[2] One player begins the game by shaking a covered tray of 16 cubic dice, each with a different letter printed on each of its sides.

After they have settled into the tray, a three-minute sand timer is started and all players simultaneously begin the main phase of play.

Any player may challenge the validity of a word, in which case a previously nominated dictionary is used to verify or refute it.

The winner is the player whose point total is highest, with any ties typically broken by a count of long words.

The compact, zippered case includes pencils and small pads of paper, as well as an electronic timer, and notably, a cover made from a soft plastic that produces much less noise when the board is shaken.

In the United Kingdom, Hasbro UK released Super Boggle in 2004 (now discontinued), which features both the 4×4 and 5×5 grid and an electronic timer that flashes to indicate the start and finish.

[6] In 2008, Parker Brothers released a self-contained version of the game with the dice sealed inside a plastic unit and featuring an integrated timer.

[7] In 2013, Ruzzle, a mobile phone game based on Boggle, topped the most-downloaded iPhone apps chart.

[13] Unlike Scrabble, there is no national or international governing or rule-making body for Boggle competition and no official tournament regulations exist.

[14] When it comes to creating Boggle games for tournament play, most of the time it is done by special software designed to generate completely random and probably fair boards, using words oftentimes pre-selected by the officiating committee.