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

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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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adept aged aide aired airer aped arid dare dart date dear depart diaper diet dire dirge dirt drag drape draper drat drear drier drip edit gait gaiter gape gaped garret garter gate gated gear gird girder girt gite grad grade grape grate grated grater great grid grip gripe griped grit idea irate padre page paged pager paid pair paired pare pared parried part parted partied partridge pate pater pear peat peri pert pied pier pirate pirated pita prat prate prated pride pried prig rage raged raid raider rape raped rapid rapier rapt rare rate rated read reap rear regard repaid repair retard ride rider ridge ripe riper rite tape taped taper tapir tardier tare tarp tarred tarried tear tepid tide tied tier tiger tirade tire tired trad trade trader trap tread triad triage tried trier trig trip tripe

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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 Dear. Rapid. Regard.

2 Rage. Ride. Tired.

3 Dirge. Gear. Grid.

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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