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NAME
     wordsearch - Classic word search game that you can play in your terminal

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/local/bin/wordsearch

DESCRIPTION
     The object of wordsearch is to find and solve a set of words that belong to
     a particular category.

     The  player will navigate using arrow keys to find the letters that make up
     each word. Using the space bar, the player can  select  individual  letters
     for each word.

     Once each word has been completed, the player will receive a score equal to
     the  number  of  letters of each word. With all words completed, the player
     wins the game for the named category.

     After finishing a category, the player will be prompted to begin a new cat-
     egory, or the player can choose to exit the game.

     wordsearch supports the following command line arguments to customize game-
     play:

	 -t <color>    Set a curses color theme for game play: red, blue, green,
	 purple and black

	 -h	       Show wordsearch command line arguments

	 -v	       Show wordsearch version

COMMANDS
     Help is available on screen during gameplay.  A  description  of  available
     commands are below:

     Arrow keys: Move the cursor around the screen

     Space bar: Select a letter to score against the word list

     Return key: Clear the current letters being scored

     Q or Escape key: Exit to the shell prompt

CONVENTIONS
     Each  word search puzzle generally features up to 9 words that make up that
     category.

     Puzzles are available as word lists and can be placed in any of the follow-
     ing directories:

     puzzles/ /usr/local/share/wordsearch/ /usr/pkg/share/wordsearch/

     Puzzles can be edited in your text editor. When wordsearch is  started,  it
     will select a random word list for each category during gameplay.

     Word  lists  should be optimized for display on an 80-column text terminal.
     Ideally, the entire set of words in a category should be less then 80 char-
     acters.

SEE ALSO
     hangman(6), boggle(6), quiz(6), tetris(6), wump(6)

AUTHORS
     Pat Jensen (patj@passpackets.com)

     Based  on	a  printable  word  search  page  generator  by  Christian  Hill
     (https://scipython.com)

				   2021-10-15			   wordsearch(6)
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