diff --git a/adagrams/game.py b/adagrams/game.py
index 5fb37b11..93c11de5 100644
--- a/adagrams/game.py
+++ b/adagrams/game.py
@@ -1,11 +1,113 @@
+import random
+LETTER_POOL = {
+    'A': 9, 
+    'B': 2, 
+    'C': 2, 
+    'D': 4, 
+    'E': 12, 
+    'F': 2, 
+    'G': 3, 
+    'H': 2, 
+    'I': 9, 
+    'J': 1, 
+    'K': 1, 
+    'L': 4, 
+    'M': 2, 
+    'N': 6, 
+    'O': 8, 
+    'P': 2, 
+    'Q': 1, 
+    'R': 6, 
+    'S': 4, 
+    'T': 6, 
+    'U': 4, 
+    'V': 2, 
+    'W': 2, 
+    'X': 1, 
+    'Y': 2, 
+    'Z': 1
+}
+
+SCORE_CHART = {
+    'A': 1,
+    'E': 1, 
+    'I': 1, 
+    'O': 1, 
+    'U': 1, 
+    'L': 1, 
+    'N': 1, 
+    'R': 1, 
+    'S': 1, 
+    'T': 1,
+    'D': 2, 
+    'G': 2,
+    'B': 3, 
+    'C': 3, 
+    'M': 3, 
+    'P': 3,
+    'F': 4, 
+    'H': 4, 
+    'V': 4, 
+    'W': 4, 
+    'Y': 4,
+    'K': 5,
+    'J': 8, 
+    'X': 8,
+    'Q': 10, 
+    'Z': 10
+}
+
+def create_letter_pool_list(LETTER_POOL):
+    letter_pool_list = []
+    for key, value in LETTER_POOL.items():
+        for i in range(value):
+            letter_pool_list.append(key)
+    return letter_pool_list
+
 def draw_letters():
-    pass
+    hand_of_ten_letters = []
+    letter_pool_list = create_letter_pool_list(LETTER_POOL)
+    while len(hand_of_ten_letters) < 10:
+        random_letter = random.choice(letter_pool_list)
+        count = hand_of_ten_letters.count(random_letter)
+        if count < LETTER_POOL[random_letter]:
+            hand_of_ten_letters.append(random_letter)
+    return(hand_of_ten_letters)
+
 
-def uses_available_letters(word, letter_bank):
-    pass
+def uses_available_letters(word, hand_of_ten_letters):
+    word = word.upper()
+    for char in word:
+        if word.count(char) is not hand_of_ten_letters.count(char):
+            return False
+    return True
 
 def score_word(word):
-    pass
+    word = word.upper()
+    score = 0
+    for letter in word:
+        score += (SCORE_CHART[letter])
+    if len(word) >= 7:
+        score += 8
+    return(score)
 
 def get_highest_word_score(word_list):
-    pass
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+    highest_score = 0
+    highest_scoring_word = ""
+    for word in word_list:
+        score = score_word(word)
+        if highest_score < score:
+            highest_score = score
+            highest_scoring_word = word
+        elif highest_score == score:
+            highest_scoring_word_length = len(highest_scoring_word)
+            current_word_length = len(word)
+            if highest_scoring_word_length != current_word_length:
+                if current_word_length == 10:
+                    highest_scoring_word = word
+                elif highest_scoring_word_length > current_word_length and highest_scoring_word_length != 10:
+                    highest_scoring_word = word
+        
+    highest_score_tuple = highest_scoring_word,highest_score
+    return(highest_score_tuple)
+            
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diff --git a/adagrams/scratch.py b/adagrams/scratch.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7306c12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagrams/scratch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from tests.test_wave_01 import LETTER_POOL
+import random
+
+
+def draw_letters():
+    #returns: ["a", "b", "c", ...] player's hand
+    #letter doesn't change
+    #can't have more than the alloted number of a letter
+
+    #initialize empty list
+    result_list = []
+    #set up dictionary of letter pool
+    character, frequency = random.choice(list(LETTER_POOL.items()))
+    print(character, frequency)
+
+
+
+    #a loop to check if len is under 10
+        #if not
+         #return result_list
+draw_letters()
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index bcd6ab0b..90cf71e5 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from adagrams.ui_helper import *
 from adagrams.game import draw_letters, uses_available_letters, score_word, get_highest_word_score
+# from tests.test_wave_01 import LETTER_POOL
 
 def wave_1_run_game():
     display_welcome_message()