if not trigger.group(2):

bot.say('Need some words, doggles.')

return

words = trigger.group(2).split(' ')

word_count = len(words)

pieces = {}

for word in words:

pieces[word] = hyphenate_word(word)

current = ''

keys = pieces.keys()

keys.sort(key = lambda s: len(pieces[s]) + random.random())

for k in keys:

parts = pieces[k]

if len(parts) == 1:

current = current + parts[0]

continue

if current:

i = random.choice(range(0, len(parts)))

parts[i] = current

elif len(parts) > 1:

removal_i = random.choice(range(-len(parts), len(parts)))

if removal_i >= 0:

del parts[removal_i]

current = ''.join(parts)