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

Cleaning the clock face on the Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster.

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Cleaning the clock face on the Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster.

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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 acid acne acted aide ailed alien alit allied ante anti antic cadet call called candle candlelit cane caned cant canted cedilla cell cent cine citadel cite cited clad clan clean cleat client dace dale dance date deal dealt dean decal decant deli dell delta denial dent dental detail detain dial dialect dice dicta diet dilate dill dine dint eclat edict edit elan eland enact entail iced idea ideal idle inlet lace laced laden ladle laid lain lance lanced lancet land lane late lead lean leant leat lend lent lentil lice lied lien lilac lilt line lineal lined lint lintel lite nail nailed neat nice tail tailed talc tale tall tallied teal tell tend tidal tide tied tilde tile tiled till tilled tine
candlelit citadel dialect allied candle client denial dental detail detain dilate entail lancet lentil lintel nailed tailed tilled acted alien cadet clean dance dealt delta edict enact ideal inlet laden ladle lance leant lilac lined tidal tiled aced acid acne aide ante call cane cell cent cite clan clad dale date deal dean dell dent dial dice diet dill dine edit iced idea idle lace land lane late laid lead lean lend lent lain lied lilt line lint lice nail neat nice tail tale tall teal tell tend tide tied tile till
aced acid acne acted aide ailed alien alit allied ante anti antic cadet call called candle candlelit cane caned cant canted cedilla cell cent cine citadel cite cited clad clan clean cleat client dace dale dance date deal dealt dean decal decant deli dell delta denial dent dental detail detain dial dialect dice dicta diet dilate dill dine dint eclat edict edit elan eland enact entail iced idea ideal idle inlet lace laced laden ladle laid lain lance lanced lancet land lane late lead lean leant leat lend lent lentil lice lied lien lilac lilt line lineal lined lint lintel lite nail nailed neat nice tail tailed talc tale tall tallied teal tell tend tidal tide tied tilde tile tiled till tilled tine

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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 Clan. Dent. Idea.

2 Cent. Denial. Tile.

3 Cell. Diet. Tend.

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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