words.6

unix v7是最后一个广泛发布的研究型UNIX版本

.TH WORDS 6 
.SH NAME
hangman, words \- word games
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/games/hangman
[ dict ]
.PP
.B /usr/games/words
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Hangman
chooses a word at least seven letters
long from a word list.
The user is to guess letters one at a time.
.PP
The optional argument
names an alternate word list.
The special name `\-a' gets a particular very large
word list.
.PP
.I Words
prints all the uncapitalized words
in the word list that can be made from
letters in
.I string.
.SH FILES
/usr/dict/words		the regular word list
.br
/crp/dict/web2		the the \-a word list
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
After each round,
.I hangman
reports the average number of guesses per round
and the number of rounds.
.SH BUGS
Hyphenated compounds are run together.
.PP
UNIX software is distributed without
the \-a word list.