IanWord Twist - Online Boggle
December 14th 2009 01:13
Wordtwist.org offers an online variant of the traditional game of Boggle.
All the key features of Boggle are retained, except for a few twists in scoring and letter distribution.
As explained on the website, the game is played like this:
The purpose of the game is to discover as many words as possible within a jumbled square of sixteen randomly selected letters. A valid word can only be formed if each letter is contiguous (i.e. side-by-side, above or below, or on the diagonal) with the next, and no letter position can be used more than once in any given word.
There are three criteria that determine the final score of any given word. The base score is determined by the word's length. Words that are 3 and 4 letters long have a base score of three. Five letter words are worth 4 points, Six letter words are 5 points, and onwards and upwards, one additional point for every additional letter. But we also factor in how common each word is in the English language and give bonuses for rare and unusual words. Finally, smaller bonuses are given for words which incorporate difficult letters such as Q, Z, X, J and K.
The game can be played on a 4X4 or 5X5 board. If you register your statistics will be recorded.
To find out more or get started, simply visit Word Twist here.
All the key features of Boggle are retained, except for a few twists in scoring and letter distribution.
As explained on the website, the game is played like this:
The purpose of the game is to discover as many words as possible within a jumbled square of sixteen randomly selected letters. A valid word can only be formed if each letter is contiguous (i.e. side-by-side, above or below, or on the diagonal) with the next, and no letter position can be used more than once in any given word.
There are three criteria that determine the final score of any given word. The base score is determined by the word's length. Words that are 3 and 4 letters long have a base score of three. Five letter words are worth 4 points, Six letter words are 5 points, and onwards and upwards, one additional point for every additional letter. But we also factor in how common each word is in the English language and give bonuses for rare and unusual words. Finally, smaller bonuses are given for words which incorporate difficult letters such as Q, Z, X, J and K.
The game can be played on a 4X4 or 5X5 board. If you register your statistics will be recorded.
To find out more or get started, simply visit Word Twist here.
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