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Fete

Make as many words as you can from the letters of a nine-letter word, making sure you use the highlighted letter. Can you beat our score?
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About this picture …

Back in 2011, the residents of Wall in Northumberland (named after the nearby Hadrian’s Wall) held a fête on the village green. The photographer tells us that the events included children’s dancing, donkey rides and ice cream on a scorching summer’s day.

Fete

Make words using the letters shown in the grid. Your words should be four or more letters in length. All your words must include the highlighted letter in the centre. Tap on any letter to use it for your word.

egret eight either ether feet ferret fete fight fighter fire firth free freer freight freighter fret frier frig fright ghee gift girt girth gite greet grief grit heft heftier heifer heir here hire reef refer refit regret retire rife rift right rite thee their there thief three tier tiger tire tree trier trig
freight regret retire fright either ferret grief greet their fight refer right eight there thief tiger three tire tree rife tier rite thee rift grit fret free fire feet fete gift here hire heir reef
egret eight either ether feet ferret fete fight fighter fire firth free freer freight freighter fret frier frig fright ghee gift girt girth gite greet grief grit heft heftier heifer heir here hire reef refer refit regret retire rife rift right rite thee their there thief three tier tiger tire tree trier trig

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In some British schools, the following song was sung to this air several years ago:

LATE and early, brawny and burly,
There at his anvil the blacksmith stands,
Never tiring by strength inspiring,
Manfully toiling with eager hands.
List to the clamour of his busy hammer,
Mark the sparks that upward fly like showers of falling rain:
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