'use strict'; var letterScores = { '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 }; function letterScore(letter) { return letterScores[letter] || 0; } module.exports = function (word) { word || (word = ''); word = word.toLowerCase(); var sum = 0; var idx = -1; var end = word.length; while (++idx < end) { sum += letterScore(word[idx]); } return sum; };