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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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
3425 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
Grantsville, MD 21536-9801 Still only $2.00 to register the entire
-------------------------- WORDY package!
E-mail: thegrendel@aol.com
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Scrabble (tm) is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc., a subsidiary of
Hasbro, Inc.
WORDY (pd) is *not* a trademark, and may not be trademarked. It is in the
Public Domain, which means it belongs to everyone.
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.