[Python] Python Tkinter Buttons: Passing arguments via lambda is not working

I am trying to get the input text from an entry and based upon the length of the text, perform some other things. My code looks like this:

entry = tk.Entry(root)
entry.grid(row=8, column=7, rowspan=2)
entry_text = entry.get().upper()
print(x)
button = tk.Button(root, text="Enter the Word", command= lambda: get_entry_text(entry_text, i_label_list))
button.grid(row=8, column=8, rowspan=2)


My lambda function looks like this:

def get_entry_text(entry_value, i_label_list):
global no_of_attempts
print(len(entry_value))
if len(entry_value) == 6:
no_of_attempts += 1
for i in range(6):
i_label_list[no_of_attempts].config(text=entry_value)
else:
print('Invalid Length')


What I have discovered is that the lambda function is not getting/passing the actual text in the entry. Rather, it is getting/passing empty text to the get_entry_text function, which results in 'invalid length' no matter which text I pass.

I have tried partial from functools to pass the values, but to no avail.

What am I doing wrong?

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