Polywords

Deer

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

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Deer

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A herd of deer near Whygate in Northumberland.

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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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cede cent centre centred cert cider cinder cine cite cited cred credit cree creed cretin cried deceit decent decree deer dene denier dent deter dice diet dieter dine diner dint dire direct dirt edict edit eerie eider enter entered entice enticed entire entree erect erected iced inert inter intercede need needier nerd nice nicer niece nitre recede recent recite recited reed rein reined rend rent rented rice ride rind rite teed teen teenier tend tender tern tide tied tier tiered tinder tine tire tired tree trend trice tried
cite deer dent dice diet dine dire dirt edit iced need nice reed rein rend rent rice ride rind rite teen tend tide tied tier tire tree cider creed cried deter diner edict eerie enter erect niece trend tried centre credit deceit decent decree direct entice entire recent recite tender intercede
cede cent centre centred cert cider cinder cine cite cited cred credit cree creed cretin cried deceit decent decree deer dene denier dent deter dice diet dieter dine diner dint dire direct dirt edict edit eerie eider enter entered entice enticed entire entree erect erected iced inert inter intercede need needier nerd nice nicer niece nitre recede recent recite recited reed rein reined rend rent rented rice ride rind rite teed teen teenier tend tender tern tide tied tier tiered tinder tine tire tired tree trend trice tried

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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 Cider. Creed. Rein.

2 Credit. Rend. Tide.

3 Cite. Direct. Entice.

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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