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UNSCRAMBLE
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24 September, 1995
It occurred to me that it would be nice for the computer to be able to solve
those maddening "Jumblegram" scrambled word games found in daily newspapers,
mostly near the comic sections. Programming this required only slight modifi-
cations of the ANAGRAM code. No big deal.
To use UNSCRAMBLE, just type: UNSCR xxxxxxx, where xxxxxxx is the letter set
to unscramble. The unscrambled words will be printed to the screen, not to a
disk file, since there will likely be only one, or at most two or three
"solutions". The master word list, WORD.LST is searched.
The UNSCRAMBLE utility also works with other word lists in addition to the
master word list, WORD.LST. For example, to use it with the LONGWORD.LST
given as a premium to registered WORDY users, type: UNSCR xxxxx longword.lst.
Note that the word list used must be in ASCII and in the format of one word
per line terminated by a carriage return. Both the WORD.LST and the LONGWORD.
LST meet this criterion.
The UNSCRAMBLE utility now accepts wild cards (blank tiles). For example, to
unscramble the rack rkongi?, with the '?' representing a blank tile, type:
UNSCR RKONGI?
UNSCRAMBLE can also restrict the words found to those containing a specified
letter at a given position in the words. As an example, suppose the letter
rack is ORWKNI? (? is a blank, of course). You need a word ending in R. Type
UNSCR OWKNI?7R
Only the word WONKIER will be listed, the only one constructed from the rack
with an R in position 7 (the end of the word). The rule is that invoking the
UNSCR utility with UNSCR xxxxxxNy, where N is a digit and xxxxxx and y are
letters picks only those words using xxxxxx with y in the Nth position in the
words. Note that this letter-position restriction feature is optional. If you
find it confusing, just invoke UNSCR in the "normal" way. However, you are
encouraged to experiment with this option. It is very useful if you are play-
ing Scrabble (tm) in a multi-tasking environment, such as UNIX* or MS Windows
(tm) and with to "cheat" by invoking the UNSCR utility in a separate window.
The entire WORDY package still costs only $2.00 (cheap!) to register. Such a
deal. Registered users will receive as a bonus the LONGWORD.LST, a list of
171,000+ words over 8 letters long.
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M\Cooper
PO Box 237
St. David, AZ 85630-0237
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E-mail: thegrendel@theriver.com
Web: http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/
Scrabble is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.
MS Windows is a trademark of Microsoft.
WORDY (pd) is *not* a trademark, and may not be trademarked. It is in the
Public Domain, which means it belongs to everyone.
*Note that UNIX-compatible versions of UNSCR and the other WORDY utilities
will soon be available. Contact the author if you are interested.