def play_hand(hand, word_list):
    hand
    Totalscore=0

    while calculate_handlen(hand)>0:
        print "current hand ", display_hand(hand)
        choice=raw_input('Enter word, or a "." to indicate that you are finished: ')
        while choice not in word_list and is_valid_word(choice,hand,word_list)==False:
            choice=raw_input("Enter another word,")
            if choice=='.':
                break

        if choice=='.':
            break



        if is_valid_word(choice, hand, word_list)==True:

            Totalscore+=get_word_score(choice,calculate_handlen(hand))
            print 'The word', choice,  'earned ',get_word_score(choice,calculate_handlen(hand))
            print 'Total Score: ', Totalscore
            hand=update_hand(hand,choice)