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BOGGLE(6)		       BSD Games Manual			     BOGGLE(6)

NAME
     boggle — word search game

SYNOPSIS
     boggle [-bd] [-s seed] [-t time] [-w length] [+ [+]] [boardspec]

DESCRIPTION
     The object of boggle is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle
     board within the three minute time limit.	A Boggle board is a four by
     four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of each cube displaying a
     letter of the alphabet or `qu'.  Words are formed by finding a sequence
     of cubes (letters) that are in the game's dictionary.  The (N+1)th cube
     in the word must be horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent to
     the Nth cube.  Cubes cannot be reused.  Words consist solely of lower
     case letters and must be at least 3 letters long.

     Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game.

     -b		Run boggle in batch mode.  A boardspec must also be given.
		The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appear‐
		ing in boardspec is printed to stdout.

     -d		Enable debugging output.

     -s seed	Specify a seed seed other than the time of day.

     -t time	Set the time limit for each game from the default 3 minutes to
		time seconds.

     -w length	Change the minimum word length from 3 letters to length.

     +		This flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in
		succession.

     ++		This flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to
		itself.

     boardspec	A starting board position can be specified on the command line
		by listing the board left to right and top to bottom.

     Help is available during play by typing ‘?’.  More detailed information
     on the game is given there.

BUGS
     If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the
     words may scroll off of the screen.  (On a 25 line screen about 130 words
     can be displayed.)

     No word can contain a ‘q’ that is not immediately followed by a ‘u’.

     When using the + or ++ options the display of words found in the board
     doesn't indicate reused cubes.

AUTHOR
     Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.

     Barry Brachman
     Dept. of Computer Science
     University of British Columbia

BSD				 April 1, 2001				   BSD
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