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by Rakka

Online Boggle Game: Involves Literal Interpretation

Puzzles are always fun and still continues to be fun even today because they always do provide a solid mental challenge to those looking to participate in a game that can provide a tricky alternative to some of the more dull alternatives to game playing such as incessantly watching television and probably that is why they have never lost their popularity no matter how much society advances technologically. One of the reliable reasons cited for their never-ending popularity is that they are built around themes that are common and familiar to the players.

There are many, who would prefer to play arcade or role-playing games, but there are also people who look for logical and witty games and fortunately there are logical games on the web today that aims to provide mental refreshment. Boggle is such online word game designed by Allan Turoff and trademarked by Parker Brothers and Hasbro with similar aim. It is a word game played between two or more players and points are earned for finding words in a 4×4 grid of letters. Boggle has proven itself to be very addictive and starts by randomly displaying 16 letter cubes, arranged in a 4×4 grid.

Playing this game will enable you to determine how fast your brain work in making a meaningful words scrabbling letters from the from a mess of jumbled letters within a stipulated time. Length of the word is not important but what matters most is anagramming words from a mess of jumbled letters within three minutes. Words are formed from letters that adjoin horizontally, vertically or diagonally to the immediate left, right, or up-and-down following certain limitations and that is no letter can be employed more than once within a single word. The winner is the player who earns the most points after a predetermined number of rounds or when a predetermined score has been reached.

Unlike Scrabble where the length of the vocabulary is also important Boggle is easy going. So this disadvantage of Scrabble is resolved in Boggle. There are other factors that is making more popular than Scrabble. Scrabble is decision game. It persuades the player to decide on what word to play. You will also find that often your highest scoring play in Scrabble is not your best play, especially if it leaves you with an undesirable combination of letters in your rack, or opens up a potential higher scoring play for your opponent but you will often find your second highest scoring play is your best but this not the case with Boggle. No matter how long you stare at the grid, another players have always found a word that you were unable to locate. This makes Boggle playable for almost any group.

Its the same board you know and love on the big iPad screen. But with iPad technology, SCRABBLE becomes a whole new game. Shake to shuffle tiles. Touch to zoom in and out on the board. And drag and drop to lay down letters. All you have to do is put words together — and iPad even helps you do that by giving you a hint for the best word. Play the way you want with customizable game rules and multiple difficulty levels. And follow your progress with game and score stats tracking.

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by Editor B

How Online Games Have Included Boggle To Their Games Roster

With so much online games available on the web today, who would ever thought that Boggle would not be among them? Mind and educational games are a worthy pastime for people today. While others are looking for the usual arcade or role playing games, there are some who also look for these logical and witty games today. And mind you, it is addicting!

Boggle is a word game played by two or more players. Points are earned for finding words in a 4×4 grid of letters.

Play starts by randomly displaying 16 letter cubes, arranged in a 4×4 grid. A 3-minute timer is started and then each player simultaneously, secretly, writes down all the words he or she finds of three or more letters in length. Words are formed from letters that adjoin horizontally, vertically or diagonally to the immediate left, right, or up-and-down. No letter may be used more than once within a single word.

When the allotted time is up (three minutes, but players may agree beforehand to allow for more time) all players stop writing. Each player in turn then reads his/her list aloud. Any word that appears in more than one players list is crossed off ALL lists — NO ONE gets credit for it.

The winner is the player who earns the most points after a predetermined number of rounds or when a predetermined score has been reached.

Individuals who are good at solving anagram-type puzzles will find themselves right at home with Boggle.

Note that the better Boggle player is not necessarily the one with the larger vocabulary (although a large vocabulary can never hurt) but is the one who is simply better at anagramming words from a mess of jumbled letters. Compare this difference to Scrabble. A large vocabulary and the ability to anagram words is also important in Scrabble, but playing Scrabble forces me to make decisions on what words to play.

The highest scoring play you can find in Scrabble is often NOT your best play, especially if it leaves you with an undesirable combination of letters in your rack, or opens up a potential higher scoring play for your opponent. Thus, in Scrabble, often your second highest scoring play may actually be best. Also, there are many other decisions in Scrabble: Should I pass, should I should play a known phoney, should I play a potential phoney, should I challenge a potential phoney, should I pass my turn and go fishing for a certain letter or letters, etc. As mentioned above, none of these decisions exist in Boggle.

In ‘Boggle’, one of the drawbacks of other word games (e.g. Scrabble) is resolved : there is no downtime. All players are simultaneously playing. The other great thing about Boggle is that no matter how long you stare at the grid, another players has always found a word, you didn’t see.

’Boggle’ is a fun word game. Due to the time element and the simultaneous play, it is nothing like the well-known Scrabble. This makes Boggle a short filler, that can be played in almost any group, even with people that normally don’t like word games. But don’t expect any tactics or strategy.