Polywords

Garden

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

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Garden

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Olive trees in blossom in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem.

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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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adage aged agenda ahead anger angry area arena dang danger dare darn dean dear deary deny drag dray drey earn edgy gander garden gayer gear grad grade gran grand gray grayed grey hand handy hang hangar hanged hanger hard harden hardy hare hared head heady hear heard herd hyaena hydra hydrangea hyena near nerd nerdy raga rage raged rand randy rang range ranged read ready rend rhea yang yard yardage yarn yeah year yearn
hangar garden hanger harden agenda danger heard anger heady angry arena hardy ahead range ready yearn handy grand grade deny rang rage drag dear yarn year dean aged yard earn read near hard hare area grey hang darn head dare edgy hand gear herd hear
adage aged agenda ahead anger angry area arena dang danger dare darn dean dear deary deny drag dray drey earn edgy gander garden gayer gear grad grade gran grand gray grayed grey hand handy hang hangar hanged hanger hard harden hardy hare hared head heady hear heard herd hyaena hydra hydrangea hyena near nerd nerdy raga rage raged rand randy rang range ranged read ready rend rhea yang yard yardage yarn yeah year yearn

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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 Hardy. Rage. Ready.

2 Arena. Dean. Range.

3 Gear. Grand. Read.

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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