Polywords

Dale

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

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Dale

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Buildings and fields above the village of Hawes in Wensleydale, the valley of the River Ure in North Yorkshire.

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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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aced acer ache ached acre acted ahead alder alert altar alter arcade arced arch arched area cadet cadre carat card care cared caret cart carted cartel cater cathedral cedar cert chalet char charade chard chare chart charted chat cheat clad claret clear cleat cradle crate crated cred dace dacha dahl dale dare dart data date deal dealt dear dearth death decal delta detach drat each earl earth eclat etch hale halt halted halter hard hare hared hart hate hated hater hatred head heal hear heard heart heat held herald herd lace laced larch lard latch latched late later lath lathe lather leach lead leat lech letch race raced rate rated reach react read real rectal retch rhea talc tale tare teach teal tear tech thread trace traced trachea trad trade tread
charade claret halter dearth thread detach cradle herald hatred arcade dealt react reach death later heard heart larch latch earth crate alert ahead trace altar cadet cedar acted clear trade tread cheat teach alter chart late lard tale read real tear rate lead talc race earl chat dale data dart dare cart acre ache arch area care card date deal head hate heal hear herd held heat hare hard each dear etch halt hale lace
aced acer ache ached acre acted ahead alder alert altar alter arcade arced arch arched area cadet cadre carat card care cared caret cart carted cartel cater cathedral cedar cert chalet char charade chard chare chart charted chat cheat clad claret clear cleat cradle crate crated cred dace dacha dahl dale dare dart data date deal dealt dear dearth death decal delta detach drat each earl earth eclat etch hale halt halted halter hard hare hared hart hate hated hater hatred head heal hear heard heart heat held herald herd lace laced larch lard latch latched late later lath lathe lather leach lead leat lech letch race raced rate rated reach react read real rectal retch rhea talc tale tare teach teal tear tech thread trace traced trachea trad trade tread

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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 Area. Date. Read.

2 Lead. Rate. Teach.

3 Death. Earl. Trade.

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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