Polywords

Bolt

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

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Bolt

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A rabbit near Bilsborrow on the River Brock in Lancashire, a little over ten miles east of Blackpool. ‘He can appear to be brave’ says the photographer ‘because he’s got his bolt hole handy.’

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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 able acme albeit alit aloe alto ambit amble amoebic atom atomic bail bait bale balm beam beat belt beta bile bite blame bleat bloat bloc blot boat boil bole bolt cable calm came camel cameo ciao cite claim clam cleat climate climb clime clot coal coat cobalt coble coil coital cola colt coma comb combat come comet cote eclat email emit iota item lace lamb lame late leat lice lima limb limbo lime limo lite loam lobe locate loci mace mail male malice malt mate meal meat melt metabolic metal mica mice mile mite moat mobile mole mote motel obit omit otic table taco tail talc tale tame teal team tile time toil tomb tome
climate locate combat malice mobile albeit table claim cameo camel climb clime email metal motel cable comet bleat blame amble bloat meat meal mile mice mate alto melt aloe mail loam lobe male mite mace malt mole team tame tale tile time tome tomb toil tail lime able omit moat limb beat belt clot coal coil beam coat clam bite boil boat blot bolt calm cite came balm lamb lace item iota lame late bloc lice emit bail comb coma colt bale come bait abet atom
abet able acme albeit alit aloe alto ambit amble amoebic atom atomic bail bait bale balm beam beat belt beta bile bite blame bleat bloat bloc blot boat boil bole bolt cable calm came camel cameo ciao cite claim clam cleat climate climb clime clot coal coat cobalt coble coil coital cola colt coma comb combat come comet cote eclat email emit iota item lace lamb lame late leat lice lima limb limbo lime limo lite loam lobe locate loci mace mail male malice malt mate meal meat melt metabolic metal mica mice mile mite moat mobile mole mote motel obit omit otic table taco tail talc tale tame teal team tile time toil tomb tome

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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. Beat. 3. Beaten. 4. Come. 5. Late. 6. Later. 7. Omit. 8. Tail. 9. Tame.

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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