Polywords

Cove

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

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Cove

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A rough-and-ready weir on the River Wear in County Durham, as it passes Escomb, halfway between Bishop Auckland and Crook.

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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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cent cine cite citing civet cogent cognitive coin cone cote cove coven covet coveting evict evicting eviction genii gent gite give given gone icing icon ignite incite ingot into invite invoice nice note notice novice once otic oven ovine tine ting tinge toeing tone tonic vein vent veto vetoing vice vine vino voice voicing vote voting
invoice notice incite invite ignite novice cogent icing tonic voice tinge ingot coven covet evict vine vice coin veto cite vote vent vein cone tone cove gone oven once note nice into icon give
cent cine cite citing civet cogent cognitive coin cone cote cove coven covet coveting evict evicting eviction genii gent gite give given gone icing icon ignite incite ingot into invite invoice nice note notice novice once otic oven ovine tine ting tinge toeing tone tonic vein vent veto vetoing vice vine vino voice voicing vote voting

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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 Cove. Covet. Ignite.

2 Incite. Ingot. Into.

3 Go. Veto. Vine.

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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