Big Boggle

A 5x5 grid of letter cubes, a timer and a table full of people hunting words, with every duplicate crossed out.

Designer: Allan Turoff
Published by: Editrice Giochi
Editions by: Parker Brothers, Winning Moves Games (USA), Parker Spiele, Palitoy Ltd.

Big Boggle takes the classic letter-grid word hunt and stretches it to a 5x5 grid of letter cubes. A timer runs, and everyone at the table silently hunts for words in chains of neighbouring letters, writing down as many as possible. When time is up, you read your lists aloud, and any word that two or more people found gets crossed out for everybody. Only your unique finds score, with longer words worth more. Words need at least four letters here, which rewards the player who spots the long, odd ones. A short round of about ten minutes, with an itch to go again.

Larger 5x5 letter gridWords need at least four lettersShared words are crossed out

Who it's for

You like word games and want a quick, noisy-in-the-end round that works with a big crowd up to eight.

Not for you if…

Word games stress you out or your group is split between native and non-native speakers. Vocabulary decides this one.

Vibe's take

Quiet, tense scribbling, then a loud reveal as shared words get struck out. The best moment is when your long word survives while everyone else's did not.