Polywords

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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 cat called Mocchi spruces up in a comfy basket.

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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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acne agile ailing alien align alive angel angelic angle anvil cage calve calving cane cave cavil caviling caving ceiling cine civil clan clang clean cleaving cling elan evil gain gale gave gavel genial genii give given glace glance glean glen icing ingle lace lacing lain lance lane lave laving lean leaving lice lien line ling live liven living nail naive nave navel nice vain vale vane veal vegan veil veiling vein venal venial vial vice vigil vigilance vile vine
ceiling living genial glance ailing icing angel alive given naive vigil agile alien vegan angle navel align lance anvil clang civil cling clean gale veil vain vale vein cage give vine cane gave nice clan lean evil lice lane cave lain line nail nave gain glen live lace
acne agile ailing alien align alive angel angelic angle anvil cage calve calving cane cave cavil caviling caving ceiling cine civil clan clang clean cleaving cling elan evil gain gale gave gavel genial genii give given glace glance glean glen icing ingle lace lacing lain lance lane lave laving lean leaving lice lien line ling live liven living nail naive nave navel nice vain vale vane veal vegan veil veiling vein venal venial vial vice vigil vigilance vile vine

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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. Gain. 2. Give. 3. Nail. 4. Vain.

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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