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The Bogglator (as I call it anyway) (photo by Benutzer) |
BOGGLE
Verb & noun. Late 16th century.
[Probably of dialectical origin & related to BOGLE, BOGGARD, etc.]
A1 verb intrans. Start with a fright, shy as a startled horse. L16
A2 Equivocate, quibble. E17
A3 verb intrans. Hesitate, demur at, about, etc.; (of the mind) be overwhelmed or baffled. M17
A4 verb trans. Cause to hesitate or demur; baffle, overwhelm mentally. (rare before M20.) M17
A4 mind-boggling: see MIND noun
B1 noun.The act of shying or taking alarm. dialectical. M17
B2 noun. Scruple, demur. Chiefly in make a boggle. M17
B3 noun. A bungle. M19
Also: boggler noun a person who boggles or hesitates E17
Boggle, by Parker Brothers, is a great game. It's a bit like Scrabble, but without the crippling tedium. There's no waiting for others, but rather you all have three minutes to find as many words as possible within the 4x4 grid. You may only use each letter once, and letters from a word must be connected in the correct order. As the time counts down, each player writes his words on a piece of paper, and these are scored at the end of the game. If you have the same word as another player, no point is awarded for that word, and more points are awarded for longer words. That's it. It's all childishly simple.
In my day (if I may toot my boggle bugle), I was rather good at Boggle. Like Scrabble, a good knowledge of short, unusual words is a telling advantage, and my strategy would generally involving blitzing through as many three and four letter words as I could, rather than going for the nine letter slam-dunk. Therefore, words like ben, tor and auk, as well remembering that individual letters have spellings too (ess, for example) will reap you a bounty of words with minimum risk that another player will write the same.
And if conversation is running a bit dry during a game of Boggle, you can always talk about what an interesting word boggle is. Not only does it mean to baffle, but it's also the verb for startling like a shying horse. In fact, if you really want to be the centre of attention, you can tell people that the related noun boggard is an 'object at which a horse boggles'. Armed with trivia like that, getting a date (or conversing during one) will never be a problem again.
Do you play Boggle?
Are you a boggler?
Adhering to the rules of Boggle, what's the longest word you can find in the grid above?
Do you please share this post and leave your most beboggling comments below.
I didn't come up with any delightful long words.
ReplyDeleteJust cress and press.
However, if you change that O in the RH corner to I, pressing would be a good word!
There are always moments like that - "Ooh! If only there was an S, U, R, M, I, S, I and an N, I could make 'surmising' with that G in the corner."
DeleteVery frustrating indeed!
Well done for 'press', Jingles!
DeleteI thank C for the well done, but it pales beside his word(s).
DeleteShow-off! :)
Wench. No, cresson. No, snogs, definitely snogs.
ReplyDelete-clueless
'Cresson' is a word, C. It's a shade of green, so well done you!
DeleteI know cresson is a word ed. That's why I suggested cresson. Because it's a word and boggle is a word game. Why didn't jingles get a 'well done you' for press? Press is also a word ed.
DeleteHowever I want snogs, not a shade of green.
-clueless.
Oh for ... you got a well done because you suggested the longest word which was the aim of the game. Never mind. I shall give Jingles her very own 'well done' too. There.
DeleteCould someone please educate the foreigner on the meaning of "snogs"? Since C is so fond of it... It sounds like something rather disgusting, actually.
DeleteHehe. Are you sure you want one of this lot educating you on that particular subject?
DeleteAw man, it really is something disgusting, right?
DeleteCertainly, if done improperly. You'd really want to consult an expert.
Delete*sigh* Let me google it...
DeleteEw, yes, it's super disgusting! ><
*sniggers*
DeleteWas your first kiss a snog? My first kiss definitely wasn't a snog.
It was definitely something that deserves a gross name like "snog".
DeleteBibi, I'll overlook Numbered Nick's little dig at 'us lot' and take the time to explain that 'snog' is to 'kiss' what 'relentless snot' is to 'phlegm'
DeleteIncidentally, I have a cold and my wife says she has a headache.
-clueless.
I'm not sure what to think now, because phlegm sounds like a horrible disease. Relentless snot still seems kind of manageable, while phlegm sounds like a chainsmoking grandpa trying to clear his lungs.
DeleteIncidentally, Grandpa says Grandma has had a headache for the last 15 years.
Delete-clueless.
I think you guys should consider a different family doctor.
DeleteAs I said, it's best to leave these things in the, um, hands of experts.
DeleteHmm, if one is especially picky in their choice of partners, would they be a snog-snob?
Nothing wrong about being picky in snogging partners. Bacteria, you know... Snog smart, avoid phlegm and relentless snot.
Delete'Sorry for the sticky mess doctor, but these people on the internet, called Nick and bibi, said grandpa and I needed to leave our phlegm in your hands......I think.'
DeleteEgon, your mucus.
DeleteWhy oh why couldn't you just have stuck with 'cresson' C?
DeleteI know. Now everyone's a shade of green.
DeletePRESS GENT. Despite staffing cutbacks, I'm sure you can still find a few gents at most of the major newspapers.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I would like this game. I don't have the patience for Scrabble - with some people it seems like it takes an eternity for my turn to come around.
Agree completely on Scrabble (which I grew up on), especially when someone takes 15 minutes for their go and then plays c-a-t or something.
DeleteI can relate Nick. I can't stand underlings, young children or blind people either.....
Deleteand don't even get me started on blind 5-year olds from lower castes.
Thought you might appreciate a boggle related anecdote - someone we know proposed to their wife on Boggle last week. He spelt out
ReplyDeleteWILLYOUMARRYME
She accepted, they're very happy, but he was somewhat miffed that the photo of the board that he took to show his family & friends was met with hilarity rather than 'how romantic.
Guess they're not above a willy joke...
Hahaha! That's brilliant! And c'mon ... they're only human. Who's above a good old-fashioned willy joke?
DeleteQuite!
DeleteBy the way, the man in question is an Irish author, was half expecting you to say 'that was me and that's not what happened at all'!
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