Polywords

Castle

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

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Castle

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Duart Point and Castle Duart near Kilpatrick on the Island of Mull in Scotland, with the mountains of Mull in the background. The castle dates back to the 13th century and is the ancestral seat of the Clan MacLean.

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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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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 Duty. Rout. Toady.

2 Dart. Road. Roar.

3 Ardor. Coda. Cord.

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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