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- 1DIF Utility
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- The exciting 1DIF Scrabble (tm) variant is described in detail elsewhere (in
- the file 1DIF.TXT). 1DIF creates a more open, more strategic game. Now all
- that is needed is a utility to generate word lists, lists of words with 1,
- 2, 3, or any more letters changed from the original word. This permits the
- serious (or for-fun) 1DIF player to hone his/her skills.
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- The 1DIF utility finds all words that have a specified number of differences
- from a designated pattern word, in a letter-by-letter comparison. For exam-
- ple, the words BEAR and BEER have exactly one difference (in the third letter
- position). In other words, BEAR may be DIFFed to BEER in the same turn of
- 1DIF, and the turn continues for that player (see 1DIF.TXT).
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- To use the 1DIF utility, type 1DIF wwwwww, where wwwwww is the word to be
- 1DIFFed. For example, to generate the 1DIF file for the word BEAR, type:
- 1dif bear
- The file BEAR.1DF will be generated. This file will contain all 1-letter dif-
- ference variations of bear.
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- The 1DIF utility has other options. 1dif bear 2 produces a list of all
- 2-letter variations of bear, that is, all 4-letter (same number of letters in
- bear) words with two letters different from bear, such as beep. The third
- parameter, in this case the 2, gives the number of letter differences from
- the original word, bear. If, as shown previously, you omit third parameter,
- it defaults back to 1, that is, a one-letter difference.
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- The 1DIF utility allow specifying the file to search. This is the fourth par-
- ameter on the command line. 1dif bearings 3 longword.lst will search the
- file LONGWORD.LST for all 3-letter-difference variations of BEARINGS. Leaving
- off the fourth parameter defaults back to the standard word list used in
- WORDY, WORD.LST. Note that specifying the file to search *requires* giving
- the number of letter to vary, even if that is only one.
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- The 1DIF utility is intended to enhance enjoyment / skill in the 1DIF variant
- of Scrabble (tm). It may have other uses as well. If you find any, please let
- the author know.
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- M\Cooper
- PO Box 237
- St. David, AZ 85630-0237 Still only $2.00 to register
- -------------------------------------------- the entire WORDY package!
- E-mail: thegrendel@theriver.com
- Web: http://personal.riverusers/~thegrendel/
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- Scrabble (tm) is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc., a subsidiary of
- Hasbro, Inc.
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- WORDY (pd) is *not* a trademark, and may not be trademarked. It is in the
- Public Domain, which means it belongs to everyone.
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- 1DIF has been (pd)-marked, that is, placed in the Public Domain for use with-
- out restriction by anyone. It is *not* a trademark, and may *not*, under law
- be trademarked. The concept of 1DIF may *not* under law be copyrighted.
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