diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f0ff375..9951b33 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,3 +8,107 @@
   we won't be bringing anything into this file. Later, we may make good
   use of this file.
 */
+var Scrabble = function(){
+  this.letterScore = {
+   "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};
+   this.tiles = ["D","L","S","U","D","L","S","U","D","L","S","U","D","L","S","U","G","G","G","Q","J","K","X","Z","M","B","C","F","H","V","W","Y","P","M","B","C","F","H","V","W","Y","P","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","I","I","I","I","I","I","I","I","I","O","O","O","O","O","O","O","O","R","R","R","R","R","R","T","T","T","T","T","T","N","N","N","N","N","N"];
+};
+
+/////////////////////////tile functions//////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//this function shall shuffle the tiles
+Scrabble.prototype.shuffle = function(){
+    for (let i = this.tiles.length; i; i--){
+        let j = Math.floor(Math.random() * i);
+        [this.tiles[i - 1], this.tiles[j]] = [this.tiles[j], this.tiles[i - 1]];
+    }
+    console.log(this.tiles);
+    return this.tiles;
+};
+
+//this function shall draw tiles from the TileBag after each play
+Scrabble.prototype.drawTiles = function(num){
+  this.tilesDrawn = tilesDrawn;
+  this.tileBag.pop(num); //'tileBag' comes from the instanciation of a player, in this case scrabble.
+  return this.tilesDrawn;
+};
+
+//this function shall return the number of tiles remaining in the bag
+Scrabble.prototype.remainingTiles = function(){
+  console.log(this.tileBag.length);
+  return this.tileBag.length;
+};
+
+/////////////////////////////Scoring Functions////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// this function shall allocate a 50pt bonus for words of 7 characters
+Scrabble.prototype.bonus = function(word){
+  this.word = word;
+  if(this.word.length === 7){
+    this.total += 50;}
+  };
+
+
+// this function shall score each played word.
+Scrabble.prototype.score = function(word) {
+  var total = 0;
+  this.word = (word.toUpperCase());
+  for (let current of this.word){
+    total = total + this.letterScore[current];
+}
+    console.log(total);
+    return total;
+
+};
+
+//this method needs a few things before itll actually be functional.
+//this function shall determine the highest scoring word of the game
+Scrabble.prototype.highestScore = function (arrayOfWords) {
+  // key = score, value = word
+  this.scores = {};
+  //the array all the words are shoveled into once played
+  this.arrayOfWords = arrayOfWords;
+  // iterate through the list of words, if the score of the word is already included as a key in the hash, add the word to the array of values, otherwise add the score as a new key and the word as its value.
+  for (let current of this.arrayOfWords){
+  //if the score is already a key in scores, shovel the word into the array of its values
+  if ((score(current) in this.scores)){
+    this.scores[score(current)].push(current);}
+  else {
+    this.scores[score(word)] = [word];}
+}};
+
+arrayOfWords = [30 , 60, 900, 22, -9, 21];
+Math.max([array]);
+
+Scrabble.prototype.scoreMax = function (arrayOfWords) {
+  this.arrayOfWords = arrayOfWords;
+  console.log(Math.max.apply(null, this.arrayOfWords.keys));
+  return Math.max.apply(null, this.arrayOfWords.keys);
+};
+
+
+/////////////////////////////// This is the beginning of the player functions ///////////////////////
+
+//this shall be the player Constructor fxn
+var Player = function(name){
+  this.name = name;
+  this.plays = plays;
+  this.tiles = tiles;
+  this.totalScore = 0;
+};
+
+Player.prototype.drawTiles = function (tile_bag) {
+  num_tiles = 7 - this.tiles.length;
+};
+
+b = new Scrabble();
+b.score("ZazZlE");
+b.shuffle();
+
+
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+module.exports = Scrabble;