BoardGameArchiveHow to Play Boggle: Setup, 3-Minute Search, Words & Scoring
Learn Boggle rules: shake the 16 cubes into the grid, search for connected words for 3 minutes, compare lists, cancel duplicates and score unique words.
Boggle 00384 is a simultaneous word-search game for 2–6 players.
Boggle 00384 is a simultaneous word-search game for 2–6 players.
Key takeaway
Learn Boggle rules: shake the 16 cubes into the grid, search for connected words for 3 minutes, compare lists, cancel duplicates and score unique words.
About this guide
This how to play article covers 7 focused topics, with edition notes and sources where available.
What this guide covers
Set up the grid
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Start the timer
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Build words through touching cubes
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Compare lists
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Set up the grid
Shake the letter cubes and let them settle into the 4×4 grid.
Start the timer
Everyone searches at the same time for three minutes and writes words privately.
Build words through touching cubes
Letters in a word must connect through neighboring cubes. Connections can run horizontally, vertically or diagonally, and a cube cannot be reused within the same word.
Compare lists
When time expires, players read their words aloud. If two or more players wrote the same word, that word is crossed out for everyone who has it.
Score the unique words
Only valid words that remain unique to one player score. Longer words are worth more points.