Polywords

Curl

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

Cat in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal.

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Curl

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Cat in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal.

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A cat curled up by the champagne and spirits in Alvor, a seaside resort and fishing village in the Algarve, southern Portugal.

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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 cert clue clutter cruel cruet cult culture cure curl curt cute cuter cutlet cutter ecru lent lucre lure lute nett nutter rent rule rune runt tent tern truce truculent true tune tuner turn turtle tutu ulcer uncle uncurl uncut untrue utter
culture clutter turtle untrue cutlet truce cruel utter uncle uncut ulcer tern turn tune true tent curl curt cute cure cult clue lent rule rune rent lure lute runt
cent cert clue clutter cruel cruet cult culture cure curl curt cute cuter cutlet cutter ecru lent lucre lure lute nett nutter rent rule rune runt tent tern truce truculent true tune tuner turn turtle tutu ulcer uncle uncurl uncut untrue utter

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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 Cutlet. Rule. Tern.

2 Cure. Lute. Ulcer.

3 Clue. Tune. Uncle.

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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