Polywords

Field

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

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Field

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A farm road near Wooton St Lawrence, Hampshire.

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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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adieu afire aged agile aide ailed aired alder argue argued arid auger dale dare deaf deal dear deli derail dial dire dirge drag drug dual duel earl fade fail failed failure fair fare fared farl fear feral feud feudal field figure figured file filed fire fired flag flair flare flared flea fled flier flue fluid fragile frail fraud fridge fried frig frugal fudge fuel furl furled gale gaudier gear geld gelid gild gird girdle girl glad glade glare glared glide glider glue glued grad grade grail grid grief gruel guard guide guild guilder guile gulf idea ideal idle idler lager laid lair laird lard large laud lead leaf liar lied life lifeguard lifer lira lire luge lure lured lurid rage raged raid rail railed read real regal ride ridge rife rifle rifled rile riled rude rued rule ruled uglier urge urged

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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 Fade. Glade. Large.

2 Aide. Fry. Rude.

3 Drug. Dual. Real.

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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