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  3.  
  4.  
  5. READ.ME                     Info and musings about the programs and the author.
  6.  
  7. WHATS.NEW                   Updates and additions for this version of WORDY.
  8.  
  9. WORD.LST                    List of 100,000+ words acceptable for WORDY game,
  10.                             and incidentally, also in Scrabble (tm) word 
  11.                             game.  "Compatible" with the OSPD (tm), 3rd ed.
  12.                             In ASCII format.
  13.  
  14. WORDY.DOC                   Instructions for playing the WORDY game.
  15.  
  16. GO.DOC                      Instructions for using the menu interface that
  17.                             can launch almost all the stand-alone utilities.
  18.  
  19. SEARCH.DOC                  Instructions for using stand-alone search utility.
  20.  
  21. ANAGRAM.DOC                 Instructions for using stand-alone anagram 
  22.                             utility.
  23.  
  24. BINGO.DOC                   Instructions for using stand-alone Bingo-finding 
  25.                             utility.
  26.  
  27. XFIND.DOC                   Instructions for using stand-alone word-pattern
  28.                             matching utility.
  29.  
  30. UNSCR.DOC                   Instructions for using stand-alone "unscramble" 
  31.                             utility.
  32.  
  33. INSET.DOC                   Instructions for using stand-alone "inset" 
  34.                             utility.
  35.  
  36. XTRACT.DOC                  Instructions for using stand-alone "extract"
  37.                             utility.
  38.  
  39. RF.DOC                      Instructions for using file reformat utility.
  40.  
  41. UNRF.DOC                    Instructions for using file UNreformat utility,
  42.                             to reverse effects of RF.EXE.
  43.  
  44. PREFIX.DOC                  Instructions for using prefix word-extractor.
  45.  
  46. SUFFIX.DOC                  Instructions for using suffix word-extractor.
  47.  
  48. PATTERN.DOC                 Instructions for using the word pattern finder.
  49.  
  50. OFSET.DOC                   Instructions for using the OFSET utility to 
  51.                             generate lists of those words containing a 
  52.                             specified number of letters from a designated
  53.                             letter set.
  54.  
  55. 1DIF.DOC                    Instructions for using the 1DIF list generator.
  56.  
  57. TOUPPER.DOC                 Instructions for using the upper case conversion
  58.                             for word lists utility.
  59.  
  60. VOWELS.DOC                  Instructions for using the vowel filter word list
  61.                             generator.
  62.  
  63. UTILS.NOT                   Note on the use of the WORDY utilities.
  64.  
  65. WORDLST.DOC                 Important information about the WORDY master word 
  66.                             list. You *must* read this.
  67.  
  68. 1DIF.TXT                    Rules and description of an exciting new
  69.                             Scrabble (tm) variant.
  70.  
  71. EDITORL.NEW                 Author's comments (flame?) on the 2nd Edition
  72.                             of the OSPD (tm). Addendum for 3rd Edition.
  73.  
  74. DISCLAIM.ER                 Legal disclaimer.  Please do not sue the author.
  75.                             Or shoot the piano player.
  76.  
  77. WAK.AD                      Announcement of a new program that works well in
  78.                             concert with WORDY.
  79.  
  80. README.1ST                  This file.
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  82.  
  83.  
  84. WORDY.EXE                   The game executable for color systems only.
  85.  
  86. WORDYM.EXE                  The game executable for monochrome systems only.
  87.  
  88. GO.EXE                      Menu interface for "launching" most of the
  89.                             stand-alone utilities.
  90.  
  91. SEARCH.EXE                  Standalone utility to see if word is in enclosed
  92.                             game dictionary.
  93.  
  94. ANAGRAM.EXE                 Stand-alone anagramming utility.
  95.  
  96. BINGO.EXE                   Stand-alone Bingo-finding utility.
  97.  
  98. XFIND.EXE                   Stand-alone word-pattern matching utility.
  99.  
  100. UNSCR.EXE                   Stand-alone "unscramble" utility for solving
  101.                             word-scramble puzzles.
  102.  
  103. INSET.EXE                   Stand-alone utility to match portions of words in
  104.                             master word list in exact order given.
  105.  
  106. PREFIX.EXE                  Stand-alone utility to extract only those words 
  107.                             with a given prefix.
  108.  
  109. SUFFIX.EXE                  Stand-alone utility to extract only those words 
  110.                             with a given suffix.
  111.  
  112. XTRACT.EXE                  Stand-alone utility to extract only those words 
  113.                             from the master word list that include or exclude
  114.                             chosen letter sets.
  115.  
  116. 1DIF.EXE                    Stand-along 1DIF word list generator, for use 
  117.                             with 1DIF Scrabble (tm) variant.
  118.                             (see file 1DIF.TXT).
  119.  
  120. PATTERN.EXE                 Stand-alone utility to extract only those words 
  121.                             fitting a designated letter-occurrence pattern.
  122.  
  123. VOWELS.EXE                  Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
  124.                             containing a specified number of vowels.
  125.  
  126. OFSET.EXE                   Stand-alone utility to extract only those words
  127.                             that contain at least a specified number of
  128.                             letters from a designated set.
  129.  
  130. TOUPPER.EXE                 Utility to convert lower case word lists to
  131.                             upper case (capitalization).
  132.  
  133. RF.EXE                      Utility to reformat pattern-matched files to 
  134.                             print multiple columns across.
  135.  
  136. UNRF.EXE                    Utility to reverse the effects of RF.EXE on a 
  137.                             file, to "unreformat" it back to 1-word-per-line.
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  140.                             DESCRIPTOR FILES REQUIRED BY VARIOUS DISTRIBUTORS
  141.  
  142. FILE_ID.DIZ                 Archive description for BBS network distribution.
  143. SDN.ID                      Archive description for SDN network distribution.
  144. SDN.CTL                     Archive description for Delphi / Bix / Fidonet
  145.                             distribution.
  146. DESC.SDI                    Short descriptor file of Wordy package.
  147. AVEXTRA.TXT                 Short file to create "unzip" message.
  148. VENDINFO.DIZ                Vendor product information descriptor file.
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  150.  
  151. ANAGRAM.C                   Source code for programmers.
  152. BINGO.C                     Source code for programmers.
  153. RF.C                        Source code for programmers.
  154. XFIND.C                     Source code for programmers.
  155. UNSCR.C                     Source code for programmers.
  156. INSET.C                     Source code for programmers.
  157. XTRACT.C                    Source code for programmers.
  158. SEARCH.C                    Source code for programmers.
  159. PREFIX.C                    Source code for programmers.
  160. SUFFIX.C                    Source code for programmers.
  161. 1DIF.C                      Source code for programmers.
  162. PATTERN.C                   Source code for programmers.
  163. OFSET.C                     Source code for programmers.
  164. TOUPPER.C                   Source code for programmers.
  165. UNRF.C                      Source code for programmers.
  166. SRCH.H                      Source code for programmers.
  167. COMPILE.BAT                 Source code for programmers.
  168.  
  169. The source code of all the utilities is packaged right along with all the 
  170. other files.   Nothing up my sleeve.
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  173.  
  174.        Scrabble (tm) and OSPD (tm) are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc.
  175.                       WORDY is *not* a trademark.
  176.  
  177. The above games and utilities are intended to enhance proficiency & enjoyment
  178. of  Scrabble (tm)  without infringing upon  copyrights  and trademarks of the
  179. abo