Polywords

Bell

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

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Bell

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The bell tower of St Oswald’s Church in Cumbria stands on a nearby hill, with the church in the valley below. St Oswald was King of Northumbria in the 7th century.

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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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been beet belie bell belle belt bent betel bile bill billet bite blue blunt built bull bullet bulletin bunt ebullient elite inlet lent lentil libel lien lilt line lint lintel lite lube lute nubile teen tell tile till tine tube tulle tune unit unite unlit untie until
bulletin bullet lintel lentil libel belle elite built blunt unlit until unite untie tell lute tube tune unit till tile lilt blue bull bite bent bill belt line been bell lent
been beet belie bell belle belt bent betel bile bill billet bite blue blunt built bull bullet bulletin bunt ebullient elite inlet lent lentil libel lien lilt line lint lintel lite lube lute nubile teen tell tile till tine tube tulle tune unit unite unlit untie until

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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 Elite. Lilt. Lute.

2 Line. Unite. Until.

3 Bullet. Lentil. Libel.

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.)

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