Word Points Game keeps adding numbers

May 5, 2022

public static void pointsProblem() throws java.io.FileNotFoundException {
    FileInputStream pp = new FileInputStream("dictionary.txt");
    Scanner dictionaryIn = new Scanner(pp);
    Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
    System.out.println("Points Problem.");
    
    char[] alphabet = {'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'};
    int[] points = { 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 1, 8, 5, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 10, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 8, 4, 10};
    int score = 0;
    String word; 
    while (dictionaryIn.hasNextLine()) { 
        word = dictionaryIn.nextLine();
        for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
            for (int n = 0; n < 26; n++) {
                if (word.charAt(i) == alphabet[n]) { 
                score += points[n];
            }
            }
        }
        System.out.println(word + "is worth " + score + " points.");
    }
    System.out.println("");
}

In my point game i have a txt file with words on it. Everytime i run the game all of the word points get added up to the next word. I want each word to start from 0 not from the appointed points from previous words.

Here is the output

Points Problem.
passersbyis worth 16 points.

absobloominglutelyis worth 44 points.

nanais worth 48 points.

bananais worth 56 points.

theis worth 62 points.

quickis worth 82 points.

brownis worth 92 points.

foxis worth 105 points.

jumpsis worth 121 points.

overis worth 128 points.

theis worth 134 points.