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Grit

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

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At Seaham in County Durham stands a steel sculpture of a common soldier from the Great War (1914-1918). Entitled simply ‘1101’, it was installed in May 2014 as a three-month display, but has since become permanent. “A war-weary Tommy sits thoughtfully,’ a description reads, “head bowed, rifle in hand, as he reflects upon the sheer horror of World War One during the first minute after peace was declared in 1918.” On the ‘Prussianism’ from which Tommy and his fellow soldiers saved us, see Home Page, by John Buchan.

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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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eight ergo ghetto giro girt girth gite goer goiter goitre gopher gore goth grip gripe grit grope heir hero hire hitter hope hotter ogre other otter peri pert pier pith poet pore port potter prig right righto riot ripe rite rope rote their tier tiger tight tighter tightrope tiptoe tire tithe topi tore tort tote trig trio trip tripe trite trope trot
hotter tiptoe hitter tight tithe tiger their otter other right eight tripe grope gripe girth rope rote tier trip tore trio tire pore ripe hero gore grip grit heir hire riot hope ogre pert pier pith poet port prig trot
eight ergo ghetto giro girt girth gite goer goiter goitre gopher gore goth grip gripe grit grope heir hero hire hitter hope hotter ogre other otter peri pert pier pith poet pore port potter prig right righto riot ripe rite rope rote their tier tiger tight tighter tightrope tiptoe tire tithe topi tore tort tote trig trio trip tripe trite trope trot

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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. Hero. 2. Right. 3. Ripe.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

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 in-.

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