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72 lines
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# Scrabble Score
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Welcome to Scrabble Score on Exercism's Java Track.
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If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`.
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## Instructions
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Given a word, compute the Scrabble score for that word.
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## Letter Values
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You'll need these:
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```text
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Letter Value
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A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T 1
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D, G 2
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B, C, M, P 3
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F, H, V, W, Y 4
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K 5
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J, X 8
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Q, Z 10
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```
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## Examples
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"cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:
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- 3 points for C
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- 1 point for A, twice
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- 3 points for B, twice
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- 2 points for G
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- 1 point for E
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And to total:
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- `3 + 2*1 + 2*3 + 2 + 1`
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- = `3 + 2 + 6 + 3`
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- = `5 + 9`
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- = 14
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## Extensions
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- You can play a double or a triple letter.
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- You can play a double or a triple word.
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## Source
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### Contributed to by
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- @FridaTveit
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- @jmrunkle
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- @jonnynabors
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- @jtigger
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- @kytrinyx
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- @lemoncurry
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- @LuLechuan
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- @matthewmorgan
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- @msomji
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- @muzimuzhi
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- @sjwarner-bp
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- @SleeplessByte
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- @Smarticles101
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- @sshine
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- @stkent
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- @vdemeester
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- @vivshaw
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- @Zaldrick
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### Based on
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Inspired by the Extreme Startup game - https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup
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