Polywords

Billy

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

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Billy

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Near Mt Snowdon in Gwynnedd, northwest Wales, these wild goats are looking out towards Moel Siabod, above the village of Betws-y-Coed.

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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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angora aorta argon argot arrant arrogant aunt aura aurora auto gator gaunt gnat goat gout gran grant groan groat grout grunt guano guarantor nougat organ outran raga ragout rang rant roan roar rota rout rung runt tang tango tarn taro tarragon toga torn tour trug tuna turn unto
tarragon arrogant nougat groan grunt grant organ gaunt runt tang torn turn unto tuna trug rung tour toga rota aura gnat goat gout aunt roar roan rant rang rout
angora aorta argon argot arrant arrogant aunt aura aurora auto gator gaunt gnat goat gout gran grant groan groat grout grunt guano guarantor nougat organ outran raga ragout rang rant roan roar rota rout rung runt tang tango tarn taro tarragon toga torn tour trug tuna turn unto

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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 Groan. Rant. Rung.

2 Gnat. Grunt. Turn.

3 Aura. Goat. Roar.

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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