diff --git a/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java b/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java
index 88108a8..cb83e43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java
@@ -1,12 +1,98 @@
 package com.booleanuk;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class Scrabble {
-    public Scrabble(String word) {
+    String word;
 
+    public Scrabble(String word) {
+        this.word=word;
     }
 
     public int score() {
-        return -1;
+        int points = 0;
+        HashMap<Character, Integer> pointsMap = new HashMap<>();
+        pointsMap.put('a', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('e', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('i', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('o', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('u', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('l', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('n', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('r', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('s', 1);
+        pointsMap.put('t', 1);
+
+        pointsMap.put('d', 2);
+        pointsMap.put('g', 2);
+
+        pointsMap.put('b', 3);
+        pointsMap.put('c', 3);
+        pointsMap.put('m', 3);
+        pointsMap.put('p', 3);
+
+        pointsMap.put('f', 4);
+        pointsMap.put('h', 4);
+        pointsMap.put('v', 4);
+        pointsMap.put('w', 4);
+        pointsMap.put('y', 4);
+
+        pointsMap.put('k', 5);
+
+        pointsMap.put('j', 8);
+        pointsMap.put('x', 8);
+
+        pointsMap.put('q', 10);
+        pointsMap.put('z', 10);
+
+        String lcWord = word.toLowerCase();
+        int wordMultiplier = 1;
+
+        if (lcWord.startsWith("{") && lcWord.endsWith("}")){
+            wordMultiplier = 2;
+            lcWord = lcWord.substring(1, lcWord.length()-1);
+        }
+        if (lcWord.startsWith("[") && lcWord.endsWith("]")){
+            wordMultiplier = wordMultiplier*3;
+            lcWord = lcWord.substring(1, lcWord.length()-1);
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i<lcWord.length(); i++){
+            int multiplier = 1;
+            if (lcWord.charAt(i)=='{'){
+                if(lcWord.charAt(i+2)=='}'){
+                    multiplier = 2;
+                    i++;
+                }else{
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (lcWord.charAt(i)=='['){
+                if(lcWord.charAt(i+2)==']'){
+                    multiplier = 3;
+                    i++;
+                }else{
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            }
+
+            char temp = lcWord.charAt(i);
+            if (!Character.isLetter(lcWord.charAt(i))){
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if(pointsMap.containsKey(lcWord.charAt(i))){
+                points += (pointsMap.get(lcWord.charAt(i))*multiplier);
+                if (multiplier != 1){
+                    i++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return points * wordMultiplier;
     }
 
 }