Beat Me at Boggle
Play the day's Boggle board and try to beat the score of the person who made the site.
Every day: One Boggle board a day, the same for everyone, that the maker has already played; you get three minutes (four on weekend 5x5 boards) to beat her score. New puzzle: Once a day; the site does not state the time.
Beat Me at Boggle is a daily Boggle game with a rival built in. Its maker, Ava, plays each day's board first, and you get the same letters and the same clock to beat her score. Words she missed earn you a bonus point, and weekend boards grow from 4x4 to 5x5.
About Beat Me at Boggle
Beat Me at Boggle is a web version of the classic letter-grid game, made by Ava Dinh-Vu, a web developer from Melbourne who wanted the head-to-head part of Boggle back. Every day she plays the board, and her words and score become the target for everyone else. You trace words through letters that touch across, up, down or diagonally, using each tile at most once per word, before the timer runs out.
The board changes with the day of the week. Monday uses the classic Boggle dice on a 4x4 grid. Tuesday to Friday use a generator that lays down a long word and builds the board around it, so every letter belongs to at least one word, and Saturday and Sunday use the same method on a bigger 5x5 grid with an extra minute. Longer words score more, and by default any word you find that Ava did not gets a bonus point; a setting switches that off for a fair fight, and another adds two minutes to the clock.
The dictionary is chosen with care: a stricter word-game list for short words, which keeps out obscure Scrabble entries, and a broader one for longer words. There is an archive of past boards, a practice mode, statistics, a word checker and a solver. The site has no ads and is supported by its players. It suits anyone who misses playing Boggle against a person.
How to play Beat Me at Boggle
- Start today's game; the timer begins with the board.
- Trace a word through letters that touch horizontally, vertically or diagonally, using each tile once per word.
- Submit as many English words as you can before time runs out; proper nouns and contractions do not count.
- At the end, compare your words and score with Ava's; words she missed give you a bonus point.
- Play past boards from the archive or try practice mode.
Tips
- Do not stop at a short word: from RAVE, look for RAVEN, RAVER or RAVED nearby.
- Read words backwards too; DOG on the board means GOD is there as well.
- Spot common clusters such as ING, ER and RE at the start and build words onto them.
- After a long word, check the smaller words inside it, like SORT inside ASSORTED.
Questions
Who is the opponent in Beat Me at Boggle?
Ava, who made the site. She plays each board first and her score is the one to beat.
How long is a game?
Three minutes on the 4x4 boards and four on the 5x5 boards at weekends. A setting adds two more minutes.
Is it the same board for everyone?
Yes. There is one board a day, and the archive keeps the earlier ones.
Does it have ads?
No. The site runs without ads and is supported by its players.
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