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Bait

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

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Sea-anglers at Blackhall Colliery in County Durham.

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Polywords (246)

Introduction

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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abet able abler abort airer albeit alert alit aloe alter alto arbiter bail bait bale bare barer barrel barrio barter bear beat belt beta bier bile bite biter blare bleat bloat bloater blot boar boat boater boil boiler bole bolt bore brae brat briar brie brier broil broiler earl iota irate lair late later leat liar liberator lira lire lite litre lobe loiter lore obit oral orate orbit orbital rail rare rate ratio real realtor rear retail retrial retro rile riot rioter rite roar robe roil role rota rote table tail tailor tale tare taro teal tear tier tile tiler tire toil tore trail trailer trial tribal tribe trier trio
barrel retail tailor irate table ratio later bloat alert tribe alter trial trail orbit bleat tear rote rare rate tale real tail rear rota robe riot tore role toil rite roar tile tier tire rail beat boar blot bite belt bear boil bare bale bait bail alto boat oral lore liar able bolt late lair iota earl bore trio
abet able abler abort airer albeit alert alit aloe alter alto arbiter bail bait bale bare barer barrel barrio barter bear beat belt beta bier bile bite biter blare bleat bloat bloater blot boar boat boater boil boiler bole bolt bore brae brat briar brie brier broil broiler earl iota irate lair late later leat liar liberator lira lire lite litre lobe loiter lore obit oral orate orbit orbital rail rare rate ratio real realtor rear retail retrial retro rile riot rioter rite roar robe roil role rota rote table tail tailor tale tare taro teal tear tier tile tiler tire toil tore trail trailer trial tribal tribe trier trio

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Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Alert. 2. Alter. 3. Beaten. 4. Irate. 5. Oral. 6. Retail. 7. Robe. 8. Tail. 9. Tear.

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Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding im-.

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