diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index ed77805..da9f340 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
-
+    int i=0;
+    while (i<maxWordCount && fscanf(file, "%s", words[i]) != EOF)
+    {
+        i++;
+    }
+    return i;
 }
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