diff --git a/src/wordValue.py b/src/wordValue.py
index 1baf5cd..dcbd839 100644
--- a/src/wordValue.py
+++ b/src/wordValue.py
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 #example valueDict = {'o': 3, 's': 7} word = 'os'
 #return 3+7 = 10
 def word_value(valueDict, word):
-    pass
+  value = 0
+  for i in word:
+    value += valueDict[str(i)]
+  return value