diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 763d4cc..ac2d99a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 .env
 .idea
+.test.rb
diff --git a/lib/adagrams.rb b/lib/adagrams.rb
index e69de29..5f373be 100644
--- a/lib/adagrams.rb
+++ b/lib/adagrams.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+require 'csv'
+
+def draw_letters()
+  hand = []
+
+  letter_dist = {
+      "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
+  }
+
+  letter_pool = []
+
+  letter_dist.each do |letter, times|
+    letter_pool << Array.new(times) { letter }
+  end
+
+  letter_pool = letter_pool.flatten
+
+  until hand.length == 10 do
+    index = rand(letter_pool.length)
+
+    hand << letter_pool[index]
+    letter_pool.delete_at(index)
+  end
+  return hand
+end
+
+def uses_available_letters?(input, letters_in_hand)
+  copy_lih = letters_in_hand.dup
+  input.each_char do |letter|
+    if copy_lih.include?(letter)
+      copy_lih.delete_at(copy_lih.find_index(letter))
+    else
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+  return true
+end
+
+def score_word(word)
+  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
+  }
+
+  score = 0
+
+  word.upcase.each_char do |letter|
+    score += score_chart[letter]
+  end
+
+  score += 8 if word.length >= 7
+
+  return score
+end
+
+def highest_score_from(words)
+  max_score = 0
+  highest_word = ""
+
+  words.each do |word|
+    if score_word(word) > max_score
+      max_score = score_word(word)
+      highest_word = word
+    elsif score_word(word) == max_score && word.length == highest_word.length
+      next
+    elsif score_word(word) == max_score && word.length == 10
+      max_score = score_word(word)
+      highest_word = word
+    elsif score_word(word) == max_score && word.length < highest_word.length && highest_word.length != 10
+      max_score = score_word(word)
+      highest_word = word
+    end
+  end
+  score_hash = { word: highest_word, score: max_score}
+  return score_hash
+end
+
+def is_in_english_dict?(input)
+  dict = CSV.read('assets/dictionary-english.csv')
+  dict.include?([input.downcase]) ? true : false
+end
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diff --git a/test/adagrams_test.rb b/test/adagrams_test.rb
index 90ec44d..064c6e8 100644
--- a/test/adagrams_test.rb
+++ b/test/adagrams_test.rb
@@ -178,4 +178,19 @@
       expect(best_word[:score]).must_equal 18
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'is_in_english_dict?' do
+    it 'checks an input string against a list of valid English words' do
+
+      word1 = "APPLE"
+      word2 = "pencil"
+      word3 = "pppppppppp"
+      word4 = "PROGRAMMING"
+
+      expect(is_in_english_dict?(word1)).must_equal true
+      expect(is_in_english_dict?(word2)).must_equal true
+      expect(is_in_english_dict?(word3)).must_equal false
+      expect(is_in_english_dict?(word4)).must_equal false
+    end
+  end
 end