WordMaster Games

To stop a game in progress: `^wordquit`

Worddle

To start: `^worddle [easy|medium|hard|evil | stop|stats]`

Play a Worddle game.  With no argument, a new game will start with easy difficulty.
If a game is already started, you will join the game in progress.

In addition, you may use the following subcommands:

    easy     minimum acceptable word length: 3 (overrides config)
    medium   minimum acceptable word length: 4      "       "
    hard     minimum acceptable word length: 5      "       "
    evil     minimum acceptable word length: 6      "       "
    stop     Stop a currently running game (alias for @wordquit)
    stats    Display some post-game statistics about the board

Worddle is a clone of a well-known puzzle game involving a 4x4 grid of randomly-placed letters. It's a timed, multiplayer game where you compete to find words that your opponents didn't find.

When you start a new game, or join an existing game, the bot will send you a private message indicating that you are playing. All your guesses must be sent to the bot in this private conversation, so your opponents can't see your guesses. At the end of the game, the results will be presented in the channel where the game was started.

To be a valid guess, words must:

be made of adjacent letters on the board (in all 8 directions, diagonals ok)
be at least 3 letters in length (or 4, or 5, etc. depending on the level)
appear in the dictionary file.

At the end of the game, if a word was found by multiple players, it is not counted. The remaining words contribute to your score using these values:

Length	Value
3, 4	1 point
5	2 points
6	3 points
7	5 points
8+	11 points

WordShrink

To start: `^wordshrink`

WordShrink and WordTwist are word chain (or word ladder) style games. A puzzle will be presented in the form:

word1 > --- > --- > word4

... and your job is to come up with a response of the form word2 > word3 that completes the puzzle. (You can optionally include the start and end words in your response, as long as each word is separated by a greater-than sign.)

In WordShrink, each word must be made by removing one letter from the preceding word and rearranging the letters to form a new word. Example session:

    <mike> ^wordshrink
    <supybot> WordShrink: lights > ----- > ---- > sit
    <supybot> (12 possible solutions)
    <mike> sight > this
    <supybot> WordShrink: mike got it!
    <supybot> WordShrink: lights > sight > this > sit
    <ben> lights > hilts > hits > sit
    <supybot> ben: Your solution is also valid.

WordTwist

To start: `^wordtwist`

WordTwist is very similar to WordShrink, except that the way you manipulate the words to solve the puzzle is changed. In WordTwist, you change exactly one letter in each successive word to form a new word (no rearranging is allowed). Example session:

    <mike> ^wordtwist medium
    <supybot> WordTwist: mass > ---- > ---- > ---- > jade
    <supybot> (5 possible solutions)
    <mike> mars > mare > made
    <supybot> WordTwist: mike got it!
    <supybot> WordTwist: mass > mars > mare > made > jade

WordMaster Games

To stop a game in progress: ^wordquit