Polywords

Gable

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

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Gable

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Herdwick sheep at Wasdale Show in 2015, in the shadow of Great Gable.

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© Peter Trimming, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Herdwick sheep at Wasdale Show in 2015, in the shadow of Great Gable.

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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abate abet able agate algae algal allege bagatelle bagel bale ball ballet beagle beat beet begat beget bell belle belt beta betel blag bleat eagle eatable gable gala gale gall gate glebe glee label late leat legal legate table tale tall teabag teal tell
teabag allege ballet belle table legal label gable eagle bleat glee able tall tale late gate bell gale gala bale ball beat abet belt tell
abate abet able agate algae algal allege bagatelle bagel bale ball ballet beagle beat beet begat beget bell belle belt beta betel blag bleat eagle eatable gable gala gale gall gate glebe glee label late leat legal legate table tale tall teabag teal tell

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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 Ball. Bleat. Gate.

2 Belt. Gale. Tale.

3 Ballet. Eagle. Gable.

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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