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@@ -2,3 +2,20 @@ codeword is released under the GPL v3. See LICENSE for details. words_alpha.txt is released into the public domain. The original source and license is available at https://github.com/dwyl/english-words. + +To use codeword, run it with a text file containing a list of words and a +series of arguments that define whether each character position is a missing +letter (using period), a numbered letter or a fixed letter. + +For instance: + + codeword words_alpha.txt 1 2 w 2 + +To search for a four letter word where 'w' is the third character, the first +charater is a different letter, and the same different letter is used in the +second and fourth character position. + + codeword words_alpha.txt . . w . + +To search for a four letter where the third character is 'w' and all other +characters can be any letter. |