Explanation
You can form words by moving the cursor with the arrow keys
and selecting with the space bar, or by simply typing letters.
The goal is to form long words at the lowest cost. You may
only select letters which lead to completing a word. Letters
that are valid are colored green.
If you type a letter that is visible, the game will calculate
the cost of the cursor movements to select it, and if its cheaper
than the "arbitrary letter cost", it will jump to that position
and apply the appropriate cursor movement cost.
If you type a letter that is not visible, the game will give you
that letter, but it will charge the "arbitrary letter cost".
When you complete a word, its length is squared. This is the
gain. This gain is divided by the total cost to produce the
score for the word.
At any time you may press `1` to get a fresh game board.
The game will finish once you reach a set score limit. Your
final score is your average word score.
Oh, and the dictionary? It's "1913 US Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary" so good luck with that. Half the fun is dealing
with this outdated dictionary.
Game Variables
Grid Size: 11 x 9
Start Position: 6, 5
Arbitrary Letter Cost: 3
Reset Board Cost: 5
Cursor Movement Cost: 0.25
Submit Letter Cost: 0.25
Min Word Length: 2
Game Over Points: 100
Word Length Exponent: 2
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