Polywords

Bray

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

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Bray

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A donkey tucks into a quiet lunch overlooking the Tyne Valley just west of Prudhoe, Northumberland. The River Tyne lies below the trees beyond the fence.

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© Hayley Green, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

A donkey tucks into a quiet lunch overlooking the Tyne Valley just west of Prudhoe, Northumberland. The River Tyne lies below the trees beyond the fence.

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 abet abut aged argue argued arty auger bade badge badger bard bare bared barge barged bayed bead beady bear beard beat beau beaut beauty begat beta betray brad brae brag brat bray brayed bread bred brute budge budget budgetary bury buyer byre byte dare dart date daub dear deary debar debt debug debut derby drab drag drat dray drey drug duet duty edgy garb garbed gate gated gaudy gayer gear grab grad grade grate grated gray grayed great grey grub guard gyrate gyrated rage raged rate rated read ready rebut rube ruby rude rued rugby tardy tare tear trad trade tragedy tray tread trey trudge true trug tuba tube tuber tyre urge urged yard year
tragedy beauty trudge betray badger budget budge ready rugby buyer tardy great grade guard debut grate brute badge beard barge trade bread tread argue year tube yard urge grey tyre rude ruby tray true rate tear read rage drag brag bury bred bray beat bear aged bead bare duty duet drug grab gear gate date dart dare dear debt
abed abet abut aged argue argued arty auger bade badge badger bard bare bared barge barged bayed bead beady bear beard beat beau beaut beauty begat beta betray brad brae brag brat bray brayed bread bred brute budge budget budgetary bury buyer byre byte dare dart date daub dear deary debar debt debug debut derby drab drag drat dray drey drug duet duty edgy garb garbed gate gated gaudy gayer gear grab grad grade grate grated gray grayed great grey grub guard gyrate gyrated rage raged rate rated read ready rebut rube ruby rude rued rugby tardy tare tear trad trade tragedy tray tread trey trudge true trug tuba tube tuber tyre urge urged yard year

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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 Bear. Rate. Yard.

2 Beat. Grade. Tear.

3 Betray. Brag. Date.

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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