diff --git a/src/adagrams.js b/src/adagrams.js
index 54043451..bf15aec5 100644
--- a/src/adagrams.js
+++ b/src/adagrams.js
@@ -1,8 +1,135 @@
 const Adagrams = {
+  
   drawLetters() {
-    // Implement this method for wave 1
+    const rawTiles = {
+      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};
+
+    const keys = Object.keys(rawTiles);
+
+    const letterPool = [];
+
+    for(const key in rawTiles) {
+      let i = 0
+
+      while (i <= rawTiles[key]) {
+        letterPool.push(key);
+        i += 1
+      };
+    };
+
+    const hand = [];
+
+    let i = 0;
+
+    while ( i <= 9) {
+      hand.push(letterPool[Math.floor(Math.random()*letterPool.length)]);
+      i += 1
+    }
+    return hand;
+  }, 
+
+  usesAvailableLetters(input, lettersInHand) {
+    let lettersAvailable = true;
+
+    const checkForLetter = function(letter) {
+      if (lettersInHand.includes(letter)) {
+        let index = lettersInHand.indexOf(letter);
+        lettersInHand.splice(index, 1);
+        
+      } else {
+        // console.log(`Letter is ${letter}`);
+        // console.log(`lettersInHand is ${lettersInHand}`);
+        lettersAvailable = false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    input.split('').forEach(checkForLetter);
+    return lettersAvailable;
   },
-};
+
+
+
+  scoreWord(word) {
+    const scoreChart = {
+      "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,
+    };
+
+    let wordScore = 0;
+    const wordDowncase = word.toLowerCase();
+  
+    wordDowncase.split('').forEach( function(letter) {
+      if (scoreChart[letter]) {
+        wordScore += scoreChart[letter];
+      };
+    });
+
+    if (wordDowncase.length >= 7) {
+      wordScore += 8;
+    }
+
+    return wordScore
+
+
+    // Make a score chart hash. 
+    // Create a variable called wordScore
+    // if given empty string, return a score of 0
+    // Iterate through the word and if hash[letter], assign the value of that letter to the 
+    // variable wordScore
+    // additional points for length of the word can be added on later. 
+    // calculate the length of the word and assign additional points if necessary
+  },
+
+}
 
 // Do not remove this line or your tests will break!
 export default Adagrams;
diff --git a/test/adagrams.test.js b/test/adagrams.test.js
index 371027a0..658ed86e 100644
--- a/test/adagrams.test.js
+++ b/test/adagrams.test.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('Adagrams', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe.skip('highestScoreFrom', () => {
+  xdescribe('highestScoreFrom', () => {
     it('returns a hash that contains the word and score of best word in an array', () => {
       const words = ['X', 'XX', 'XXX', 'XXXX'];
       const correct = { word: 'XXXX', score: Adagrams.scoreWord('XXXX') };
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe('Adagrams', () => {
       expect(Adagrams.highestScoreFrom(words)).toEqual(correct);
     });
 
-    describe('in case of tied score', () => {
+    xdescribe.skip('in case of tied score', () => {
       const expectTie = (words) => {
         const scores = words.map(word => Adagrams.scoreWord(word));
         const highScore = scores.reduce((h, s) => h < s ? s : h, 0);