> >I was looking up "spiven", which happened to be an imaginary word (I think it SHOULD be a word, though)
> > Vida
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> A good variant of Boggle and Scrabble is to permit words that aren't in the dictionary, but really ought to be good English words anyway. Surprisingly, you can usually get more agreement about what ought and ought not be a word than what is and is not a word (if you don't have a dictionary with you).

My family's favorite Boggle variation is 'almost Boggle', where you look for words that would be there if you could add just one more letter. Working out the specific rules took some time, but we found it put a really weird and geeky spin on the game. You have to have kind of a far-reaching intuitive mind to do really well, but you come up with a lot more interesting words.

Lire"the interesting threads always come up when I'm on vacation"lyn