Polywords

Dart

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

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Dart

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The bridge over the river Dart at Newbridge near Spitchwick in Devon. The road crosses the Dartmoor National Park on its way south east from Tavistock to the A38 at Ashburton.

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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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admiral admit adroit alarm alit altar alto amid amoral aorta aria arid armload aroma atom dart data dial diorama dirt dolt dorm dram drama drat idol iota laid lair laird lama lard lariat liar lido lima limo lira load loam lord maid mail maladroit malt marital marl mart martial matador mild moat modal molar moral mort mortal omit oral radial radio raid rail ratio riot road roam roil rota tail tailor taro tiara tidal toad toil told trad trail tram triad trial trim trio trod
admiral matador tailor adroit mortal drama alarm moral admit radio ratio trial aroma altar trail oral tram trim omit raid told rail toil riot road toad roam rota tail mail moat idol amid atom dart data dial dirt mild laid lair lard liar load lord maid malt trod
admiral admit adroit alarm alit altar alto amid amoral aorta aria arid armload aroma atom dart data dial diorama dirt dolt dorm dram drama drat idol iota laid lair laird lama lard lariat liar lido lima limo lira load loam lord maid mail maladroit malt marital marl mart martial matador mild moat modal molar moral mort mortal omit oral radial radio raid rail ratio riot road roam roil rota tail tailor taro tiara tidal toad toil told trad trail tram triad trial trim trio trod

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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 Load. Road. Toil.

2 Lair. Ratio. Riot.

3 Admit. Mail. Trail.

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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