diff --git a/Highest Scoring Word/highest_scoring_word.cpp b/Highest Scoring Word/highest_scoring_word.cpp
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+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+
+std::string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+
+std::map<char, int> generateAlphabetScores(){
+    std::map<char, int> result;
+    for(int i = 0; i<alphabet.length(); i++){
+        result[alphabet[i]] = i + 1;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+std::map<char, int> scores = generateAlphabetScores();
+
+int calcScore(std::string word){
+    int score = 0;
+    for(auto c: word){
+        score += scores[c];
+    }
+    return score;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> split(std::string input, std::string delimiter = " "){
+    ulong pos = 0;
+    std::vector<std::string> result;
+    while((pos = input.find(delimiter)) != std::string::npos){
+        result.push_back(input.substr(0, pos));
+        input.erase(0, pos + delimiter.length());
+    }
+    // Append remaining element!
+    result.push_back(input);
+    return result;
+}
+
+std::string highestScoringWord(const std::string &str)
+{
+    int score = 0;
+    std::string bestWord = "";
+    for(auto word: split(str)){
+        int newScore = calcScore(word);
+        if(newScore > score){
+            score = newScore;
+            bestWord = word; 
+        }
+    }
+    return bestWord;
+}
+
+int main(){
+    std::cout << highestScoringWord("aa b");
+}