This is just a memo to myself to (re)write a simple word finder using the DAWG structure, and add scores as below: > From: "Adrian Gudas" > Newsgroups: rec.puzzles > Subject: STRETCH! > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:18:48 +0000 > Organization: DelaWare Software > Lines: 29 > Message-ID: > > This is one of my favourite games. We form teams at school and see how many > words we can make out of a certain word without getting caught. The rules > (as I know it) are as follows. > > 1.) A word is chosen; preferably one with at least one S, E, A, and T, and > one that is at least ten letters long. Genaeology, superlative, and > camouflages are good ones. > 2.) Each team has a certain amount of time to make as many words out of the > word as possible. You can't use the same letter twice in the same word, but > if there is more than one of the letter in the selected word, you can use it > as many times as it appears. For example, in camouflages, you can spell > saga, because there are two a's, but in genaeology, you can't (for one > thing, there is no s, and for another, there's only one a). Slang doesn't > count, and names don't, either. Plurals count, as well as all forms of a > word. Words that are already spelled out in the word (like log in > genaeoLOGy) are allowed as well. > 3.) You score it! Words one or two letters long get 1 point. Words that are > three or four letters long, or are spelled out in the word already, get 2 > points. Words that are five, six, or seven letters long get 3 points. Words > that are eight or nine letters long get 4 points, and words that are ten > letters or more get 5 points. > > I love this game! See how many you can make out of CAMOUFLAGES. Don't use a > dictionary unless you're verifying a word -- please. We made a total of 320 > points or so. Can ya beat that? > > ------ > Adrian Gudas, gudas@interlog.com > The best signature is no signature.