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4The object of Boggle (TM Parker Bros.) is to find, within 3 minutes, as
5many words as possible in a 4 by 4 grid of letters.
6Words may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters
7in the grid.  The letters may join horizontally, vertically,
8or diagonally.  However, no position in the grid may be used
9more than once within any one word.
10In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given
11credit for those of his words which no other player has found.
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13This program is intended for people
14wishing to sharpen their skills at Boggle.
15If you invoke the program with 4 arguments of 4 letters each,
16(e.g. "boggle appl epie moth erhd")
17the program forms the obvious Boggle grid and lists all the
18words from /usr/dict/words found therein.
19If you invoke the program without arguments, it will generate
20a board for you, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then
21tell you how well you did relative to /usr/dict/words.
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23In interactive play, enter your words separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines.
24A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02, 0:01, and 0:00 time
25left.
26You may complete any word started before the expiration of time.
27You can surrender before time is up by hitting 'break'.
28While entering words, your erase character is only effective within the current
29word and your line kill character is ignored.
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31Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with 1 or 2 +'s as the
32first argument.  The first + removes the restriction that postions can only
33be used once in each word.
34The second + causes a position to be considered adjacent to itself
35as well as its (up to) 8 neighbors.
36Hit any key to begin.
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