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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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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1Toy 2Cert 3Plum 4Dial 5Hay 6Tarn 7Quad 8Old 9Tay 10Owl 11Yen 12Nice 13Corn 14Left 15Tub 16Hare 17Arid 18Wing 19Lane 20Pop! 21Crib 22Fort 23Helm 24Morn 25Foam 26Eland 27Lair 28Over 29Banks 30Toad 31Acorn 32Auto Polyword 33Pert 34Acre 35Beam 36Trap 37Vent 38Tower 39Dory 40Pear 41Maid 42Louvre 43Climb 44Duty 45Mount 46Virtue 47Beach 48Rice 49Neap 50Wave 51Lean 52Goat 53Tilt 54Trio 55Clip 56Nail 57Boat 58Calm 59Bare 60Rapt 61Halo 62Elf 63Nine 64Pore 65Beer 66Grit 67Poem 68Gap 69Mute 70Vole 71Leat 72Alit 73Fisherman 74Bale 75Find 76Baa 77High and Dry 78Well 79Aloe 80Gate 81Cot 82Moor 83Turn 84Curve 85Palm 86Bait 87Lamp 88Lute 89Hill 90Grey 91Cove 92Weir 93Path 94Earl 95Nape 96Wader 97Brine 98Grebe 99Dune 100Meow 101Chine 102Cut 103Hart 104Gable 105Peep 106Loft 107Mead 108Chain 109Pint 110Dome 111Dart 112Tree 113Lion 114Tram 115Dill 116Bees 117Bolt 118Rail 119Lone 120Rain 121Rune 122Fete 123Clean 124Curl 125Load 126Iced 127Line 128Mole 129Peal 130Eve 131Icy 132Fen 133Manor 134Lunch 135Wheel 136Loco 137Pied 138Hive 139Once 140Hunt 141Hero 142Lace 143Ledge 144Bell 145Heft 146Veil 147Malt 148Bray 149Tier 150Prince 151Dray 152Teal 153Cart 154Batter 155Barn 156Nene Scene 157Loaf 158Bar 159Court 160Crag 161Roar 162Free 163Bay 164Cave 165Peat 166Face 167Field 168Ride 169Perch 170Trail 171Arch 172Don 173Eventide 174Flit 175Leave 176Forewarned 177Bead 178Hut 179Rib 180Nave 181Hope 182Tulip 183Blue 184Pine 185Garden 186Act 187Burn 188Lance 189Mile 190Mood 191Rock 192Time 193Band 194Late 195Hide 196Bleat 197Brae 198Dene 199Cafe 200Billy 201Dale 202Teem 203Pier 204Gape 205Wide 206Giant 207Puffin Billy 208Haul 209Rapid Transit 210Alien 211Crab 212Otter 213Fresh 214Ring 215Beef 216Seraph 217Water 218Lift 219High 220Sett 221Adder 222Dew 223Edge 224Nest 225Gem 226Lime 227Gold 228Heron 229Lead 230Sycamore 231Vine 232Castle 233Long Drag 234Catch 235Inlet 236Tees 237Drink 238Ocelot 239Rare 240Deer 241Colt 242Fern 243Awake 244Cone 245Corfe 246Colliery 247Frost 248Nuts 249Truly Madly 250Gift 251Heat 252Wren

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 Detach. Late. React.

2 Dale. Teach. Thread.

3 Arcade. Dare. Read.

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.)