                               Z-WORDZ

                             DESCRIPTION

Z-Wordz (pronounced zee words) is a simple game, yet challenging. The
concept is simple, create the "Z Wordz" by completing all three words.
Simple, but you can only discard up to 9 letters. And, you also must
complete the words by linking them together. For example, the last
letter of WORD 1 will be the first letter of WORD 2 and the last letter
of WORD 2 is the first letter of WORD 3. This example shows you how it
works:
                WORD 1 ---->    C A T
                                    A
                                    B A T  <---- WORD 3

                    WORD 2 ---------^

Words must be a valid 3 letter word (some abbreviations are OK too). The
dictionary is loaded with over 950 three letter words (and the sysop may
have added a few of his own).


                               SCORING

What's any game without some way to score your results? Each letter is
worth a predetermined point. Rather than recreate the wheel, I've
decided to use the letter values that the popular board game SCRABBLE
uses. The points are as follows:

2 POINTS - DG               3 POINTS - BCMP         4 POINTS - FHVWY
5 POINTS - K                8 POINTS - JX          10 POINTS - QZ

All other letters not listed above are worth 1 point each.

Once the "Z Wordz" are completed, the program validates all words and
then calculates the point values for each word it's found in it's
dictionary. As an additional bonus, word #2 is worth double it's value
and word #3 is worth triple it's value. So, if word #3 was CAT, you'd
get 15 points for the word.

That's it, pretty simple, eh?  Enjoy the game!
