@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+def first(word):
+    """Returns the first character of a string."""
+    return word[0]
+
+def last(word):
+    """Returns the last of a string."""
+    return word[-1]
+
+def middle(word):
+    """Returns all but the first and last characters of a string."""
+    return word[1:-1]
+
+def is_palindrome(word):
+    """Returns True if word is a palindrome."""
+    if len(word) <= 1:
+        return True
+    if first(word) != last(word):
+        return False
+    return is_palindrome(middle(word))
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    for n in range(100000, 1000000):
+        numstring = str(n)
+        lastfour = numstring[-4:]
+        lastfive = str(n+1)[-5:]
+        middlefour = str(n+2)[1:5]
+        allsix = str(n+3)
+        flag = True
+        for stage in (lastfour, lastfive, middlefour, allsix):
+            if is_palindrome(stage):
+                continue
+            else:
+                flag = False
+                break
+        if flag:
+            print(n)
+
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+def first(word):
+    """Returns the first character of a string."""
+    return word[0]
+
+def last(word):
+    """Returns the last of a string."""
+    return word[-1]
+
+def middle(word):
+    """Returns all but the first and last characters of a string."""
+    return word[1:-1]
+
+def is_palindrome(word):
+    """Returns True if word is a palindrome."""
+    if len(word) <= 1:
+        return True
+    if first(word) != last(word):
+        return False
+    return is_palindrome(middle(word))
+
+def is_reverse(x,y):
+    """ If two ages are the reverse of eachother, returns True."""
+    stringx = str(x).zfill(2)
+    stringy = str(y).zfill(2)
+    if (stringx[0] == stringy[1] and
+        stringx[1] == stringy[0]):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+    
+
+agetuples = [
+        (5, 19),
+        (30, 3),
+        (81, 18),
+        (99, 50)
+        ]
+for pair in agetuples:
+    print(is_reverse(pair[0], pair[1]))
+
+for gap in range(16, 80):
+    mom_age = gap
+    kid_age = 0
+    count = 0
+    while mom_age < 100:
+        if is_reverse(mom_age, kid_age):
+            count += 1
+            print(mom_age, kid_age)
+        mom_age += 1
+        if is_reverse(mom_age, kid_age):
+            count += 1
+            print(mom_age, kid_age)
+        kid_age += 1
+    if count >= 8:
+        print(gap)
@@ -8,15 +8,60 @@ def has_no_e(word):
             return False
     return True
 
-with open(filepath) as wrdfile:
-    number_of_words = 0
-    no_e_words = 0
-    for line in wrdfile:
-        number_of_words += 1
-        stripped = line.strip()
-        if has_no_e(stripped):
-            no_e_words += 1
+def avoids(word, taboos="xyz"):
+    for letter in word:
+        if letter in taboos:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+def abecedarian(word):
+    for letter in range(1, len(word)):
+        n = word[letter]
+        p = word[letter-1]
+        follows = ord(n) > ord(p)
+        if follows:
+            continue
         else:
-            pass
+            return False
+    return True
+
+def tripledouble(word):
+    if len(word) < 6:
+        return False
+    startplaces = (len(word) % 6) + 1
+    for i in range(startplaces):
+        section = word[i:i+6]
+        if isnapoleon(section):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+def isnapoleon(word):
+    """Only takes a six character string"""
+    one = word[0] == word[1]
+    two = word[2] == word[3]
+    thr = word[4] == word[5]
+    if one and two and thr:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+forbidfives = [
+    "quxyz",
+    "xyzwh",
+    "qvxyz"
+    ]
 
-print(no_e_words/number_of_words)
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    print(avoids('manpage'))
+    with open(filepath) as wrdfile:
+        number_of_words = 0
+        avoided = 0
+        for line in wrdfile:
+            number_of_words += 1
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if tripledouble(stripped): 
+                print(stripped)
+            else:
+                pass
+        print(avoided/number_of_words)