Polywords

Puffin Billy

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

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Puffin Billy

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You can see this Atlantic Puffin on the Farne Islands is a born storyteller. Or running for office. Or both.

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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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able abler aerial alien anal arable area arena aria bail bairn bale ball ballerina banal bane bare barn bean bear bell bier bile bill blare brae braille brain bran brie brill brine earl earn elan label labia labial lain lair lane lean learn liable liar libel liberal lien line lineal linear liner lira lire nail near rail rain rani real rein renal rile rill
liberal liable linear arable aerial liner libel blare brain label arena brine alien banal learn lane liar lean rein real rill rain rail line nail near bran ball bale bane bare barn bail area bean bear earl earn lain able bell bill lair
able abler aerial alien anal arable area arena aria bail bairn bale ball ballerina banal bane bare barn bean bear bell bier bile bill blare brae braille brain bran brie brill brine earl earn elan label labia labial lain lair lane lean learn liable liar libel liberal lien line lineal linear liner lira lire nail near rail rain rani real rein renal rile rill

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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. Able. 2. Bare. 3. Brain. 4. Learn. 5. Nail. 6. Near.

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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 dis-.

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