An African grey parrot, peeping out from beneath its wing.

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Charles Dickens 1812-1870

Polly, put the kettle on,
We’ll all have tea!

Grip (a pet raven) in ‘Barnaby Rudge’ (1841)

Word Games

Polywords

Make as many words of four letters of more from the letters you are given, using each letter just once. Can you beat our score? What is the nine-letter word?

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Tarn

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Quad

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Old

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Tay

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Owl

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Yen

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?