OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The name Scrabble is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the US and Canada and of J. W. Spear & Sons PLC elsewhere.
Is 12 the unique fixed point of Scrabble value of English word for the number n, where A113172(n) = n? 12 --> "TWELVE" --> 1+4+1+1+4+1 --> 12. - Jonathan Vos Post, Nov 08 2006
LINKS
Landon Curt Noll, The English Name of a Number
Robert G. Wilson v, English names for the numbers from 0 to 11159 without spaces or hyphens
FORMULA
The standard, non-bonus scrabble scoring total of the letters comprising English integer words, given that (A080993) A = 1, B = 3, C = 3, D = 2, E = 1, F = 4, G = 2, H = 4, I = 1, J = 8, K = 5, L = 1, M = 3, N = 1, O = 1, P = 3, Q = 10, R = 1, S = 1, T = 1, U = 1, V = 4, W = 4, X = 8, Y = 4, Z = 10.
EXAMPLE
ONE = 1+1+1 = 3, TWO = 1+4+1 = 6, THREE = 1+4+1+1+1 = 8
MATHEMATICA
(* first copy 'TA' from A109382 then *)
ScrabbleTransferRule = {a -> 1, b -> 3, c -> 3, d -> 2, e -> 1, f -> 4, g -> 2, h -> 4, i -> 1, j -> 8, k -> 5, l -> 1, m -> 3, n -> 1, o -> 1, p -> 3, q -> 10, r -> 1, s -> 1, t -> 1, u -> 1, v -> 4, w -> 4, x -> 8, y -> 4, z -> 10};
f[n_] := Plus @@ (Flatten@ Part[TA, n + 1] /. ScrabbleTransferRule);
Table[ f@n, {n, 0, 72}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 02 2006 *)
PROG
(Python)
from num2words import num2words
tp = {"aeilnorstu": 1, "dg": 2, "bcmp":3, "fhvwy":4, "k":5, "jx":8, "qz":10}
def pts(c): return ([tp[s] for s in tp if c in s]+[0])[0]
def a(n): return sum(map(pts, num2words(n).replace(" and", "")))
print([a(n) for n in range(73)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Aug 18 2021
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,word
AUTHOR
Jack Lloyd (foldalonglines(AT)gmail.com), Jan 07 2006
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 02 2006
STATUS
approved