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Dill

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

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Dill

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Dill (anethum graveolens). It was prescribed in the 9th century Anglo-Saxon herbal ‘Bald’s Leechbook’, possibly made as part of King Alfred the Great’s educational reforms, for a wide range of ailments, including headaches, jaundice, liver problems, and especially stomach upsets. The author made an effort to draw on classical Greek medicine as well as English lore. In 2015, a remedy from the Leechbook was put to laboratory test as a possible remedy against MRSA. See New Scientist (March 2015).

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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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admen admin aeon aide ailed aimed alien allied almond aloe alone amen amend amid anode daemon dale dame damn deal dean deli dell demo demon denial denim dial dill dime dine dole doll dolmen domain dome done elan eland email idea ideal idem idle idol laden ladle laid lain lame land lane lead lean lemon lend lido lied lien lilo lima lime limed limo line lineal lined lino lion load loam loan loaned lode loin lone made maid maiden mail mailed main male mall mane mead meal mean medal medallion media median meld melon mend menial mien mild mile mill milled mind mine mined moan moaned modal mode model mole moll monied nail nailed name named nodal node nomad oiled oilman oilmen olde olden oldie omen
domain denial menial maiden allied almond melon lemon ideal alien ladle medal media laden amend nomad model alone mane mine mead mall male made maid mail main name meal mole mild mile mill mend mind mean moan nail dine dill dial dole doll idea done dome amen aloe aide amid dale deal dame idle line lime lion load loan lied lame lain laid idol land lane lend lean lead lone
admen admin aeon aide ailed aimed alien allied almond aloe alone amen amend amid anode daemon dale dame damn deal dean deli dell demo demon denial denim dial dill dime dine dole doll dolmen domain dome done elan eland email idea ideal idem idle idol laden ladle laid lain lame land lane lead lean lemon lend lido lied lien lilo lima lime limed limo line lineal lined lino lion load loam loan loaned lode loin lone made maid maiden mail mailed main male mall mane mead meal mean medal medallion media median meld melon mend menial mien mild mile mill milled mind mine mined moan moaned modal mode model mole moll monied nail nailed name named nodal node nomad oiled oilman oilmen olde olden oldie omen

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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 Amid. Ladle. Male.

2 Dome. Lied. Medium.

3 Ideal. Lend. Nomad.

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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