1BOGGLE(6)                      BSD Games Manual                      BOGGLE(6)
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NAME

4     boggle — word search game
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SYNOPSIS

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

10     The object of boggle is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle
11     board within the three minute time limit.  A Boggle board is a four by
12     four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of each cube displaying a
13     letter of the alphabet or `qu'.  Words are formed by finding a sequence
14     of cubes (letters) that are in the game's dictionary.  The (N+1)th cube
15     in the word must be horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent to
16     the Nth cube.  Cubes cannot be reused.  Words consist solely of lower
17     case letters and must be at least 3 letters long.
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19     Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game.
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21     -b         Run boggle in batch mode.  A boardspec must also be given.
22                The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appear‐
23                ing in boardspec is printed to stdout.
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25     -d         Enable debugging output.
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27     -s seed    Specify a seed seed other than the time of day.
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29     -t time    Set the time limit for each game from the default 3 minutes to
30                time seconds.
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32     -w length  Change the minimum word length from 3 letters to length.
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34     +          This flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in
35                succession.
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37     ++         This flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to
38                itself.
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40     boardspec  A starting board position can be specified on the command line
41                by listing the board left to right and top to bottom.
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43     Help is available during play by typing ‘?’.  More detailed information
44     on the game is given there.
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BUGS

47     If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the
48     words may scroll off of the screen.  (On a 25 line screen about 130 words
49     can be displayed.)
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51     No word can contain a ‘q’ that is not immediately followed by a ‘u’.
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53     When using the + or ++ options the display of words found in the board
54     doesn't indicate reused cubes.
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AUTHOR

57     Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.
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59     Barry Brachman
60     Dept. of Computer Science
61     University of British Columbia
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63BSD                              April 1, 2001                             BSD