title: Count number of words that start with a letter Python
body: <p>I'm trying to count the number of words in a list that start with each letter of the alphabet. I've tried numerous things and nothing seems to work. The end result should be something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>list = ['the', 'big', 'bad', 'dog']
  a: 0
  b: 2
  c: 0
  d: 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I assume I should be doing something with dictionaries, right?</p>