BOGGLE(6) | Games Manual | BOGGLE(6) |
boggle
—
boggle |
[-bd ] [-s
seed] [-t
time] [-w
length] [+ [+]] [boardspec] |
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
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.-d
-s
seed-t
time-w
lengthHelp is available during play by typing
‘?
’. More detailed information on the
game is given there.
Barry Brachman
Dept. of Computer Science
University of British Columbia
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.
The dictionary that NetBSD installs omits many words that belong in the English language, most notably inflected forms.
September 23, 2006 | NetBSD 9.3 |