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+.TH BOGGLE 6
+.CT 1 games
+.SH NAME
+boggle, hangman, scrabble \- word games
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B /usr/games/boggle
+[
+.B +
+]
+[
+.B ++
+]
+[
+.I word word word word
+]
+.PP
+.B /usr/games/scrabble
+.PP
+.B /usr/games/hangman
+[
+.I arg
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Boggle
+provides practice for the Parker Brothers game.
+If invoked with 4 arguments of 4
+letters each,
+the program forms the
+obvious Boggle grid and lists all the words from
+.B /usr/dict/words
+found
+therein.
+If invoked without arguments, it will generate
+a board, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then tell
+how well you did relative to
+.BR /usr/dict/words .
+Words
+may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters in the
+grid.
+Letters may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
+However, no position in the grid may be used more than once within any
+one word.
+In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given
+credit for those of his words which no other player has found.
+.PP
+Enter your words separated by spaces, tabs,
+or newlines.
+A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02,
+0:01, and 0:00 time left.
+You may complete any word started before the
+expiration of time.
+You can surrender before time is up by hitting
+interrupt.
+While entering words, your erase character is only effective
+within the current word and your line kill character is ignored.
+.PP
+Option
+.B +
+removes the restriction that positions
+can only be used once in each word.
+Option
+.B ++
+causes a position to
+be considered adjacent to itself as well as to its (at most) 8 neighbors.
+.PP
+.I Scrabble
+plays the Selchow and Righter game on a cursor-addressed
+terminal against a single opponent.
+To place a letter first move the cursor by typing 2, 4, 6, 8 for down, left, right,
+up respectively (1, 3, 7, 9 are diagonals) then type the letter in place.
+Type
+.L ?
+to cycle through a set of helpful tables.
+.PP
+.I Hangman
+chooses a word at least seven letters
+long from a dictionary.
+You then guess letters one at a time.
+.PP
+The optional argument
+.I arg
+names an alternate dictionary.
+The special name
+.L \-a
+gets a particular very large
+dictionary.
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.F /usr/dict/words
+.TP
+.F /usr/dict/web2
+alternate dictionary for hangman
+.SH BUGS
+.I Hangman
+runs hyphenated compounds together.
+.br
+.I Scrabble
+rubs in its
+brilliance with merciless play and an inhumane interface.