What does this preset change?

It selects a 5 x 5 grid, a 3-minute round and a 4-letter minimum. Use New round to change those settings before starting. Your settings and rounds here are remembered separately from the main game page.

Is this an official Big Boggle board?

No. This is an original solo letter-grid game. Its letters use this site's own distribution, and words are checked against the public-domain ENABLE English list. It does not reproduce boxed-game dice or provide a multiplayer room.

How do I compare scores on the same larger grid?

Choose a seed and share it together with the 5 x 5 size, time limit and shortest-word setting. Each person plays separately. The same seed and size deal the same letters; there is no shared score table.

Can I practise without a timer?

Yes. Choose No limit under Time before starting. End round finishes the round and reveals the missed words. A timed round keeps running when the tab is hidden.

5 x 5 Letter Grid Game

Hunt for longer words across a larger letter grid. Trace touching tiles, including diagonals, or type each word. Qu supplies two letters from one tile. When the round ends, choose any missed word to see its path.

Find words in a grid of letters

Drag, tap or type words through touching letters before the clock runs out, then see every word you missed.

ENABLE list, 172,823 wordsSeeded grids you can replayNo account, nothing uploadedRounds kept in this browser

New round

Grid

Time

Shortest word

Seed

New board draws a fresh grid and shows its seed. Type a seed to play that grid again or pass it on: the same seed and grid size always give the same letters. Settings apply to the next round. A round you leave stays in Your rounds, and a timed one keeps running to its end time.

The letter distribution

Every cell is drawn from this table, in tiles per hundred, written for this game. A grid is drawn again until between a quarter and a half of its cells are vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and no tile appears more than 2 times on a 3 x 3 or 4 x 4 grid, 3 times on a 5 x 5 or 4 times on a 6 x 6. On a 4 x 4 grid that means 4 to 8 vowels. Q only comes as Qu.

How it plays. Drag across touching letters, tap them one at a time and tap the last one again to send the word, or type it and press Enter. A word runs through touching cells, diagonals included, uses no cell twice and has at least the minimum number of letters set for the round; a Qu tile gives two letters and counts as two. Points: 3 or 4 letters = 1, 5 = 2, 6 = 3, 7 = 5, 8 or more = 11. A word found twice scores once. The clock runs to a fixed end time, so it keeps running while the tab is hidden, and a round ends when time is up, when you end it or when you find every word.

Accuracy. Words are checked against ENABLE, a public-domain list of 172,823 English words, so some slang, names and recent words are missing and some rare words are accepted. A word must run through touching cells, diagonals included, with no cell used twice. The letters come from this site's own published letter distribution, not the dice of any boxed game, and rounds are solo and saved in this browser only.

Common questions

What does this preset change?: It selects a 5 x 5 grid, a 3-minute round and a 4-letter minimum. Use New round to change those settings before starting. Your settings and rounds here are remembered separately from the main game page.
Is this an official Big Boggle board?: No. This is an original solo letter-grid game. Its letters use this site's own distribution, and words are checked against the public-domain ENABLE English list. It does not reproduce boxed-game dice or provide a multiplayer room.
How do I compare scores on the same larger grid?: Choose a seed and share it together with the 5 x 5 size, time limit and shortest-word setting. Each person plays separately. The same seed and size deal the same letters; there is no shared score table.
Can I practise without a timer?: Yes. Choose No limit under Time before starting. End round finishes the round and reveals the missed words. A timed round keeps running when the tab is hidden.

Words are checked against ENABLE, a public-domain list of 172,823 English words, so some slang, names and recent words are missing and some rare words are accepted. A word must run through touching cells, diagonals included, with no cell used twice. The letters come from this site's own published letter distribution, not the dice of any boxed game, and rounds are solo and saved in this browser only.