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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 | .\" | |
5 | .\" @(#)inst 5.1 (Berkeley) %G% | |
6 | .\" | |
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7 | .ll 71 |
8 | .ls 1 | |
9 | .ti +5 | |
10 | The object of Boggle (TM Parker Bros.) is to find, within 3 minutes, as | |
11 | many words as possible in a 4 by 4 grid of letters. | |
12 | Words may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters | |
13 | in the grid. The letters may join horizontally, vertically, | |
14 | or diagonally. However, no position in the grid may be used | |
15 | more than once within any one word. | |
16 | In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given | |
17 | credit for those of his words which no other player has found. | |
18 | .ti +5 | |
19 | This program is intended for people | |
20 | wishing to sharpen their skills at Boggle. | |
21 | If you invoke the program with 4 arguments of 4 letters each, | |
22 | (e.g. "boggle appl epie moth erhd") | |
23 | the program forms the obvious Boggle grid and lists all the | |
24 | words from /usr/dict/words found therein. | |
25 | If you invoke the program without arguments, it will generate | |
26 | a board for you, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then | |
27 | tell you how well you did relative to /usr/dict/words. | |
28 | .ti +5 | |
29 | In interactive play, enter your words separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines. | |
30 | A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02, 0:01, and 0:00 time | |
31 | left. | |
32 | You may complete any word started before the expiration of time. | |
33 | You can surrender before time is up by hitting 'break'. | |
34 | While entering words, your erase character is only effective within the current | |
35 | word and your line kill character is ignored. | |
36 | .ti +5 | |
37 | Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with 1 or 2 +'s as the | |
38 | first argument. The first + removes the restriction that postions can only | |
39 | be used once in each word. | |
40 | The second + causes a position to be considered adjacent to itself | |
41 | as well as its (up to) 8 neighbors. | |
42 | Hit any key to begin. |