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hangman

PURPOSE

     Plays hangman, the word-guessing game.

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/games/hangman [ arg ]


DESCRIPTION

     The hangman game chooses a word of at least seven letters
     from a standard dictionary.  You try to guess the word by
     guessing  the letters  in it,  one  at a  time.  You  are
     allowed seven mistakes.  The  file parameter specifies an
     alternate dictionary.

     To quit the  game, press INTERRUPT (Alt-Pause)  or END OF
     FILE (Ctrl-D).

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