Polywords

Gap

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

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Gap

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A gap in the clouds lets watery sunbeams touch the heather near the western end of Loch Quoich in Scotland, some 24 miles northwest of Fort William.

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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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agent anent anger ante argue auger aunt earn entrap erupt gannet gape garnet gate gaunt gear gent gnat gran grant grape grate great grunt gunner nape nature neap near neat page pager pane pang pant pare parent part pate paten pater peanut pear peat pent pert prang prat prate pregnant prune pungent punnet punt punter pure purge rage rang range rant rape rapt rate reap regnant rent repugnant rune rung runt tang tanner tape taper tare tarn tarp taupe tear tern trap true trug tuna tune tuner turn urge urgent
pregnant urgent parent peanut entrap nature purge range prune taper agent grape grant grate great grunt gaunt argue anger erupt rung aunt rent earn tang tape near rate tear tern trap true tuna tune turn urge reap rang rapt pert page pane pang pant pare nape part pear peat rape gnat gent gear punt gate pure gape rage neat rant
agent anent anger ante argue auger aunt earn entrap erupt gannet gape garnet gate gaunt gear gent gnat gran grant grape grate great grunt gunner nape nature neap near neat page pager pane pang pant pare parent part pate paten pater peanut pear peat pent pert prang prat prate pregnant prune pungent punnet punt punter pure purge rage rang range rant rape rapt rate reap regnant rent repugnant rune rung runt tang tanner tape taper tare tarn tarp taupe tear tern trap true trug tuna tune tuner turn urge urgent

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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 Argue. Gape. Grant.

2 Pant. Range. Tape.

3 Rapt. Rung. True.

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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