diff --git a/adagrams/const_dicts.py b/adagrams/const_dicts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee47ff70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagrams/const_dicts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+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_DICT= {
+    "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,
+}
diff --git a/adagrams/game.py b/adagrams/game.py
index 5fb37b11..fce60966 100644
--- a/adagrams/game.py
+++ b/adagrams/game.py
@@ -1,11 +1,51 @@
+import random
+from adagrams.const_dicts import *
+
 def draw_letters():
-    pass
+    letter_pool_list = []
+    for letter, number in LETTER_POOL.items():
+        letter_pool_list.extend([letter]*number)
+    hand_list = []
+    while len(hand_list) < 10:
+        random.shuffle(letter_pool_list)
+        hand_list.append(letter_pool_list.pop())
+    return hand_list
 
 def uses_available_letters(word, letter_bank):
-    pass
+    word = word.upper()
+    new_letter_bank = []
+    new_letter_bank.extend(letter_bank)
+    for letter in word:
+        if letter in new_letter_bank:
+            new_letter_bank.remove(letter)
+        else:
+            return False
+    return True
+
 
 def score_word(word):
-    pass
+    word = word.upper()
+    sum = 0
+    if len(word) >= 7:
+        sum += 8
+    for letter in word:
+        sum += SCORE_CHART_DICT[letter]
+    return sum
 
 def get_highest_word_score(word_list):
-    pass
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+    highest_score = 0
+    highest_score_word = ""
+
+    for word in word_list:
+        score = score_word(word)
+        high_word_length = len(highest_score_word)
+        word_length = len(word)
+        if score > highest_score:
+            highest_score = score
+            highest_score_word = word 
+        elif score == highest_score:
+            if high_word_length == 10 and word_length < high_word_length or word_length == high_word_length:
+                continue
+            elif word_length < high_word_length or word_length == 10:
+                highest_score_word = word
+    return (highest_score_word, highest_score)
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