Polywords

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

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Hats in Amsterdam.

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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 acre aerate arch area carat care caret cart cater cert char chare chart chat cheat cheer cheetah crate create cree each earache earth eater erect etch etcher ether hare hart hatch hate hater hath hear heart heartache hearth heat heater heath heather hectare here race rate reach react reheat retch rhea tare teach teacher tear tech thee there three trace trachea tracheae tree
heartache cheetah heather teacher create hearth heater reheat carat caret cater chart cheat cheer crate earth eater erect hatch hater heart heath reach react retch teach there three trace ache acre arch area care cart char chat each etch hare hart hate hath hear heat here race rate tear thee tree
acer ache acre aerate arch area carat care caret cart cater cert char chare chart chat cheat cheer cheetah crate create cree each earache earth eater erect etch etcher ether hare hart hatch hate hater hath hear heart heartache hearth heat heater heath heather hectare here race rate reach react reheat retch rhea tare teach teacher tear tech thee there three trace trachea tracheae tree

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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 Ache. Acre. Hatch.

2 Chat. Erect. Retch.

3 Hate. Heat. There.

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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