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1.1     ! root        1: .TH BOGGLE 6
        !             2: .CT 1 games
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: boggle, hangman, scrabble \- word games
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/games/boggle
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B +
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .B ++
        !            12: ]
        !            13: [
        !            14: .I word word word word
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .B /usr/games/scrabble
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .B /usr/games/hangman
        !            20: [
        !            21: .I arg
        !            22: ]
        !            23: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            24: .I Boggle
        !            25: provides practice for the Parker Brothers game.
        !            26: If invoked with 4 arguments of 4
        !            27: letters each,
        !            28: the program forms the
        !            29: obvious Boggle grid and lists all the words from
        !            30: .B /usr/dict/words
        !            31: found
        !            32: therein.
        !            33: If invoked without arguments, it will generate
        !            34: a board, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then tell
        !            35: how well you did relative to
        !            36: .BR /usr/dict/words .
        !            37: Words
        !            38: may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters in the
        !            39: grid.
        !            40: Letters may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
        !            41: However, no position in the grid may be used more than once within any
        !            42: one word.
        !            43: In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given
        !            44: credit for those of his words which no other player has found.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: Enter your words separated by spaces, tabs,
        !            47: or newlines.
        !            48: A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02,
        !            49: 0:01, and 0:00 time left.
        !            50: You may complete any word started before the
        !            51: expiration of time.
        !            52: You can surrender before time is up by hitting
        !            53: interrupt.
        !            54: While entering words, your erase character is only effective
        !            55: within the current word and your line kill character is ignored.
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: Option
        !            58: .B +
        !            59: removes the restriction that positions
        !            60: can only be used once in each word.
        !            61: Option
        !            62: .B ++
        !            63: causes a position to
        !            64: be considered adjacent to itself as well as to its (at most) 8 neighbors.
        !            65: .PP
        !            66: .I Scrabble
        !            67: plays the Selchow and Righter game on a  cursor-addressed
        !            68: terminal against a single opponent.
        !            69: To place a letter first move the cursor by typing 2, 4, 6, 8 for down, left, right,
        !            70: up respectively (1, 3, 7, 9 are diagonals) then type the letter in place.
        !            71: Type 
        !            72: .L ?
        !            73: to cycle through a set of helpful tables.
        !            74: .PP
        !            75: .I Hangman
        !            76: chooses a word at least seven letters
        !            77: long from a dictionary.
        !            78: You then guess letters one at a time.
        !            79: .PP
        !            80: The optional argument
        !            81: .I arg
        !            82: names an alternate dictionary.
        !            83: The special name
        !            84: .L \-a
        !            85: gets a particular very large
        !            86: dictionary.
        !            87: .SH FILES
        !            88: .TP
        !            89: .F /usr/dict/words
        !            90: .TP
        !            91: .F /usr/dict/web2
        !            92: alternate dictionary for hangman
        !            93: .SH BUGS
        !            94: .I Hangman
        !            95: runs hyphenated compounds together.
        !            96: .br
        !            97: .I Scrabble
        !            98: rubs in its
        !            99: brilliance with merciless play and an inhumane interface.

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