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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
e1751d0e | 5 | .\" @(#)boggle.6 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
8a2fbab7 | 6 | .\" |
e1751d0e | 7 | .TH BOGGLE 6 "" |
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8 | .UC 4 |
9 | .SH NAME | |
10 | boggle \- play the game of boggle | |
11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
12 | .B /usr/games/boggle | |
13 | [ | |
14 | .B + | |
15 | ] [ | |
16 | .B ++ | |
17 | ] | |
18 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
19 | This program is intended for people wishing to sharpen their | |
20 | skills at Boggle (TM Parker Bros.). | |
b1035a94 | 21 | If you invoke the program with 4 arguments of 4 letters each, |
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22 | .RI ( e.g. |
23 | .RB \*(lq "boggle appl epie moth erhd" \*(rq) | |
b1035a94 | 24 | the program forms the obvious Boggle grid and lists all the words from |
8a2fbab7 | 25 | .B /usr/dict/words |
b1035a94 | 26 | found therein. If you invoke the program without arguments, it will generate |
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27 | a board for you, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then tell you |
28 | how well you did relative to | |
29 | .BR /usr/dict/words . | |
30 | .PP | |
31 | The object of Boggle is to find, within 3 | |
32 | minutes, as many words as possible in a 4 by 4 grid of letters. Words | |
33 | may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters in the | |
34 | grid. The letters may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. | |
35 | However, no position in the grid may be used more than once within any | |
36 | one word. In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given | |
37 | credit for those of his words which no other player has found. | |
38 | .PP | |
39 | In interactive play, enter your words separated by spaces, tabs, | |
40 | or newlines. A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02, | |
41 | 0:01, and 0:00 time left. You may complete any word started before the | |
42 | expiration of time. You can surrender before time is up by hitting | |
43 | \&'break'. While entering words, your erase character is only effective | |
44 | within the current word and your line kill character is ignored. | |
45 | .PP | |
46 | Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with 1 or 2 +'s as | |
47 | the first argument. The first + removes the restriction that positions | |
48 | can only be used once in each word. The second + causes a position to | |
49 | be considered adjacent to itself as well as its (up to) 8 neighbors. |