pyscript index error while calling input from html form

[pyscript_dude]

Hi,
I am trying to embed a python script into an html page via pyscript. I want to call the input from an html form. In python script, if I use

input = "word"

everything works fine, however if I use

word = Element('word').value

then it gives

Error:
IndexError: range object index out of range

Of course I used an html form as follows

	<form onsubmit="return false">
	<label>Enter the word:</label>
    <input type="text" id="word">
    </form>

Any ideas and suggestions to solve this problem would be appreciated. Thank you.