HASBRO Boggle Re Invention, Boggle User Manual

Contents: Boggle Game with Electronic Timer

Object

Find as many words as you can in the 4 x 4 letter grid. To win,
be the player with the highest score at the end of a 3-minute
game; or be the first player to reach the designated point limit
in a tournament game.

How to Play

Players sit around the table so that everyone can see the Boggle
grid when it’s in play. Each player will need a pencil and paper
(not included).

To start the game, do the following:

1. Turn the lid clockwise as far as it will go, to lower the grid base.
See Figure 1.

2. Shake the letter cubes to mix them up. If necessary, jiggle the
cubes until they fall into place in the grid base.

8

+

AGE

2-4

PLAYERS

This product and its batteries must be disposed of

separately at your local waste recycling centre.
Do not dispose of them in a household waste bin.

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Figure 1.

IMPORTANT:
BATTERY INFORMATION

Phillips/cross head screwdriver
(not included) needed to
replace batteries.

Replacing the battery:
Loosen the screw on the
battery compartment (located
on the back of the game unit),
and remove the door. Insert a
CR2032 battery “+” side up
into the battery compartment.

Then replace the door and
tighten the screw.

CAUTION:

1. Always follow the
instructions carefully. Use
only batteries specified
and be sure to insert them
correctly by matching the +
and – polarity markings.

2. Do not mix old batteries and
new batteries, or standard
(carbon-zinc) with alkaline
batteries.

3. Remove exhausted or dead
batteries from the product.

4. Remove batteries if product
is not to be played with for a
long time.

5. Do not short-circuit the
supply terminals.

6. Should this product cause,
or be affected by, local
electrical interference, move
it away from other electrical
equipment. Reset (switching
off and back on again or
removing and re-inserting
batteries) if necessary.

7. DO NOT USE
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERIES. DO NOT
RECHARGE OTHER TYPES
OF BATTERY.

8. As with all small items,
these batteries should be
kept away from children.
If swallowed, seek medical
attention immediately.

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3. Now turn the lid anti-clockwise as far as it will go, making
sure the letter cubes are lying flat in the base. See Figure 2.
The timer light in the Boggle “o” will flash on to begin
the countdown!

4. Now quickly place the game in the centre of the play area, and
all players start looking for words.

Finding Words

Search the assortment of letters for words of three or more letters.
Words are formed from letters that adjoin in sequence horizontally,
vertically or diagonally in any direction. No letter may be used
more than once within a single word.

When you find a word, write it down. Keep looking and writing
until time’s up!

Example: Figures 3, 4 and 5 show how words may be formed
using the adjoining letters S, O, L, I.

RIGHT

G

PD

R

E

A

O
S

U

I

T R

M

L

AC

Figure 3

OILS (and OIL)

G

PD

R

E

A

O
S

U

I

T R

M

L

AC

Figure 4

SILO

G

PD

R

E

A

O
S

U

I

T R

M

L

AC

Figure 5

SOIL

Try your skill at finding the hidden words in the grid above. There
are more than 70, including molar, prose and turmoil.
Can you find more?

Types of Words Allowed

Any words (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.), plural of, form of,
or tense is acceptable as long as it can be found in a standard
English dictionary. Proper nouns (Smith, Ohio, France, etc.) are
not allowed. Words within words are also permissible: spare, spa,
par, are, spar, pare.

Scoring and Winning

When time runs out, the timer light will stop flashing red and make
a soft beep. All players must stop writing. Each player in turn then
reads his or her list aloud. Any word that appears on more than
one player’s list must be crossed off all lists – and no one gets
credit for it!

The winner is the player 1) who earned the most points when play
stopped, or 2) who is the first player to reach the tournament score
– 50 points, 100 points, or whatever was decided before playing.

Things to Remember

• Multiple meanings of the same spelling do not earn multiple credit.

For example, the word t-e-a-r for rip or cry counts only once.

• The same word found by a player in different areas of the grid

may not be counted for multiple credit.

• The QU counts as two letters.

• Both the M and the W have a line under them.

• The Z has a line under it and should not be read as an N.

• You get full credit for both the singular and plural of a noun – as

long as you wrote down both. See Figure 3: OIL and OILS.

• For the highest score, look for unusual words that others might

miss – and that will earn you more points!

WRONG

In Figure 6 (SOILS), the one S is used twice.
In Figure 7 (SOAR), the letter R was skipped.

G

PD

R

E

A

O
S

U

I

T R

M

L

AC

Figure 6

SOILS

G

PD

R

E

A

O
S

U

I

T R

M

L

AC

Figure 7

SOAR

NO. OF LETTERS 3 4 5 6 7 8 or more
POINTS 1 1 2 3 5 11

Players score their remaining words as follows:

Figure 2.

The timer light
will ash green at
rst, then orange,
and nally red
when time is
running out.

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