Sunday, November 23, 2008

Week 7 Homework

This weeks Boggle...

Classes have the week to find as many words as they can in the grid, according to the following rules:
The letters must be adjoining in a 'chain'. (Letter cubes in the chain may be adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.)
Words must contain at least three letters.
No letter cube may be used more than once within a single word.Whilst looking for as many words as possible is a good strategy, it is worth bearing in mind that longer words score more highly, so one 5-letter word is worth two 4-letter words.
The scoring is as follows:
Fewer than 3 Letters: no score
3 Letters: 1 point
4 Letters: 2 point
5 Letters: 3 points
6 Letters: 4 points
7 Letters: 6 points
8 or More Letters: 11 points
Note: Although the 'Qu' cube occupies a single space in the grid, it counts as two letters for the purpose of scoring.
Full credit is awarded for both the singular and plural forms of a noun provided you list them as separate words, so cat and cats each score a point. The same is true for all other derived forms (e.g. chew, chews, chewed, etc.).
If a word appears more than once in the grid, it may not be counted twice.
Any dictionary word is allowed. As in most word games, you will not receive credit for proper names, abbreviations, contractions, hyphenated words, or foreign words that Mr K can't find.
Words within other words are permissible. This can be a valuable fact to remember, for if you spot the word part, you can also write down par and art. In this case, it is also a word in reverse: trap.
A good knowledge of anagrams will help. If you notice the letters S, T, O, and P arranged in a 2x2 square, you will be able to write not only stop but also opts, tops, spot, post, and pots, scoring a total of 10 points.




1 comment:

Bill said...

She1
Shell3
Mill2
Hill2
Hell2
Nill2
Shoe2
Hose2
Ill1
Him1
Miso2
Sin2
Slim2
Lie1
Helm2
Might3
Shim2
Hoe1
Heli2
Mile2
Nile2
Hes1
Eosin3
Shiel2
Hellish6
Heishi4
Niellie6
Shin2
Sill2
Hills3

Thats it For my homework hope i win my score was: 64
it took about 45 minutes and a lokk htrough the dictionary