diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index ed77805..fbe94a6 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,25 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    char line[1024];
+    unsigned int count = 0;
 
+    if (file == NULL)
+        return 0;
+
+    while (count < maxWordCount && fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL)
+    {
+        char *word = strtok(line, ",; \t\r\n");
+
+        while (word != NULL && count < maxWordCount)
+        {
+            strncpy(words[count], word, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+            words[count][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+
+            count++;
+            word = strtok(NULL, ",; \t\r\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return count;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Startcode/runTests b/Startcode/runTests
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d7706c1
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