diff --git a/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java b/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java
index 88108a8..2b8c239 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/booleanuk/Scrabble.java
@@ -1,12 +1,68 @@
 package com.booleanuk;
 
 public class Scrabble {
+    private final String word;
+
+
     public Scrabble(String word) {
+        this.word = word;
 
     }
 
     public int score() {
-        return -1;
+        int total = 0;
+        String upperCaseString = word.toUpperCase();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i <upperCaseString.length(); i++) {
+           char ch = upperCaseString.charAt(i);
+
+           switch(ch) {
+               case 'A':
+               case 'E':
+               case 'I':
+               case 'O':
+               case 'U':
+               case 'L':
+               case 'N':
+               case 'R':
+               case 'S':
+               case 'T':
+                   total += 1;
+                   break;
+               case 'D':
+               case 'G':
+                   total += 2;
+                   break;
+               case 'B':
+               case 'C':
+               case 'M':
+               case 'P':
+                   total += 3;
+                   break;
+               case 'F':
+               case 'H':
+               case 'V':
+               case 'W':
+               case 'Y':
+                   total += 4;
+                   break;
+               case 'K':
+                   total += 5;
+                   break;
+               case 'J':
+               case 'X':
+                   total += 8;
+                   break;
+               case 'Q':
+               case 'Z':
+                   total += 10;
+                   break;
+               default:
+
+           }
+        }
+        return total;
     }
 
+
 }