Given a word, compute the scrabble score for that word.
You'll need these:
Letter Value
A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T 1
D, G 2
B, C, M, P 3
F, H, V, W, Y 4
K 5
J, X 8
Q, Z 10
"cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:
- 3 points for C
- 1 point for A, twice
- 3 points for B, twice
- 2 points for G
- 1 point for E
And to total:
3 + 2*1 + 2*3 + 2 + 1- =
3 + 2 + 6 + 3 - =
5 + 9 - = 14
- You can play a double or a triple letter.
- You can play a double or a triple word.
Go through the setup instructions for Javascript to install the necessary dependencies:
https://exercism.io/tracks/javascript/installation
Install assignment dependencies:
$ npm installExecute the tests with:
$ npm testIn the test suites all tests but the first have been skipped.
Once you get a test passing, you can enable the next one by
changing xtest to test.
Inspired by the Extreme Startup game https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup
It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.