Think and Speak

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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abed abide abrade aced acer acid acre acrid aide airbed aired airer arcade arced area aria arid baaed bade bard bare bared barer barred barricade bead bear beard bide bier bird brace braced brad brae braid bread bred briar bride brie brier caber cadre card cardie care cared carer carried cedar cider crab cred crib cried crier dace dare dear debar dice dire drab drear drier iced idea rabid race raced racer racier radar raid raider rare read rear rice ride rider

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Find Crab in the Archive

1Tarn 2Quad 3Old 4Tay 5Owl 6Yen 7Nice 8Corn 9Left 10Tub 11Hare 12Arid 13Wing 14Lane 15Pop! 16Crib 17Fort 18Helm 19Morn 20Foam 21Eland 22Lair 23Over 24Banks 25Toad 26Acorn 27Auto Polyword 28Pert 29Acre 30Beam 31Trap 32Vent 33Tower 34Dory 35Pear 36Maid 37Louvre 38Climb 39Duty 40Mount 41Virtue 42Beach 43Rice 44Neap 45Wave 46Lean 47Goat 48Tilt 49Trio 50Clip 51Nail 52Boat 53Calm 54Bare 55Rapt 56Halo 57Elf 58Nine 59Pore 60Beer 61Grit 62Poem 63Gap 64Mute 65Vole 66Leat 67Alit 68Fisherman 69Bale 70Find 71Baa 72High and Dry 73Well 74Aloe 75Gate 76Cot 77Moor 78Turn 79Curve 80Palm 81Bait 82Lamp 83Lute 84Hill 85Grey 86Cove 87Weir 88Path 89Earl 90Nape 91Wader 92Brine 93Grebe 94Dune 95Meow 96Chine 97Cut 98Hart 99Gable 100Peep 101Loft 102Mead 103Chain 104Pint 105Dome 106Dart 107Tree 108Lion 109Tram 110Dill 111Bees 112Bolt 113Rail 114Lone 115Rain 116Rune 117Fete 118Clean 119Curl 120Load 121Iced 122Line 123Mole 124Peal 125Eve 126Icy 127Fen 128Manor 129Lunch 130Wheel 131Loco 132Pied 133Hive 134Once 135Hunt 136Hero 137Lace 138Ledge 139Bell 140Heft 141Veil 142Malt 143Bray 144Tier 145Prince 146Dray 147Teal 148Cart 149Batter 150Barn 151Nene Scene 152Loaf 153Bar 154Court 155Crag 156Roar 157Free 158Bay 159Cave 160Peat 161Face 162Field 163Ride 164Perch 165Trail 166Arch 167Don 168Eventide 169Flit 170Leave 171Forewarned 172Bead 173Hut 174Rib 175Nave 176Hope 177Tulip 178Blue 179Pine 180Garden 181Act 182Burn 183Lance 184Mile 185Mood 186Rock 187Time 188Band 189Late 190Hide 191Bleat 192Brae 193Dene 194Cafe 195Billy 196Dale 197Teem 198Pier 199Gape 200Wide 201Giant 202Puffin Billy 203Haul 204Rapid Transit 205Alien 206Crab 207Otter 208Fresh 209Ring 210Beef 211Seraph 212Water 213Lift 214High 215Sett 216Adder 217Dew 218Edge 219Nest 220Gem 221Lime 222Gold 223Heron 224Lead 225Sycamore 226Vine 227Castle 228Long Drag 229Catch 230Inlet 231Tees 232Drink 233Ocelot 234Rare 235Deer 236Colt 237Fern 238Awake 239Cone 240Corfe 241Colliery 242Frost 243Nuts 244Truly Madly 245Gift 246Heat 247Wren

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 Cider. Crib. Rear.

2 Crab. Dice. Dire.

3 Abide. Crier. Die.

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.)