diff --git a/lib/adagrams.rb b/lib/adagrams.rb
index e69de29..07e4c6a 100644
--- a/lib/adagrams.rb
+++ b/lib/adagrams.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# hash of available letters to pull from
+$letters = {
+  "A" => 9, 
+  "B" => 2, 
+  "C" => 2, 
+  "D" => 4, 
+  "E" => 12, 
+  "F" => 2, 
+  "G" => 3, 
+  "H" => 2, 
+  "I" => 9, 
+  "J" => 1, 
+  "K" => 1, 
+  "L" => 4, 
+  "M" => 2, 
+  "N" => 6, 
+  "O" => 8, 
+  "P" => 2, 
+  "Q" => 1, 
+  "R" => 6, 
+  "S" => 4, 
+  "T" => 6, 
+  "U" => 4, 
+  "V" => 2, 
+  "W" => 2, 
+  "X" => 1, 
+  "Y" => 2, 
+  "Z" => 1
+}
+
+# hash chart of each letter with their score value
+$score_chart = {
+  "A" => 1, 
+  "B" => 3, 
+  "C" => 3, 
+  "D" => 2, 
+  "E" => 1, 
+  "F" => 4, 
+  "G" => 2, 
+  "H" => 4, 
+  "I" => 1, 
+  "J" => 8, 
+  "K" => 5, 
+  "L" => 1, 
+  "M" => 3, 
+  "N" => 1, 
+  "O" => 1, 
+  "P" => 3, 
+  "Q" => 10, 
+  "R" => 1, 
+  "S" => 1, 
+  "T" => 1, 
+  "U" => 1, 
+  "V" => 4, 
+  "W" => 4, 
+  "X" => 8, 
+  "Y" => 4, 
+  "Z" => 10
+}
+
+# method to draw 10 letters
+def draw_letters
+  ten_letters = []
+  letters = $letters.keys 
+# this loop pulls random letters from hash and pushes it into an array
+  10.times do |index|
+     rand_letter = letters[rand(letters.size)]
+      if $letters[rand_letter] == 0
+        rand_letter = letters[rand(letters.size)]
+      else
+        $letters[rand_letter] -= 1 
+      end
+    ten_letters << rand_letter
+  end  
+    return ten_letters
+end
+
+
+# takes in the letters and verifies of the letters used are in the current hand
+def uses_available_letters?(input, letters_in_hand)
+  input = input.split("")
+  in_hand_dup = letters_in_hand.dup
+
+  input.each do |x|
+    unless in_hand_dup.include? x 
+     return false
+    end
+    in_hand_dup.delete(x)
+  end
+  return true
+end
+
+# method that calculates the tiles being played and returns the total score
+def score_word(word)
+  total_score = 0
+  if word.empty? 
+    return total_score 
+  else
+    user_word = word.upcase.split("")
+    total_score = user_word.inject(0) {|sum, word| sum + $score_chart[word]}
+    if user_word.length == 7 || user_word.length == 8 || user_word.length == 9 || user_word.length == 10
+      total_score += 8
+    end
+  end
+  return total_score
+end
+
+# method that takes the word with the highest score the total score
+def highest_score_from(words)
+  word_score_list = {}
+   words.each do |word|
+     score = score_word(word)
+     word_score_list[word] = score
+   end
+ 
+   # method that finds the winning word and it's score
+   max_score = 0
+   max_word = ""
+   i = 0
+   while i < words.length 
+     # we want to acces the right word inside the hash. 
+     # so we acessed the key from the hash and the index value from an array.
+     val = word_score_list[words[i]]
+       if val > max_score
+         max_score = val
+         max_word = words[i]
+       elsif val == max_score
+         # in case of tied score and same length words, prefers the first word
+         if words[i].length == max_word.length 
+           return {word: max_word, score: max_score}
+         elsif words[i].length == 10 
+           max_word = words[i]
+         # picks the shortest word if there no word that equal to 10 letters long
+         elsif words[i].length < max_word.length && max_word.length != 10
+           max_word = words[i]
+         end
+       end
+     i += 1
+   end
+   return {word: max_word, score: max_score}
+ end
+
diff --git a/wave-1-game.rb b/wave-1-game.rb
index 159f620..defe6a9 100644
--- a/wave-1-game.rb
+++ b/wave-1-game.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 require_relative 'lib/adagrams'
 
+# letters = {
+#   "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
+# }
+
+# def draw_letters
+#   ten_letters = []
+
+#   letters = letters.keys
+
+#   10.times do |index|
+#      rand_letter = letters[rand(letters.size)]
+#       if letters[rand_letter] == 0
+#         rand_letter = letters[rand(letters.size)]
+#       else
+#         letters[rand_letter] -= 1 
+#       end
+#     ten_letters << rand_letter
+#   end  
+#     return ten_letters
+# end
+
 def display_welcome_message
   puts "Welcome to Adagrams!"
   puts "Let's draw 10 letters from the letter pool..."
@@ -15,4 +61,10 @@ def run_game
   display_drawn_letters(draw_letters)
 end
 
+
+
+
+
 run_game
+
+