0,
-    "g": 0,
-    "h": 0,
-    "i": 0,
-    "j": 0,
-    "k": 0,
-    "l": 0,
-    "m": 0,
-    "n": 0,
-    "o": 0,
-    "p": 0,
-    "q": 0,
-    "r": 0,
-    "s": 0,
-    "t": 0,
-    "u": 0,
-    "v": 0,
-    "w": 0,
-    "x": 0,
-    "y": 0,
-    "z": 0,
-}
-
 
 def get_anagram_hub_id(api_url: str, auth_header: dict) -> int:
     """Return the seesion_id for anagram game hub."""
@@ -89,16 +56,14 @@ def make_dict(word_list: str) -> None:
     Open word_list and create/overwite word_dict.pickle with the contents of processed list.
     """
     word_dict = {}
-    with open(word_dict) as f:
+    with open(word_list) as f:
         for word in f:
             word = word.strip()
-            word_hash = Counter(word)
-            word_hash.update(BASE_DICT)
-            word_hash = LetterFreq(**word_hash)
+            word_key = "".join(sorted(word))
             try:
-                word_dict[word_hash].append(word)
+                word_dict[word_key].append(word)
             except KeyError:
-                word_dict[word_hash] = [word]
+                word_dict[word_key] = [word]
 
     with open("word_dict.pickle", "bw+") as f:
         pickle.dump(word_dict, f)