words(6)
NAME
hangman, words − word games
SYNTAX
/usr/games/hangman [ dict ]
/usr/games/words
DESCRIPTION
The hangman game 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.
The words game prints all the uncapitalized words in the word list that can be made from letters in string.
RESTRICTIONS
Hyphenated compounds are run together.
UNIX software is distributed without the −a word list.
DIAGNOSTICS
After each round, hangman reports the average number of guesses per round and the number of rounds.
FILES
/usr/dict/wordsthe regular word list
/crp/dict/web2the the −a word list