For Reddit Hard Challenge 294

Rack_Management_3.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

namespace Rack_Management_3
{
    class Program
    {

        static string pile = "sd?zeioao?mluvepesceinfxt?wyiru?ie?giator?t??nuefje?l?odndrotpewlgoobiinysagacaqski?aeh?rbhaervtnl?m";
        static string rack = "";

        static List<string> dictionary;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            dictionary = new List<string>();

            using (StreamReader file = new StreamReader("Dictionary.txt"))
            {
                string line;

                //Each line of this file is a new word
                while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
                    dictionary.Add(line.Trim());
            }

            int turn = 0;
            int score = 0;

            while(pile.Length > 0)
            {
                //Holds the top turn score
                //Item1 is score, Item2 is left drawn number
                Tuple<int, int> topTurnScore = null;
                for(int i = 10 - rack.Length; i > 0; i--)
                {
                    string tempRack = Draw(i, false);
                    var tempWord = HighestValue(tempRack);
                    if(topTurnScore == null || tempWord.Item2.GetValue() > topTurnScore.Item1)
                        topTurnScore = new Tuple<int, int>(tempWord.Item2.GetValue(), i);
                }

                rack = Draw(topTurnScore.Item2, true);
                var word = HighestValue(rack);

                Console.WriteLine(word.Item2 + " " + word.Item1);

                score += word.Item2.GetValue();

                foreach (char c in word.Item2)
                    rack = rack.Remove(rack.IndexOf(c), 1);
                turn++;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Final Score: " + score);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        static string usedLetters;

        /// <summary>
        /// Draws a new rack
        /// </summary>
        static string Draw(int left, bool removeFromPile)
        {
            string tempPile = pile;
            string tempRack = rack;

            for (int i = 0; i < left; i++)
            {
                if(tempPile.Length > 0)
                {
                    tempRack += tempPile[0];
                    tempPile = tempPile.Substring(1);
                }
            }

            while (tempRack.Length < 10 && tempPile.Length > 0)
            {
                tempRack += tempPile[tempPile.Length - 1];
                tempPile = tempPile.Substring(0, tempPile.Length - 1);
            }

            if (removeFromPile)
            {
                pile = tempPile;
                Console.Write(left + " ");
            }

            return tempRack;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Determines if you can make the word given the letters
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="letters">
        /// A string of every letter you have, 
        /// ? is a wild tile
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="word">
        /// Word you wish to create
        /// </param>
        static bool Scrabble(string letters, string word)
        {
            usedLetters = "";
            word = ReverseString(word);

            foreach (char c in word)
                if (letters.Contains(c))
                {
                    letters = letters.Remove(letters.IndexOf(c), 1);
                    usedLetters += c;
                }
                else if (letters.Contains('?'))
                {
                    letters = letters.Remove(letters.IndexOf('?'), 1);
                    usedLetters += '?';
                }
                else
                    return false;

            usedLetters = ReverseString(usedLetters);

            return true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reverses the passed in string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="s">
        /// String to be reversed
        /// </param>
        public static string ReverseString(string s)
        {
            char[] charArray = s.ToCharArray();
            Array.Reverse(charArray);
            return new string(charArray);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the highest valued word for the given letters
        /// Each letter's value is multiplied by it's position in the word 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="letters">
        /// Letters to be examined
        /// </param>
        static Tuple<string, string> HighestValue(string letters)
        {
            Tuple<string, string> best = new Tuple<string, string>("", "");

            foreach (string word in dictionary.OrderByDescending(x => x.GetValue()))
                if (Scrabble(letters, word) && usedLetters.GetValue() > best.Item2.GetValue())
                    best = new Tuple<string, string>(word, usedLetters);

            return best;
        }
    }

    public static class ExtensionMethods
    {
        static Dictionary<char, int> pointValues = new Dictionary<char, int>
        {
            { '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 },
            { '?', 0 }
        };

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the value of the passed in word
        /// Each letter's value is multiplied by it's position in the word 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="word">
        /// word to be examined
        /// </param>
        public static int GetValue(this string word)
        {
            int value = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < word.Length; i++)
                value += pointValues[word[i]] * (i + 1);

            return value;
        }
    }
}

For Reddit Hard Challenge 294

Iteration 1: was very basic.

Iteration 2: I had it check every possible hand combination.

Iteration 3: Formatted Output