Boggle solver

The board loaded on this page is our own 4×4 practice board, TSRELAEINPTDGSOA read row by row. The solver finds 499 words on it (250 of them everyday words). Here is how the points add up:

The longest word, ADOPTERS, is traced like this. Each step moves to a touching cube (sideways, up, down or diagonal), and no cube is used twice:

1. A at row 4, column 4
2. D at row 3, column 4
3. O at row 4, column 3
4. P at row 3, column 2
5. T at row 3, column 3
6. E at row 2, column 3
7. R at row 1, column 3
8. S at row 1, column 2

Tap ADOPTERS in the results above to see the same path light up, with each cube numbered in order.

Entering your board

1. Type the letters from the top-left cube, reading each row left to right. For the Qu cube, type just Q; the solver reads it as QU.
2. Choose 4×4 for classic Boggle or 5×5 for Big Boggle. Big Boggle does not allow three-letter words, so the solver lists words of four letters or more there.
3. Press Find all words, or Random board for a practice grid. The random letters are weighted by how often they appear in English, so the boards feel realistic.

Rules and scoring

Words are made by chaining cubes that touch, including diagonally, and no cube can be used twice in one word. In classic Boggle a word needs at least three letters. Points go by length: 3 or 4 letters score 1, 5 letters score 2, 6 letters score 3, 7 letters score 5, and 8 or more score 11. The Qu cube counts as two letters. Plurals and other word forms count, but capitalised and hyphenated words do not. A round lasts three minutes, and any word that another player also wrote down is crossed off every list, so the long, odd words you see here are the ones that win rounds.

What the solver does

It checks our full word list against your board. It first skips any word that needs a letter the board does not have, then tries to trace each remaining word from every cube, moving only to touching cubes it has not used yet. When a trace works, the word and that path are saved. Results are grouped by length, longest first, with everyday words before rare ones (rare words are faded). Each word is listed once, even if the board offers several paths for it.

Tips for finding more words

• Hunt for endings first: S, ED, ER, ING and EST next to a good stem turn one word into several.
• Long words pay off fast. One 8-letter word is worth 11 points, more than ten short ones.
• After a round, open the 5-letter group and up. These are the words most players miss.

Limits

Our dictionary is the public-domain ENABLE list (172,823 words). Boggle lets players agree on any dictionary, so some rare words here may not count at your table, and the faded ones are the likeliest to cause a debate. The solver does not time rounds or compare players' lists.