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,
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aped
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dare
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date
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depart
diaper
diet
dire
dirge
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drat
drear
drier
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gait
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garret
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grade
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grate
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great
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padre
page
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partridge
pate
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pirate
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raid
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regard
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ride
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ripe
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tepid
tide
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tiger
tirade
tire
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trad
trade
trader
trap
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triad
triage
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trier
trig
trip
tripe
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Practice
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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