BOGGLE(6) SysV BOGGLE(6)
NAME
boggle - play the game of boggle
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/boggle [+[+]]
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 (e.g., "boggle appl epie moth erhd"), the program forms
the obvious Boggle grid and lists all the words from /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 /usr/dict/words.
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.
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 an
interrupt key. While entering words, your erase character is only
effective within the current word and your line kill character is
ignored.
Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with one or two plus
signs (+) as the 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.
FILES
/usr/dict/words