diff --git a/adagrams/game.py b/adagrams/game.py
index 5fb37b11..6e21cf22 100644
--- a/adagrams/game.py
+++ b/adagrams/game.py
@@ -1,11 +1,152 @@
+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
+}
+
 def draw_letters():
-    pass
+    '''
+    Draws 10 random letters from a dictionary of letters.
+    The letters are are weighted depending on the frequency as dictated in the values.
+    Returns a list of letters.
+    '''
+    # use a dictionary with the letter as the key and the number of instances/tiles as the value
+    # make a copy of LETTER_POOL (shallow/deep) 
+    all_letters = LETTER_POOL.copy()
+    # initialize an empty array to hold strings (letters)
+    drawn_letters = []
+    # continue loop until the list has ten values
+    while len(drawn_letters) < 10:
+        # random choices takes a weights key that weights probability for each corresponding item
+        # in the list being chosen from. Used list of all_letters values to get correct weights
+        # especially cool is that as dict values are reduced as letters are drawn, the weights
+        # change accordingly, so the probability remains completely accurate
+        letter_list = random.choices(list(all_letters), weights=list(all_letters.values()))
+        # random choices has to return a list, in this case, list of only one item, but need 
+        # to access that one item with [0]
+        letter = letter_list[0]
+        # if the value associated with the key is greater than 1, append letter to list and 
+        # decrease value in dict by 1
+        if all_letters[letter] >= 1:
+                drawn_letters.append(letter)
+                all_letters[letter] -= 1
 
-def uses_available_letters(word, letter_bank):
-    pass
+    return drawn_letters
 
 def score_word(word):
-    pass
+    '''
+    Scores the word and returns the score.
+    '''
+    # change all letters to uppercase to match dict
+    word = word.upper()
+    # create lists representing points and which letters receive those points
+    one_point = ['A','E','I','O', 'U', 'L', 'N','R','S','T']
+    two_point = ['D','G']
+    three_point = ['B','C','M','P']
+    four_point = ['F','H','V','W','Y']
+    five_point = ['K']
+    eight_point = ['J','X']
+    ten_point = ['Q', 'Z']
+    # create variable word_score and start at 0
+    word_score = 0
+    # if word fits these conditions, gets extra points
+    if len(word)>=7 and len(word)<11:
+        word_score += 8
+    # check each letter in word and find which list it is in
+    # then assign appropriate amount of points
+    for letter in word:
+        if letter in one_point:
+            word_score += 1
+        elif letter in two_point:
+            word_score += 2
+        elif letter in three_point:
+            word_score += 3
+        elif letter in four_point:
+            word_score += 4
+        elif letter in five_point:
+            word_score += 5
+        elif letter in eight_point:
+            word_score += 8
+        elif letter in ten_point:
+                word_score += 10
+    return word_score
+
+def uses_available_letters(word, letter_bank):
+    '''
+    Checks to make sure the user only submits words using the letters they drew.
+    '''
+    # make a copy of the letter bank
+    available_letters = letter_bank.copy()
+    # loop through the letters in word and if the letter is in the list, remove it
+    # if a letter is not in the list, return False
+    for letter in word:
+        if letter in available_letters:
+            available_letters.remove(letter)
+            continue
+        else: 
+            return False
+    return True
+    
 
 def get_highest_word_score(word_list):
-    pass
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+    '''
+    Finds the words with the highest point value and returns the winning words and the score in a tuple.
+    For ties, words equal to ten win, else the shorter words wins. 
+    If both of the words are the same length, the first word submitted wins.
+    '''
+    # create new dict that will store word as key and score as value
+    words_and_scores = {}
+    # list will track just scores
+    score_list = []
+    # populate both list and dict with data from word_list
+    for word in word_list:
+        score = score_word(word)
+        words_and_scores[word] = score
+        score_list.append(score)
+        
+    # find the max score
+    max_score = max(score_list)
+    # this is list comprehension, loops through dict, if max_score is found as a value, it returns
+    # the key, which is a word string. Now have a list of any possible tying words
+    words = [k for k, v in words_and_scores.items() if v == max_score]
+    # check each word in the tied words list (words) check conditionals and apply results
+    for word in words:
+        if len(words) == 1:
+            return word, max_score
+        elif len(word) == 10:
+            return word, max_score
+    # each final returned pair will be a tuple.  Python automatically converts a comma separated
+    # pair of values into a tuple
+    else: 
+        return min(words, key=len), max_score
+    
+    
+        
+
+
+