Polywords

Boat

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

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Boat

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Fishing boats at rest near Ardvasar on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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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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abet above acme active ambit amoebic atom atomic bait beam beat beta bite boat came cameo cave ciao cite civet coat coma comb combat combative come comet cote cove covet emit evict iota item mace mate meat mica mice mite moat mote motive move movie obit obviate octave omit otic taco tame team time tomb tome veto vibe vice vocab voice vomit vote
combat motive active octave comet movie cameo covet evict voice above moat move mite omit tame team time tomb veto vice mice abet meat atom bait beam beat bite boat came cave cite mate coat coma comb come cove emit iota item mace vote
abet above acme active ambit amoebic atom atomic bait beam beat beta bite boat came cameo cave ciao cite civet coat coma comb combat combative come comet cote cove covet emit evict iota item mace mate meat mica mice mite moat mote motive move movie obit obviate octave omit otic taco tame team time tomb tome veto vibe vice vocab voice vomit vote

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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 Above. Coat. Comet.

2 Coma. Team. Vice.

3 Bait. Moat. Omit.

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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