Unix |
Unix v7 |
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words(6) |
hangman, words − word games
/usr/games/hangman [ dict ]
/usr/games/words
Hangman chooses a word at least seven letters long from a word list. The user is to guess letters one at a time.
The optional argument names an alternate word list. The special name ’−a’ gets a particular very large word list.
Words prints all the uncapitalized words in the word list that can be made from letters in string.
/usr/dict/words |
the regular word list | |||||
/crp/dict/web2 |
the the −a word list |
After each round, hangman reports the average number of guesses per round and the number of rounds.
Hyphenated compounds are run together.
UNIX software is distributed without the −a word list.
words(6) |