my %scores = ( map( { $_ => 1 } qw( A E I L N O R S T U ) ), map( { $_ => 2 } qw( B D G ) ), map( { $_ => 3 } qw( C M P ) ), map( { $_ => 4 } qw( F H V W Y ) ), map( { $_ => 5 } qw( K ) ), map( { $_ => 8 } qw( J X ) ), map( { $_ => 10 } qw( Q Z ) ), ); print "$_ => $scores{$_}" for keys %scores; __END__