Polywords

Batter

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

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Batter

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The ‘batter’ is the angle at which a traditional stone wall tapers towards the top, measured against the vertical. This wall runs alongside the path in Grisedale, Cumbria, near Ullswater.

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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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abate abet abetter aerate area bare bath bathe bather batter bear beat beater beer beet berate beret berth beta better brae brat breath breathe earth eater ether hare hart hate hater hatter hear heart heartbeat heat heater herb here rate rebate rehab reheat rhea tare tart tater tear teat teeth tether that theatre thee there threat three treat tree
theatre breathe berate rebate tether breath better threat batter three treat heart berth beret teeth bathe earth there thee tree that tear teat tart hate beat beer beet bear bath abet area bare heat herb here hear hart brat hare rate
abate abet abetter aerate area bare bath bathe bather batter bear beat beater beer beet berate beret berth beta better brae brat breath breathe earth eater ether hare hart hate hater hatter hear heart heartbeat heat heater herb here rate rebate rehab reheat rhea tare tart tater tear teat teeth tether that theatre thee there threat three treat tree

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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. Bare. 2. Beat. 3. Beaten. 4. Berate. 5. Better. 6. Tear.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

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 dis-.

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