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==Game variants==
[[File:Boggle (2041108449).jpg|thumb|A pile of ''Boggle'' dice]]

Parker Brothers has introduced several licensed variations on the game. {{As of|2006}}, only ''Boggle Jr.'' and ''Travel Boggle'' (also marketed as ''Boggle Folio'') continue to be manufactured and marketed in North America alongside the standard ''Boggle'' game, apart from a licensed keychain miniature version. ''Boggle Jr.'' is a much-simplified version intended for young children introduced in 1988. ''Boggle Travel'' is a version of the standard 4×4 set designed to be traveled. 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.

''Big Boggle'', later marketed as ''Boggle Master'' and ''Boggle Deluxe'', featured a 5×5 tray, and disallowed three-letter words. Some editions of the ''Big Boggle'' set included an adapter that could convert the larger grid into a standard 4×4 Boggle grid. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hasbro.com/shop/browse/?N=63+185 |title=Hasbro catalog |publisher=Hasbro.com |date=2012-04-03 |access-date=2012-11-22}}</ref> Despite the game's popularity in North America, no version of ''Boggle'' offering a 5×5 grid was marketed outside Europe for an extended period until 2011, when Winning Moves Games USA revived the ''Big Boggle'' name for a new version. Their variant features a two-letter die with popular letter combinations such as Qu, Th and In.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winning-moves.com/product/BigBoggle.asp |title=Winning Moves Big Boggle product listing |publisher=Winning-moves.com |access-date=2012-11-22}}</ref>

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. Although the older version has been discontinued, some retailers refer to the newer one as "Boggle Reinvention" to avoid confusion.

In 2012, Winning Moves Games USA released a 6×6 version of the game called ''Super Big Boggle''. In addition to the two-letter dice with popular letter combinations, there is also a die containing three faces which are solid squares. These solid squares represent a word stop, which is simply a space that may not be used in any word. The other changes are that the time limit was increased from three minutes to four minutes, three-letter words are no longer allowed, and there is a modified scoring scheme, outlined below.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" style="background: #ffdead;" | Scoring for the 6×6 version
|-
! Word<br> length !! Points
|-
| 4 || 1
|-
| 5 || 2
|-
| 6 || 3
|-
| 7 || 5
|-
| 8 || 11
|-
| 9+ || 2 points per letter
|}

Other ''Boggle'' variants have included:

* A version of the standard 4×4 set that included a special red "Boggle challenge cube", featuring six relatively uncommon letters. Bonus points are awarded for all words making use of the red cube.
* ''Boggle'' CD-ROM, a version for [[Windows]], produced and marketed by Hasbro Interactive, including both 4×4 and 5×5 versions, several 3-D versions, and facilities allowing up to four players to compete directly over the Internet.
* ''Body Boggle'', which is more akin to ''[[Twister (game)|Twister]]'' than it is to standard ''Boggle''. Two players work together as a team, using their hands and feet to spell words on a large floor mat containing pre-printed ''Boggle'' letters.
* ''Boggle Bowl'', in which players roll their own dice and compete to build longer words, in order to move their token toward their goal on a (bowl-shaped) playing area.  Similar to Scrabble, the play area has special spaces, but here they alter the play for the next round.
* A 1998 game show [[television pilot|pilot episode]] hosted by [[Bill Rafferty]] that was not picked up for a full production season.
* ''[[Boggle (game show)|Boggle]]'', an interactive game show hosted by [[Wink Martindale]]. It aired on [[Television networks preceding ABC Family|The Family Channel]] (now [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]])  in 1994, replacing the interactive version of ''[[Trivial Pursuit (US game show)|Trivial Pursuit]]''.
* ''Coggle'', which functions similarly to ''Boggle'' but involves creating a word to fit a particular theme. It was mainly marketed in France and Canada.
* ''Boggle Flash''. An electronic version of ''Boggle'', but consists of five tiles in which one to ten players make words by swapping tiles. This product is sold in the United States under the name ''Scrabble Flash''.
* ''Foggle'', where the 16 dice have to be used to form valid mathematical equations.

Numerous unofficial computer versions and variants of the game are available. By 1989, users of [[MIT]]'s [[Project Athena]] competed in the [[online game]] ''mboggle''.<ref name="garfinkel198904">{{cite news | url=http://simson.net/clips/1989/1989.TechRev.Athena.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://simson.net/clips/1989/1989.TechRev.Athena.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live | title=The Hackers are Still Ahead | work=Technology Review | date=April 1989 | access-date=25 January 2016 | author=Garfinkel, Simson L. | pages=4–7 | author-link=Simson Garfinkel}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[Ruzzle]]'', a mobile phone game based on ''Boggle'', topped the most-downloaded iPhone apps chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2013/01/09/ruzzle-breakout-hit-2013/|title=Ruzzle Is the First Breakout Hit of 2013|first=Todd|last=Wasserman|website=[[Mashable]] |date=9 January 2013 }}</ref> Other games similar to or influenced by ''Boggle'' include ''[[Bananagrams]]'', ''[[Bookworm (video game)|Bookworm]]'', ''[[Dropwords]]'', ''[[Letterpress (video game)|Letterpress]]'', ''[[Puzzlage]]'', ''[[SpellTower]]'', ''[[Word Factory]]'', ''[[Wordquest]]'', ''[[Yahoo! Games#Other games|Word Racer]]'', ''[[WordSpot]]'', ''[[Word Streak with Friends]]'', ''[[WordTwist]]'', and ''[[Zip-It]]''.

[[Hub Network]] game show [[Family Game Night (game show)|Family Game Night]] featured a game titled '''Bounce and Boogie Boggle''', which used an electronic 5x5 game. Based on Boggle Reinvention, the main difference is that the letters would be displayed on the stage screen, and the players would have to jump on the letters in order to display their choice. Despite being part of the TV series, this game did not feature on its video game counterpart [[Hasbro Family Game Night 4: The Game Show]].