Does that have to do with the solution? I don't think so...

no, you can see all 4 sample tests. when you hit attempt, there will be fixed tests and then random tests.

Exactly

There is no need to generate all permutations to find the min.

a function's scope can contain a variable matching its name, so your final code doesn't actually throw any error, but yes, it is a bad practice

@yoyotooie congrats on the solve. :)

See above (manual notification)

You have to think about if your inbound list of *letters is going to add up to a lot.

Think if your list was ['x','x','x','x'] and your sum is 96. The sum-26 is not flexible enough to capture that.

*letters https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/controlflow.html#unpacking-argument-lists

I think this is an ok grade for 7kyu.

Not 100% sure but maybe if you want to use it as a template to build out your own kata for submission if you have a good twist on the puzzle.

In "View Solution" I can see you have solved it now. I don't know why it's giving a syntax error now -- but glad you solved it!

return (i, end="")

That returns a tuple. return is not a function, and end="" won't help. All you nned to do is just return i.
But then that would return it on the first item in new_list. So you accumulate onto a new string (and turn it into an integer), and then return that.

For CW, you have to return something, not print(something). Printing something won't do anything.

You've solved many katas, don't you know that?

You didn't return anything O_o

return list

Oops! You returned that on the first element of odds ;/

Please use Markdown formatting to post your code. I can't see how it's indented, so I don't know know the flow of the program.