const CHARACTER_SCORES = Dict(
    '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 score(str::AbstractString)
    sum([score(uppercase(c)) for c in str])
end

function score(c::Char)
    get(CHARACTER_SCORES, c, 0)
end