Polywords

Brae

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

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Brae

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Skara Brae is a well-preserved neolithic settlement on Mainland, the largest island of the Orkneys, by the Bay of Skaill. There are eight houses, dating back to around 3180-2500 BC, making them older than the Great Pyramids. See Historic Scotland for more information.

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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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abed able abler abrade adrenal ahead alder anal arable area arena baaed bade bald balder bale baled banal band bane bard bare bared barn bead bean bear beard bend blade blah bland blander blare blared bled blend brad brae bran brand bread bred dahl dale dare darn deal dean dear debar drab earl earn elan eland hale hand handle handlebar handler hard harden hare hared head heal hear heard held herald herb herbal herd laden land lane lard lead lean learn lend near nerd rand read real rehab renal rend rhea
arable herbal handle herald harden blade beard laden heard brand blend bland arena alder ahead learn bread banal heal head hear held hare hard lane read real rend near lend land herd lard lead lean herb dare barn bare bead bean bend bear band able area bale bald bled drab dear earl earn deal bran bred dale darn hand
abed able abler abrade adrenal ahead alder anal arable area arena baaed bade bald balder bale baled banal band bane bard bare bared barn bead bean bear beard bend blade blah bland blander blare blared bled blend brad brae bran brand bread bred dahl dale dare darn deal dean dear debar drab earl earn elan eland hale hand handle handlebar handler hard harden hare hared head heal hear heard held herald herb herbal herd laden land lane lard lead lean learn lend near nerd rand read real rehab renal rend rhea

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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 Drab. Herd. Lend.

2 Bare. Brand. Hold.

3 Arable. Bean. Breed.

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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