Average Word Length, help? (Python)

Question

from functools import reduce
import string

text = input()
for word in text.split():
for char in word:
if char in list(string.punctuation):
text.replace(char, '')

words = text.split()

charCount = reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [len(word) for word in words])
wordCount = len(words)

avg = round(charCount / wordCount)
print(avg)

Answer 1

Mirielle look at the title. My task is to get text and printout the average length of the words in the text. That task is from the codecoach and I dont know why it failed in 2 cases..