def test_get_word_score():
    """
    Unit test for get_word_score
    """
    print 'start test'
    failure=False #This line should be the first line inside the for loop to serve as a 'reset'
    # dictionary of words and scores
    words = {("", 7):0, ("it", 7):2, ("was", 7):6, ("scored", 7):9, ("waybill", 7):65, ("outgnaw", 7):61, ("outgnawn", 8):62}
    for (word, n) in words.keys():
        score = get_word_score(word, n)
        print 'testing'
        if score != words[(word, n)]:
            print "FAILURE: test_get_word_score()"
            print "\tExpected", words[(word, n)], "points but got '" + str(score) + "' for word '" + word + "', n=" + str(n)
            #'outgnawn' enters here with a failure so failure = True.
            #unfortunately, once it repeats the loop failure's value is not reset to False
            #so failure's value is now ALWAYS True while it stays inside this for loop
            failure=True

        if not failure:
            #The next words expected to enter this parts like 'scored' and 'it' will not enter this
            #since they are tested after 'outgnawn' (which resulted in a failure), failure's value is now ALWAYS True.
            #Hence, you never get the 'SUCCESS' message. :)
            print "SUCCESS: test_get_word_score()"
    print 'end test'

    #However, if the words were tested with the 'success' words before the 'failure' words, this function will work as expected