add dicewords

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diff --git a/dicewords b/dicewords
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+count=${1:-6}
+
+if [ "$count" = "-h" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 [count]"
+fi
+
+egrep '^[a-z]{1,6}$' /usr/share/dict/american-english | shuf | head -n "$count" | tr '\n' '-' | sed -e 's/-$//'
+echo
+