Polywords

Gate

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

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Gate

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The imposing gatehouse of Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, built in 1464. It was here at Carisbrooke that King Charles I was confined for fourteen months, awaiting the ‘trial’ that led to his execution on January 30th, 1649. See Home Page.

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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 admen admin admit aged agent aide aimed amen amend amid ante anti audit augment aunt auntie dame damn dang date dating datum daunt dean deign denim dent detain diet dime dine dint duet dune dung eating edit emit enigma gain gained gait game gamine gamut gate gated gaunt gent giant gite gnat guide guinea idea idem image inmate item made magi magnet magnitude maid maiden main mane mange mate mated mating mead mean meant meat media median mega mend menu meting midge midget mien mind mine mined mint minted minuet minute minuted mite mute muted muting name named neat nude nudge nutmeg tame tamed taming tandem tang team teaming tedium tend tide tied time timed tine ting tinge tinged tuna tune tuned unit unite united unmade unmet untamed untie untied

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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 Enigma. Mind. Tuna.

2 Minuet. Nude. Tide.

3 Agent. Diet. Mean.

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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