diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6576fc..de3d636 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ##
 ## Get latest from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/VisualStudio.gitignore
 
+.DS_Store
+
 # User-specific files
 *.rsuser
 *.suo
diff --git a/csharp-scrabble-challenge.Main/Scrabble.cs b/csharp-scrabble-challenge.Main/Scrabble.cs
index c1ea013..66e3819 100644
--- a/csharp-scrabble-challenge.Main/Scrabble.cs
+++ b/csharp-scrabble-challenge.Main/Scrabble.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection.Metadata.Ecma335;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -9,15 +11,85 @@ namespace csharp_scrabble_challenge.Main
 {
     public class Scrabble
     {
+        private string _word;
+        private Dictionary<char, int> _scores = new Dictionary<char, int>()
+        {
+            {'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},
+        };
+
         public Scrabble(string word)
-        {            
-            //TODO: do something with the word variable
+        {
+            _word = word.ToLower();
         }
 
         public int score()
         {
-            //TODO: score calculation code goes here
-            throw new NotImplementedException(); //TODO: Remove this line when the code has been written
+            if (_word.Count(f => f == '[') != _word.Count(f => f == '[')) return 0;
+            if (_word.Count(f => f == '{') != _word.Count(f => f == '}')) return 0;
+
+            int result = 0;
+            bool isDouble = false;
+            bool isTripple = false;
+
+            foreach (char c in _word)
+            {
+                if (Char.IsLetter(c))
+                {
+                    int points = _scores[c];
+
+                    if (isDouble) points *= 2;
+                    if (isTripple) points *= 3;
+
+                    result += points;
+                }
+                else if (c == '[')
+                {
+                    isTripple = true;
+                }
+                else if (c == '{')
+                {
+                    isDouble = true;
+                }
+                else if (c == ']')
+                {
+                    isTripple = false;
+                }
+                else if (c == '}')
+                {
+                    isDouble = false;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result;
         }
     }
 }