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Gem

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

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There are two words for semi-precious stones in this puzzle: this picture is of the ‘almandine’ form of one of them.

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Polywords (252)

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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agape agate agent anger angry ante apart area arena arty earn entrap entry gantry gape garnet gate gayer gear gent gentry gnat gran grant grape grate gray great grey gyrate nape neap near neat paean pagan page pageant pageantry pager pane pang pant pantry para pare parent part party pate paten pater payer pear peat peaty pent pert prang prat prate pray prey pyre raga rage rang range rant rape rapt rate reap rent repay tang tangy tape taper tare tarn tarp tear tern trap tray trey type tyre yang yarn year yearn
area earn gape gate gear gent gnat grey near neat page pane pang pant pare part pear peat pert pray prey rage rang rant rapt rate reap rent tape tear trap tray type year agent anger angry apart arena entry grant grape grate great pagan party range repay tangy taper yearn entrap pantry parent pageant
agape agate agent anger angry ante apart area arena arty earn entrap entry gantry gape garnet gate gayer gear gent gentry gnat gran grant grape grate gray great grey gyrate nape neap near neat paean pagan page pageant pageantry pager pane pang pant pantry para pare parent part party pate paten pater payer pear peat peaty pent pert prang prat prate pray prey pyre raga rage rang range rant rape rapt rate reap rent repay tang tangy tape taper tare tarn tarp tear tern trap tray trey type tyre yang yarn year yearn

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Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Entry. 2. Great. 3. Near. 4. Neat. 5. Reap. 6. Tear.

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Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding un-.

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