Boggle instructions• Boggle is played with 16 random letters, you will play with

randomly generated letters. • Players have three minutes (shown by the countdown timer) to

find as many words as they can in the grid, according to the following rules:– The letters must be adjoining in a 'chain'. (Letter cubes in the chain

may be adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.)– Words must contain at least three letters.– No letter cube may be used more than once within a single word.– When the time is up, your score will be calculated. – The word must appear in the English dictionary, this doesn’t include

slang or abbreviations.

Record answers on white boards

ScoringFewer than 3 Letters: no score3 Letters: 1 point4 Letters: 1 point5 Letters: 2 points6 Letters: 3 points7 Letters: 4 points8 or More Letters: 11 points

Penalise 1 point per word that is made up or not in the dictionary.

NB: Qu count as two letters even though it appears in one box – both Q and u need to appear as a pair in the word for that tile to be used.

Keep a leader board for your VMG

Example Boggle Score Board: _____________ (VMG)

Place Student Score Boggle tray number

Longest word

1st 1

2nd 1

3rd 1

4th 1

1st 2

2nd 2

3rd 2

4th 2

1st 3

2nd 3

3rd 3

4th 3

Boggle tray 1 –

A R O M

C D D A

I E S F

B T U G

3 MINUTES

Swap answer boards and calculate score

Use dictionaries to check words

Fewer than 3 Letters: no score3 Letters: 1 point4 Letters: 1 point5 Letters: 2 points6 Letters: 3 points7 Letters: 4 points8 or More Letters: 11 points

NB: Qu count as two letters even though it appears in one box – both Q and u need to appear as a pair in the word for that tile to be used.

Update VMG score board (remember to send this to Miss Cox at the end)

Boggle tray 2 -

H P K R

V S E K

O T G I

L L U E

3 MINUTES

Swap answer boards and calculate score

Use dictionaries to check words

Fewer than 3 Letters: no score3 Letters: 1 point4 Letters: 1 point5 Letters: 2 points6 Letters: 3 points7 Letters: 4 points8 or More Letters: 11 points

NB: Qu count as two letters even though it appears in one box – both Q and u need to appear as a pair in the word for that tile to be used.

Update VMG score board (remember to send this to Miss Cox at the end)

Boggle tray 3 –

P O W L

S T C K

N F A C

T F I W

3 MINUTES

Swap answer boards and calculate score

Use dictionaries to check words

Fewer than 3 Letters: no score3 Letters: 1 point4 Letters: 1 point5 Letters: 2 points6 Letters: 3 points7 Letters: 4 points8 or More Letters: 11 points

NB: Qu count as two letters even though it appears in one box – both Q and u need to appear as a pair in the word for that tile to be used.

Update VMG score board (remember to send this to Miss Cox at the end)

Boggle tray 3 –

B R E T

B A M S

N I E R

T K F W

3 MINUTES

Extension – Create your own.