diff --git a/scrabble.js b/scrabble.js
index a7d0745..5b7ef4e 100644
--- a/scrabble.js
+++ b/scrabble.js
@@ -1,8 +1,118 @@
 var Scrabble = function() {};
 
-// YOUR CODE HERE
-Scrabble.prototype.helloWorld = function() {
-  return 'hello world!';
+var pointValue = {
+  '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
+
+};
+
+//my initializer
+//the constructor initializes and instance of of the "class", constructor is called with new ScrabbleGame, but without 'instance vars'
+var ScrabbleGame = function() {
 };
+// setting up the structure of scoring on any word
+ScrabbleGame.prototype.score = function(word) {
+  var points = 0;
+    for (var i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
+    points += pointValue[word[i]];
+  }
+  if (word.length > 6)
+  var wordscore = word.score + 50;
+};
+return wordscore;
+}
+
+ScrabbleGame.prototype.highestScoreFrom = function(wordsPlayed) {
+  var highestScoringWord = ""
+  var highestWordScore = 0
+  for (var i = 0; i < wordsPlayed.length; i++) {
+    if(score(wordsPlayed[i]) > highestWordScore) {
+      highestWordScore = score(wordsPlayed[i])
+      highestScoringWord = wordsPlayed[i]
+    }
+  }
+  return highestScoringWord
+}
+
+var playscrabble = new ScrabbleGame();
+playscrabble.score(word)
+
+// Scrabble.prototype.helloWorld = function() {
+//   return 'hello world!';
+// };
 
 module.exports = Scrabble;
+//*****************************//PLAYER//**************************
+
+var Player = function() {};
+
+//the constructor initializes and instance of of the "class", constructor is called with new Player with the addition of 'instance' vars, unlike new scrabbleGame
+var Player = function(name) {
+  this.name = name;
+  this.plays = [],
+  this.won = false;
+};
+
+Player.prototype.play = function(word) {
+  //should add the input word to the plays array
+  this.plays.push(word);
+};
+
+Player.prototype.totalScore = function() {
+  //should SUM and RETURN the score of the players words
+  var totalScore = 0;
+  var playscrabble = new ScrabbleGame();
+  //iterate over plays
+  this.plays.forEach(function(word)) {
+    this.plays[i] += this.plays[i];
+    Math.sum(this.plays[i]);
+  }
+  return totalScore;
+};
+}
+
+Player.prototype.hasWon = function() {
+  //should check if the player has 100 or more points and returns true or false
+  if (this.totalScore() >= 100)
+  this.won = true
+  else {
+    return this.won
+  }
+}
+
+Player.prototype.highestScoringWord = function() {
+  var playscrabble = new ScrabbleGame();
+  return playscrabble.highestScoreFrom(this.plays);
+}
+
+Player.prototype.highestWordScore = function() {
+  var highestWordScore = 0
+  for (var i = 0; i < wordsPlayed.length; i++) {
+    if(score(wordsPlayed[i]) > highestWordScore) {
+      highestWordScore = score(wordsPlayed[i])
+}
+};