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

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Water mint (mentha aquatica) produces a fresh scent for weary walkers on Hollow Moor near Beaworthy in Devon.

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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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emir emit enter entire ermine inert inter item meet mere merit merriment mete meter metier metre mien mime mine miner mint mire mite mitre nitre rein remit rent retire rime rite teem teen term tern terrine tier time timer tine tire tree trier trim trimmer
retire entire timer inert miner metre mitre meter enter merit remit term teen tree trim tire teem time tier mire mere meet emit item mime mine rein rent mite mint rite
emir emit enter entire ermine inert inter item meet mere merit merriment mete meter metier metre mien mime mine miner mint mire mite mitre nitre rein remit rent retire rime rite teem teen term tern terrine tier time timer tine tire tree trier trim trimmer

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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 Retire. Teem. Time.

2 Mire. Miter. Timer.

3 Meter. My. Rend.

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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