Problem 3051. Scrabble Scores - 6

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This problem is part of a set of problems that successively develop a more sophisticated Scrabble scoring routine. The point distribution for scoring is provided <a href = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions#English">here</a>. (Use the English points distribution.)For this problem, you will be provided with a character matrix representing a completed game of Scrabble. Write a function to calculate and return the total score for the entire board. Don't worry about double counting of letters or words due to tile placement—that will come in a subsequent problem. As an example, suppose you are given the following board (this is test case 1):<pre> cat 
 i p 
 t poet
 c l 
there </pre>the word cat scores 3+1+1 = 5, poet scores 3+1+1+1 = 6, there scores 1+4+1+1+1 = 8. The remaining letters (itc, p, and l) score 1+1+3, 3, and 1 which total 9 all together (since we're not double counting letters yet). The sum total is 5+6+8+9 = 28.Related problems:Previous problem: 5 - <a href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/3050-scrabble-scores-5">Multiplayer word-set scoring</a>. Next problem: 7 - <a href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/3052-scrabble-scores-7">Multiplayer board scoring</a>.

This problem is part of a set of problems that successively develop a more sophisticated Scrabble scoring routine. The point distribution for scoring is provided <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions#English here>. (Use the English points distribution.)

For this problem, you will be provided with a character matrix representing a completed game of Scrabble. Write a function to calculate and return the total score for the entire board. Don't worry about double counting of letters or words due to tile placement—that will come in a subsequent problem. As an example, suppose you are given the following board (this is test case 1):

cat  
 i  p   
 t  poet
 c  l   
there

the word cat scores 3+1+1 = 5, poet scores 3+1+1+1 = 6, there scores 1+4+1+1+1 = 8. The remaining letters (itc, p, and l) score 1+1+3, 3, and 1 which total 9 all together (since we're not double counting letters yet). The sum total is 5+6+8+9 = 28.

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