Polywords

Climb

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

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Climb

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A rock pinnacle on Beinn an Eoin in Wester Ross, on the west coast of Scotland. The height overlooks Loch Lurgainn below, with the ridge of Stac Pollaidh to the left and Loch Sionasgaig beyond.

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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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aback alkali back bail balk ball balm bilk bill black blackmail cabal call calm claim clam climb kill labia labial lack lama lamb lick lilac lima limb llama mack mail mall mica mick milk mill
alkali cabal climb lilac claim aback black llama lamb limb mail mall milk lick kill lack clam calm call bill balm ball bail back mill
aback alkali back bail balk ball balm bilk bill black blackmail cabal call calm claim clam climb kill labia labial lack lama lamb lick lilac lima limb llama mack mail mall mica mick milk mill

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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 Aback. Kill. Lamb.

2 Call. Climb. Mill.

3 Ball. Calm. Limb.

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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