Weboggle

August 13, 2004 9:38 AM

Weboggle. It's that dice based word search game, but online.
posted by jonah (27 comments total)

neet
posted by Outlawyr at 9:49 AM on August 13, 2004

Some folks get crazy high scores, wish you could see all the words of the winner 84 pts on a 4x4 board, sheesh
posted by zeoslap at 10:07 AM on August 13, 2004

This kicks ass. Best use of simple DHTML game I've seen.

I still suck though.
posted by mathowie at 10:13 AM on August 13, 2004

Yeah, me and mathowie were neck and neck for a few games.. in the bottom 1/3 of the players.

:)
posted by psychotic_venom at 10:19 AM on August 13, 2004

Well, that's addictive.
posted by remlapm at 10:23 AM on August 13, 2004

Some guy called "mathowie" keeps beating me ;)
posted by tommasz at 10:28 AM on August 13, 2004

Jeez, just saw "flipper" get 106 on a 5x5.

Holy Crap.
posted by psychotic_venom at 10:28 AM on August 13, 2004

Peggy Hill would love this.
posted by grabbingsand at 10:28 AM on August 13, 2004

I'll never get work done again . . .
posted by aladfar at 10:37 AM on August 13, 2004

I blame you jonah for my lost afternoon.
posted by caddis at 10:40 AM on August 13, 2004

I'd tell you how bad I suck at this game, but I just can't find the words.
posted by Jart at 10:44 AM on August 13, 2004

Oh.

This is nice... but I thought it would be something... different.

*Oggles the web*
posted by papercake at 10:45 AM on August 13, 2004

Am I missing something? Where does one set their name for this? Is there a log-in I bypassed?
posted by jacquilynne at 10:55 AM on August 13, 2004

Blatantly cheating helps.
posted by delapohl at 10:56 AM on August 13, 2004

Ah, I saw that last week. That game is nicely done.
posted by dalryaug at 11:11 AM on August 13, 2004

jacquilynne, the first page has a name box.

BTW, you can click on the board to rotate it. This might be in the instructions but I didn't read them and found it by accident.
posted by smackfu at 11:17 AM on August 13, 2004

thanks, delapohl! I just won.
posted by MrMoonPie at 11:17 AM on August 13, 2004

As with real life boggle, it pays to go after the larger words and remember plurals, prefixes, suffixes and tenses
posted by jonah at 11:32 AM on August 13, 2004

Yeah, once I learned the cheat page the game lost its fun.

Some coworkers and I play the real game at lunch. That is fun :)
posted by terrapin at 11:35 AM on August 13, 2004

you're allowed to not use the cheat page terrapin
posted by jonah at 11:41 AM on August 13, 2004

Ugh, never got close to 20. The cheat sheet is just depressing.
posted by of strange foe at 11:51 AM on August 13, 2004

jonah: Agreed, but when everyone else is using the cheat page it becomes less of a "game."
posted by terrapin at 12:04 PM on August 13, 2004

so great. thanks!
posted by rhapsodie at 12:15 PM on August 13, 2004

This is fabulous, thank you! I adore boggle and can beat anyone I play against in real life, but beating others online helps me think that I am in fact a good player, not just that all my relatives and friends suck. ;)

That cheat is annoying though, my first game majcher won by over 50 points. I didn't need any cheats to win four times...
posted by livii at 5:37 PM on August 13, 2004

fun fun fun!!! Thanks, but how demoralizing! :)
posted by ashbury at 8:59 PM on August 13, 2004

The Lost Weekend.
posted by caddis at 2:44 PM on August 15, 2004

this is pure evil. (posting in the seconds between games)
posted by litlnemo at 4:59 PM on August 15, 2004