Think and Speak

A Polyword is a game with words and letters. Make words of four letters or more from the letters of a nine-letter word, using each letter only once. Include the highlighted letter in every word you make. Can you beat our score?

Tap on any letter to use it for your word. Remember to include the highlighted letter. To change the highlighted letter and get different words, click here.

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1Tea 2Fog 3Rein 4Mace 5Ram 6Tide 7Doe 8Van 9Toy 10Cert 11Plum 12Dial 13Hay 14Tarn 15Quad 16Old 17Tay 18Owl 19Yen 20Nice 21Corn 22Left 23Tub 24Hare 25Arid 26Wing 27Lane 28Pop! 29Crib 30Fort 31Helm 32Morn 33Foam 34Eland 35Lair 36Over 37Banks 38Toad 39Acorn 40Auto Polyword 41Pert 42Acre 43Beam 44Trap 45Vent 46Tower 47Dory 48Pear 49Maid 50Louvre 51Climb 52Duty 53Mount 54Virtue 55Beach 56Rice 57Neap 58Wave 59Lean 60Goat 61Tilt 62Trio 63Clip 64Nail 65Boat 66Calm 67Bare 68Rapt 69Halo 70Elf 71Nine 72Pore 73Beer 74Grit 75Poem 76Gap 77Mute 78Vole 79Leat 80Alit 81Fisherman 82Bale 83Find 84Baa 85High and Dry 86Well 87Aloe 88Gate 89Cot 90Moor 91Turn 92Curve 93Palm 94Bait 95Lamp 96Lute 97Hill 98Grey 99Cove 100Weir 101Path 102Earl 103Nape 104Wader 105Brine 106Grebe 107Dune 108Meow 109Chine 110Cut 111Hart 112Gable 113Peep 114Loft 115Mead 116Chain 117Pint 118Dome 119Dart 120Tree 121Lion 122Tram 123Dill 124Bees 125Bolt 126Rail 127Lone 128Rain 129Rune 130Fete 131Clean 132Curl 133Load 134Iced 135Line 136Mole 137Peal 138Eve 139Icy 140Fen 141Manor 142Lunch 143Wheel 144Loco 145Pied 146Hive 147Once 148Hunt 149Hero 150Lace 151Ledge 152Bell 153Heft 154Veil 155Malt 156Bray 157Tier 158Prince 159Dray 160Teal 161Cart 162Batter 163Barn 164Nene Scene 165Loaf 166Bar 167Court 168Crag 169Roar 170Free 171Bay 172Cave 173Peat 174Face 175Field 176Ride 177Perch 178Trail 179Arch 180Don 181Eventide 182Flit 183Leave 184Forewarned 185Bead 186Hut 187Rib 188Nave 189Hope 190Tulip 191Blue 192Pine 193Garden 194Act 195Burn 196Lance 197Mile 198Mood 199Rock 200Time 201Band 202Late 203Hide 204Bleat 205Brae 206Dene 207Cafe 208Billy 209Dale 210Teem 211Pier 212Gape 213Wide 214Giant 215Puffin Billy 216Haul 217Rapid Transit 218Alien 219Crab 220Otter 221Fresh 222Ring 223Beef 224Seraph 225Water 226Lift 227High 228Sett 229Adder 230Dew 231Edge 232Nest 233Gem 234Lime 235Gold 236Heron 237Lead 238Sycamore 239Vine 240Castle 241Long Drag 242Catch 243Inlet 244Tees 245Drink 246Ocelot 247Rare 248Deer 249Colt 250Fern 251Awake 252Cone 253Corfe 254Colliery 255Frost 256Nuts 257Truly Madly 258Gift 259Heat 260Wren

Practice

Spinners Find in Think and Speak

For each group of words, compose a sentence that uses all three. You can use any form of the word: for example, cat → cats, go → went, or quick → quickly, though neigh → neighbour is stretching it a bit.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1 Clan. Lair. Ranch.

2 Coil. Horn. Nail.

3 Anchor. Branch. Coal.

Variations: 1. include direct and indirect speech 2. include one or more of these words: although, because, despite, either/or, if, unless, until, when, whether, which, who 3. use negatives (not, isn’t, neither/nor, never, nobody etc.)