diff --git a/adagrams.rb b/adagrams.rb
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diff --git a/lib/adagrams.rb b/lib/adagrams.rb
index e69de29..2a355c7 100644
--- a/lib/adagrams.rb
+++ b/lib/adagrams.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#Adagrams
+#Danielle & Alice
+
+require 'csv'
+
+#Wave 1
+#Picks 10 letters from the letter pool
+def draw_letters
+  letters = {
+    "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
+  }
+
+  #Creates the array of all the letters available to pick
+  letter_probability = []
+  letters.each do |key,value|
+    until value == 0
+      letter_probability << key
+      value -= 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  #Select letters and replace with 0 once they are picked
+  your_hand = []
+  count = 0
+  while count < 10 do
+    index = rand(0...letter_probability.length)
+    if letter_probability[index] != 0
+      your_hand << letter_probability [index]
+      count += 1
+      letter_probability[index] = 0
+    end
+  end
+  return your_hand
+end
+
+#Wave 2
+#Checks that the letters for the word you picked are in your hand
+def uses_available_letters?(input, letters_in_hand)
+  input = input.upcase.split("")
+  value = []
+  if input.length > letters_in_hand.length
+    return false
+  else
+    input.each do |letter|
+      input.count(letter) > letters_in_hand.count(letter) ? value << false : value << true
+    end
+  end
+  value.all? true ? true : false
+end
+
+#Wave 3
+#Returns score of the word
+def score_word (word)
+  word = word.upcase.split("")
+  score = 0
+  word.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", "V", "W", "Y"
+      score += 4
+    when "K"
+      score += 5
+    when "J", "X"
+      score += 8
+    when "Q", "Z"
+      score += 10
+    end
+  end
+
+  score += 8 if word.length >= 7
+
+  return score
+end
+
+#Wave 4
+#Creates the hash for the winning word
+def highest_score (word, score)
+  highest_score = {}
+  highest_score[:word] =  word
+  highest_score[:score] = score
+  return highest_score
+end
+
+#Returns the hash of the winning word (:word & :score) and takes into account word length and ties for an array of words
+def highest_score_from words
+  scores = {}
+  words.each do |word|
+    scores[word] = score_word(word)
+  end
+
+  #Determines maximum score for all words
+  max_word = scores.max_by{|key,value| value}[0]
+  max_score = scores.max_by{|key,value| value}[1]
+
+
+  if scores.values.count(max_score) == 1
+    return highest_score(max_word, max_score)
+  else
+    max_scores = scores.select {|key,value| value==max_score}
+
+    min_length = max_scores.min_by{|key,value| key.length}[0].length
+
+    best_words = max_scores.select {|key,value| key.length == min_length || key.length == 10}
+
+    if best_words.length == 1
+      return highest_score(best_words.keys[0],best_words.values[0])
+    elsif best_words.length > 1
+      best_words.each do |word, score|
+        if word.length == 10
+          return highest_score(word, score)
+        end
+      end
+      return highest_score(best_words.keys[0],best_words.values[0])
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+#Wave 5
+#Checks that the word is in the english dictionary
+def is_in_english_dict? (input)
+  dictionary = CSV.read("assets/dictionary-english.csv")
+  new_dictionary = []
+  dictionary.each do |element|
+    new_dictionary << element[0]
+  end
+  new_dictionary.include?(input.downcase) ? true : false
+end
diff --git a/specs/adagrams_spec.rb b/specs/adagrams_spec.rb
index ae2ccd0..5d175d3 100644
--- a/specs/adagrams_spec.rb
+++ b/specs/adagrams_spec.rb
@@ -168,4 +168,28 @@
       expect(best_word[:score]).must_equal 18
     end
   end
+
+  describe "is_in_english_dict" do
+    it "will return true if it's in the dictionary" do
+      # Arrange
+      word = "What"
+
+      # Act
+      check = is_in_english_dict? (word)
+
+      # Assert
+      expect(check).must_equal true
+    end
+
+    it "will return false if it's not in the dictionary" do
+      # Arrange
+      word = "blahhh"
+
+      # Act
+      check = is_in_english_dict? (word)
+
+      # Assert
+      expect(check).must_equal false
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/wave-5-game.rb b/wave-5-game.rb
index 344333e..6b04a79 100644
--- a/wave-5-game.rb
+++ b/wave-5-game.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require_relative 'lib/adagrams'
 
+
 def display_welcome_message
   puts "Welcome to Adagrams!"
 end