allboardgames.com
Big Boggle box art
1979 Ranked #2,533

Big Boggle

Timed word game where players trace connected letters to find unique words in a shared grid. Common answers are discarded after comparison, so every search must favor overlooked words that no rival is likely to have found.

Family Games Real-time Word Game Pattern Recognition Containers: Cubes

Players

2-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.51/5

Rating

6.88

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 2.8/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

See all 5 specifications

How it plays

How does it play?

Big Boggle is a timed word game where players attempt to find as many connected words as possible from the face up letters resting in a 25 cube grid. When the timer runs out, players compare their list of words and remove any shared words.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Read the full game description

Big Boggle is a timed word game where players attempt to find as many connected words as possible from the face up letters resting in a 25 cube grid. When the timer runs out, players compare their list of words and remove any shared words. Points are then awarded for remaining words, depending on how many letters are in the word. Big Boggle is similar to the standard Boggle, but with the following changes: uses a 5x5 grid instead of 4x4 the minimum word size is 4 letters instead of 3

Browse all classifications

Shopping

Where to buy

No verified retailer offers are available yet. The references below may still help you continue your search.

Unverified shopping references

Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
No editions imported yet.

Player resources

Rulebooks, player aids, FAQs, and solo resources.

No files imported yet.

Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–8
Best with
1–6
Play time
10 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Allan Turoff

Publishers

5
Editrice Giochi Palitoy Ltd. Parker Brothers Parker Spiele Winning Moves Games (USA)

Linked items

No published linked games yet.