A couple of months ago, I bought a Boggle game. Boggle is a word game played using a grid of lettered dice, normally a 4 x 4 size, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters in a limited time.It is a very challenging game. The words can be found horizontally, vertically or diagonally neighboring.
I had this game too when I was still in the Philippines and used to play it with friends, even joining student tournaments during college days.
Lately, I have been playing Boggle again, this time with American friends. It is so amazing to know that I could actually be at par with their vocabulary, sometimes even surpassing them. Modesty aside, there were games that I ruled over them. The good thing about playing with Americans is that, I get to learn new words that I haven't heard of yet.
Madeline has been my source of info in terms of biology terms since it is her field of expertise. There were many instances that I knew the words exist but couldn't exactly give the definition, Madeline was there to define them for me. If we couldn't agree of anything, we simply cross them off.
The technique of winning the word game is to write as many short words as possible in the time alloted. The minimum is a 3-letter word, so find those 3-letter words as fast as you can. Write them down and look for permutations. For instance, if you find the word "tea", most likely the words "eat" and "ate" are there too. This gives you 3 points if they don't have them on their list.
Once you think you have listed most, if not all, the 3-letter words, go for the long ones. The long words will give you more points. Think of unique words. Think of words with silent letters. Mostly, your opponents won't find them. Utilize the letter "y" and come up with words using it instead of a vowel, like "sky" or "try". Words that start with a vowel are hard to find too. Try to look for them. You can also look for words that start with a prefix, or words that end with "sh" or "er", like "goer". Don't forget to notice if there is a letter "s" on the grid. You can use it to make plural words. And gather points.
Boggle enhances the vocabulary and since I love word games a lot, I might be playing Boggle often this time.
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