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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_word_file(filename):
 """Loads a words file as a list of lines"""

    words_file = resource_filename(__name__, "words/%s" % filename)
    handle = open(words_file, 'r')
    words = handle.readlines()
    handle.close()
    return words