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Grey

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

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Grey

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An uncharacteristically deserted Grey Street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with the Monument on which Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, stands in the dress of a Roman senator, suggesting a latter day Cato. The monument and limestone statue by sculptor Edward Hodges Baily (who had earlier created the statue of Nelson in London’s Trafalgar Square) was erected in 1838 to mark Earl Grey’s tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834, during which he saw the Home Page and the Home Page through Parliament. He is the Earl Grey after whom the tea is named.

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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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aged agree agreed alder angel anger angered angle angled angler angry dale dang danger dangle dare darn deal dealer dean deanery dear dearly deary deer delay dene deny drag dray drey eager eagerly eagle earl early earn earned edge edgy elan eland elder elegy endear energy enlarge enlarged enrage enraged eyed gale gander garden gayer gear geared geed geld gender gene genera general genre glad glade gland glare glared glean gleaned glee glen gnarl gnarled gnarly grad grade gran grand grandee grandly gray grayed greed greedy green grenade grey greyed laden lady lager land lane lard lardy large layer layered lead leaden leader lean leaned leaner learn learned ledge ledger leer leery legend legendary lend lender lyre near neared nearly need needy nerd nerdy rage raged rand randy ranee rang range ranged read ready real reed reedy reel regal regale regaled relay relayed rely renal rend yang yard yarn year yearn yearned

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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 Dare. Glad. Lead.

2 Agree. Lady. Ring.

3 Deal. Edge. Large.

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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