Polywords

Goat

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

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Goat

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Surefooted goats showing off above Dinorwic Quarry in North Wales. Now no longer worked, the quarry in its day was the second largest slate quarry in the world after nearby Penrhyn Quarry.

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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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algal alit alligator allot altar alto aorta argot aria atoll gait gala gall gaol gator gill gilt girl giro girt gloat goal goat gorilla grail grill grit groat iota lair largo lariat liar lilo lilt lira oral raga rail ratio rill riot roil roll rota tail tailor tall taro tiara till toga toil toll trail trial trig trill trio troll
gorilla tailor gloat trill trial trail tiara ratio groat grill grail troll allot altar atoll gilt roll rota tail tall till aria toga toil toll alto trio riot rail grit gill goal goat gaol gall gala girl iota gait liar lilt oral lair
algal alit alligator allot altar alto aorta argot aria atoll gait gala gall gaol gator gill gilt girl giro girt gloat goal goat gorilla grail grill grit groat iota lair largo lariat liar lilo lilt lira oral raga rail ratio rill riot roil roll rota tail tailor tall taro tiara till toga toil toll trail trial trig trill trio troll

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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 Gild. Goal. Troll.

2 Alto. Grail. Liar.

3 Altar. Groat. Tiara.

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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