Polywords

Dew

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

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Autumn dew in Kielder forest, Northumberland.

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© Graham Hogg, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Autumn dew in Kielder forest, Northumberland.

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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accord aced acer acid acre acrid adore aide aired arced arid awed cadre card cardie care cared cawed cedar ciao cider circa coda code coder coed coir cord core cored coward cowardice cowed cower cowrie cred credo crew cried crow crowd crowed dace dare dear decor dice dire doer draw drew iced idea owed race raced radio raid read redo rice ride road roadie rode rowed wade wader wadi ward wear weir weird weirdo wide wider wire wired woad word wore
acid acre aide card care code cord core crew crow dare dear dice dire draw drew iced icer idea owed race raid read rice ride road rode wade ward wear weir wide wire word wore acrid adore cared cedar cider circa cower cried crowd radio weird wider wired accord coward
accord aced acer acid acre acrid adore aide aired arced arid awed cadre card cardie care cared cawed cedar ciao cider circa coda code coder coed coir cord core cored coward cowardice cowed cower cowrie cred credo crew cried crow crowd crowed dace dare dear decor dice dire doer draw drew iced idea owed race raced radio raid read redo rice ride road roadie rode rowed wade wader wadi ward wear weir weird weirdo wide wider wire wired woad word wore

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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 Cower. Weir. Wire.

2 Rice. Ride. Wade.

3 Crow. Die. Wear.

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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