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.TH BOGGLE 6
.UC 4
.SH NAME
boggle \- play the game of boggle
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/games/boggle
[
.B +
] [
.B ++
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program is intended for people wishing to sharpen their
skills at Boggle (TM Parker Bros.).
If you invoke the program with 4 arguments of 4
letters each,
.RI ( e.g.
.RB \*(lq "boggle appl epie moth erhd" \*(rq)
the program forms the
obvious Boggle grid and lists all the words from
.B /usr/dict/words
found
therein. If you invoke the program without arguments, it will generate
a board for you, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then tell you
how well you did relative to
.BR /usr/dict/words .
.PP
The object of Boggle is to find, within 3
minutes, as many words as possible in a 4 by 4 grid of letters. Words
may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters in the
grid. The letters may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
However, no position in the grid may be used more than once within any
one word. In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given
credit for those of his words which no other player has found.
.PP
In interactive play, enter your words separated by spaces, tabs,
or newlines. A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02,
0:01, and 0:00 time left. You may complete any word started before the
expiration of time. You can surrender before time is up by hitting
\&'break'. While entering words, your erase character is only effective
within the current word and your line kill character is ignored.
.PP
Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with 1 or 2 +'s as
the first argument. The first + removes the restriction that positions
can only be used once in each word. The second + causes a position to
be considered adjacent to itself as well as its (up to) 8 neighbors.
Commit	Line	Data
60913c9a BJ	1	.TH BOGGLE 6
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	boggle \- play the game of boggle
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B /usr/games/boggle
	7	[
	8	.B +
	9	] [
	10	.B ++
	11	]
	12	.SH DESCRIPTION
	13	This program is intended for people wishing to sharpen their
	14	skills at Boggle (TM Parker Bros.).
	15	If you invoke the program with 4 arguments of 4
	16	letters each,
	17	.RI ( e.g.
	18	.RB \(lq "boggle appl epie moth erhd" \(rq)
	19	the program forms the
	20	obvious Boggle grid and lists all the words from
	21	.B /usr/dict/words
	22	found
	23	therein. If you invoke the program without arguments, it will generate
	24	a board for you, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then tell you
	25	how well you did relative to
	26	.BR /usr/dict/words .
	27	.PP
	28	The object of Boggle is to find, within 3
	29	minutes, as many words as possible in a 4 by 4 grid of letters. Words
	30	may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters in the
	31	grid. The letters may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
	32	However, no position in the grid may be used more than once within any
	33	one word. In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given
	34	credit for those of his words which no other player has found.
	35	.PP
	36	In interactive play, enter your words separated by spaces, tabs,
	37	or newlines. A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02,
	38	0:01, and 0:00 time left. You may complete any word started before the
	39	expiration of time. You can surrender before time is up by hitting
	40	\&'break'. While entering words, your erase character is only effective
	41	within the current word and your line kill character is ignored.
	42	.PP
	43	Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with 1 or 2 +'s as
	44	the first argument. The first + removes the restriction that positions
	45	can only be used once in each word. The second + causes a position to
	46	be considered adjacent to itself as well as its (up to) 8 neighbors.