Polywords

Hart

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

© Michael Graham, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Hart

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A cairn on Hart Crag near Hartsop in Cumbria’s Lake District. In the distance you can just make out Windermere.

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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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acer ache acne acre anent ante anther arch cane cant canter care caret cart cater cent cert chant char chare chart chat chatter cheat crane crate each earn earth enact enchant entrant etch hare hart hate hater hatter hear heart heat henna nacre narc natch natter near neat nectar nett race ranch rant ratchet rate reach react recant rent retch rhea tact tanner tare tarn tart tater teach tear teat tech tenant tench tent tenth tern than that then threat trace tract trance tranche treat trench trenchant
enchant nectar tenant natter threat canter trance trench ranch heart teach reach enact earth tench treat tract trace cater chant react chart tenth crate crane cheat rent teat tear tact then that tent than tart rate chat acre arch cane care cart each rant earn hare hart hate hear heat ache near neat race
acer ache acne acre anent ante anther arch cane cant canter care caret cart cater cent cert chant char chare chart chat chatter cheat crane crate each earn earth enact enchant entrant etch hare hart hate hater hatter hear heart heat henna nacre narc natch natter near neat nectar nett race ranch rant ratchet rate reach react recant rent retch rhea tact tanner tare tarn tart tater teach tear teat tech tenant tench tent tenth tern than that then threat trace tract trance tranche treat trench trenchant

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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 Hare. Tact. Teach.

2 Hart. Rent. Tenth.

3 Ache. Cater. Crane.

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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