This 5x5 version of Boggle is the 25th anniversary edition of the game. Earlier 5x5 versions were sold under the names Big Boggle and Boggle Master. I haven't been able to establish whether the earlier versions use the same cube layout.

The standard rules specify a minimum word length of 4 letters, instead of 3. My brief acquaintance with this game has so far shown it to be quite a bit harder than the original.

(This set also shipped with a "boggle bar", which can cover one edge row and column, leaving a 4x4 grid if you'd prefer the original game -- but the letters-to-cube mapping is quite a bit different from my 4x4 edition, so the masked version isn't exactly the same game.)

The letter cubes have the following faces:

 1. A A A F R S     10. C C N S T W     19. E M O T T T
 2. A A E E E E     11. C E I I L T     20. E N S S S U
 3. A A F I R S     12. C E I L P T     21. F I P R S Y
 4. A D E N N N     13. C E I P S T     22. G O R R V W
 5. A E E E E M     14. D D L N O R     23. H I P R R Y
 6. A E E G M U     15. D H H L O R     24. N O O T U W
 7. A E G M N N     16. D H H N O T     25. O O O T T U
 8. A F I R S Y     17. D H L N O R
 9. B J K Qu X Z    18. E I I I T T

The 150 letters are distributed as:

A  12     H   6     O  11     V   1
B   1     I  11     P   4     W   3
C   5     J   1     Qu  1     X   1
D   6     K   1     R  11     Y   3
E  18     L   5     S   9     Z   1
F   4     M   4     T  13
G   3     N  11     U   4

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