return True

def start():
    lines = []
words = []
for line in open('word_test1.txt'):
    lines.append(line.strip())
numlines = len(lines)
count = 0
for word in lines[:]:
    if is_abcedearian(word):
        print(word)
count = count + 1
print(count)
Counting abecedarian words in a list: Python