diff --git a/.rakeTasks b/.rakeTasks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f88db1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rakeTasks
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Settings><!--This file was automatically generated by Ruby plugin.
+You are allowed to: 
+1. Remove rake task
+2. Add existing rake tasks
+To add existing rake tasks automatically delete this file and reload the project.
+--><RakeGroup description="" fullCmd="" taksId="rake"><RakeTask description="Run tests" fullCmd="test" taksId="test" /><RakeTask description="" fullCmd="default" taksId="default" /></RakeGroup></Settings>
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 878af75..a6092b7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ GEM
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
+  x64-mingw32
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   minitest
diff --git a/lib/adagrams.rb b/lib/adagrams.rb
index e69de29..bcc5057 100644
--- a/lib/adagrams.rb
+++ b/lib/adagrams.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# WAVE 1 - The method draw_letters extracts a sample of 10 letters from the letter_pool array
+def draw_letters
+  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
+  Z
+)
+  return letter_pool.sample(10)
+
+end
+
+# WAVE 2 - The method uses_available_letters? checks input against letters_in_hand and returns true if input is in letters_in_hand, false otherwise
+def uses_available_letters?(input, letters_in_hand)
+
+  new_letters_in_hand = letters_in_hand.dup
+
+  input.upcase.chars.each do |character|
+    if new_letters_in_hand.include?(character)
+      position = new_letters_in_hand.index(character)
+      new_letters_in_hand.delete_at(position)
+    else
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+  return true
+end
+
+# WAVE 3 - The method score_word will tally points for words submitted by user
+def score_word(word)
+
+  score = 0
+
+  word_char_array = word.upcase.chars
+
+  word_char_array.each do |character|
+    case character
+    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", "V", "W", "Y"
+      score += 4
+    when "K"
+      score += 5
+    when "J", "X"
+      score += 8
+    when "Q", "Z"
+      score += 10
+    end
+  end
+
+  if word_char_array.length >= 7
+    score += 8
+  end
+
+  return score
+end
+
+
+# WAVE 4 - The method highest_score_from returns the winning word and winning score; checks ties
+def highest_score_from(words)
+
+  winner = {word: nil, score: 0}
+  words.each do |word|
+
+    if score_word(word) > winner[:score]
+      winner[:word] = word
+      winner[:score] = score_word(word)
+    elsif score_word(word) == winner[:score]
+      if ((winner[:word]).length != 10) && (word.length < (winner[:word]).length || word.length == 10)
+        winner[:word] = word
+        winner[:score] = score_word(word)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return winner
+end
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