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BOGGLE(6)			   Games Manual 		       BOGGLE(6)

NAME
     boggle -- word search game

SYNOPSIS
     boggle [-Bbcd] [-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 	Use  an  alternate five by five arrangement of Boggle cubes.  In
		this mode the default minimum word length is  4  letters.   This
		arrangement has been marketed over the years under the names Big
		Boggle, Super Boggle and Boggle Deluxe.

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

     -c 	Add a so-called challenge cube to the board, which contains less
		commonly  used letters.  The challenge cube will be displayed in
		boldface on the board.	Depending on the terminal  capabilities,
		it  may  be displayed in underline or a different color (such as
		red).

     -d 	Enable debugging output.

     -t time	Change 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.

     +		Allow a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession.

     ++ 	Allow a cube to be considered adjacent to itself.

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

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

FILES
     /usr/local/share/games/boggle/dictionary
					   compressed dictionary
     /usr/local/share/games/boggle/dictindex
					   dictionary index
     /usr/local/share/games/boggle/helpfile
					   online help file

AUTHORS
     Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.

     Barry Brachman, Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia

BUGS
     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 clearly indicate reused cubes.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	November 16, 2017		       BOGGLE(6)

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