Polywords

Haul

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

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Haul

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A small fishing boat leaves Mingary pier behind, having arrived from Tobermory on the Isle of Mull shortly before.

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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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alien earl earn elan equal hail hair hale hare harlequin haul hauler haulier heal hear heir hernia hire hurl inhale inhaler inure lain lair lane lean learn liar lien line linear liner lira lire lunar lure nail near neural quail quin quire rail rain rani real rein renal rhea rile ruin rule rune ulna unreal urinal urine
haulier inhale learn quail alien liner equal near nail lure rein real ruin rain rile rail rule liar hale hare haul heal hair hail earl earn hear heir lean line lane lair hire hurl lain
alien earl earn elan equal hail hair hale hare harlequin haul hauler haulier heal hear heir hernia hire hurl inhale inhaler inure lain lair lane lean learn liar lien line linear liner lira lire lunar lure nail near neural quail quin quire rail rain rani real rein renal rhea rile ruin rule rune ulna unreal urinal urine

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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 Hail. Hair. Hurl.

2 Haul. Lean. Line.

3 Heal. Lane. Rain.

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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