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+require "csv"
+
+LETTER_POOL = %w(A A A A A A A A A B B C C D D D D E E E E E E E E E E E E F F G G G H H I
+  I I I I I I I I J K L L L L M M N N N N N N O O O O O O O O P P Q R R R R R R S S S S T T T
+  T T T U U U U V V W W X Y Y Z)
+  
+def display_welcome_message
+  puts "Welcome to Adagrams!"
+end
+
+def draw_letters
+  drawn_letters = LETTER_POOL.sample(10)
+  return drawn_letters
+end
+
+def display_drawn_letters(letters)
+  puts "You have drawn the letters:"
+  puts letters.join(', ')
+end
+
+def display_game_instructions
+  puts "Please input your submission for the longest anagram you can come up with"
+end
+
+def display_needs_valid_input_message
+  puts "You entered in a word that contains characters not in the letter bank"
+  display_game_instructions
+end
+
+def display_retry_instructions
+  puts "Should we play another round?"
+  puts "Enter y to replay"
+  puts "Enter n to quit"
+end
+
+def display_not_in_letter_bank_message
+  puts "You entered in a word that contains characters not in the letter bank"
+  display_game_instructions
+end
+
+def display_score(score)
+  puts "Your submitted anagram scored #{score} points"
+end
+
+def display_highest_score(high_score_hash)
+  puts "Thanks for playing Adagrams!"
+  puts "The highest score from this game was #{high_score_hash[:word]}, which was worth #{high_score_hash[:score]} points"
+end
+
+def display_goodbye_message
+  puts "Goodbye!"
+end
+
+# Wave 2
+
+def get_user_input
+  gets.chomp.upcase
+end
+
+def uses_available_letters?(input, letters_in_hand)
+  letters = input.upcase.split('')
+  letters_in_hand.each do |l|
+    i = letters.index(l)
+    next if i.nil?
+    letters.delete_at(i)
+    return true if letters.empty?
+  end
+  false
+ end
+ 
+# Wave 3
+
+def score_word (word)
+  score = 0
+  word.upcase.split('').each do |letter|
+    case letter
+    when "A", "E", "I", "O", "U", "L", "N", "R", "S", "T"
+      score += 1
+    when "D", "G"
+      score += 2
+    when "B", "C", "M", "P"
+      score += 3
+    when "F", "H", "G", "W", "Y"
+      score += 4
+    when "K"
+      score += 5
+    when "J", "X"
+      score += 8
+    when "Q", "Z"
+      score += 10
+    else
+      score += 0
+    end
+  end
+  if word.length >= 7 && word.length <= 10
+    score += 8
+  end
+  return score
+end
+
+# Wave 4
+
+def highest_score_from(words)
+  best_word = {
+    word: '',
+    score: 0
+  }
+  words.each do |word|
+    if score_word(word) > best_word[:score]
+      best_word[:score] = score_word(word)
+      best_word[:word] = word
+
+    elsif score_word(word) == best_word[:score]
+      if best_word[:word].length < word.length && word.length == 10
+        best_word[:word] = word
+        best_word[:score] = score_word(word)
+
+      elsif best_word[:word].length > word.length && best_word[:word].length < 10
+        best_word[:word] = word
+        best_word[:score] = score_word(word)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return best_word
+end
+
+# Wave 5
+# Curently able to read the file but unable to check with user word
+# def is_in_english_dict? (input)
+#   dictionary = ''
+#   CSV.foreach(File.path("dictionary-english.csv")) do |row|
+#     dictionary = row
+#     puts dictionary  
+#   end
+#     if dictionary.include?(input)
+#       puts "true"
+#     else
+#       puts "false"
+#     end
+# end
+
+def run_game
+  played_words = []
+
+  display_welcome_message
+
+  should_continue = true
+
+  while should_continue
+    puts "Let's draw 10 letters from the letter pool..."
+
+    letter_bank = draw_letters
+    display_drawn_letters(letter_bank)
+
+    display_game_instructions
+
+    user_input_word = get_user_input
+
+    while ( !(uses_available_letters?(user_input_word, letter_bank)) )
+      display_needs_valid_input_message
+      user_input_word = get_user_input
+    end
+
+    score = score_word(user_input_word)
+    played_words << user_input_word
+
+    display_score(score)
+
+    display_retry_instructions
+    should_continue = get_user_input == "Y"
+  end
+
+  display_highest_score(highest_score_from(played_words))
+  display_goodbye_message
+end
+
+run_game