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

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A horse and cart at the Blists Hill Victorian town near Coalport in Shropshire. Coalport was founded in the late 18th century (i.e. the Georgian era) by William Reynolds, a partner in the ironworks in Coalbrookdale. The museum, which covers some 52 acres and includes shops (working in pounds, shillings and pence!), an iron works, and a fish-and-chip shop, recreates life from around a century later.

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A horse and cart at the Blists Hill Victorian town near Coalport in Shropshire. Coalport was founded in the late 18th century (i.e. the Georgian era) by William Reynolds, a partner in the ironworks in Coalbrookdale. The museum, which covers some 52 acres and includes shops (working in pounds, shillings and pence!), an iron works, and a fish-and-chip shop, recreates life from around a century later.

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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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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. Care. 2. Crater. 3. Creator. 4. Doctor. 5. Tear.

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 -less.

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