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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The firebox of rebuilt ‘Battle of Britain’ Class No. 34053 ‘Sir Keith Park’, preserved on the Severn Valley Railway. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park was a New Zealander, a WW1 flying ace and WW2 commander who masterminded the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta.

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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 achy acre arch archer archery artery arty care career carer caret carry cart carter cater caterer cert char chare chart charter chary chat cheat cheer cheery cherry crate crater create cree each earth earthy eater eatery erect etch etcher ether hare harry hart hate hater hear hearer heart hearty heat heater hectare here race racer racy rare rate rather reach react rear reheat retch retrace retry rhea tare tarry teach teacher tear tech terrace terry thee there they three trace tracer tracery tray treachery tree trey tyre yacht yeah year
ache acre arch care cart chat each hare hate hear heat here race racy rare rate rear tear they tray tree year carry cater chart cheat cheer crate earth erect heart racer reach react teach there three trace yacht archer artery career cheery cherry crater create earthy hearty rather charter teacher terrace
acer ache achy acre arch archer archery artery arty care career carer caret carry cart carter cater caterer cert char chare chart charter chary chat cheat cheer cheery cherry crate crater create cree each earth earthy eater eatery erect etch etcher ether hare harry hart hate hater hear hearer heart hearty heat heater hectare here race racer racy rare rate rather reach react rear reheat retch retrace retry rhea tare tarry teach teacher tear tech terrace terry thee there they three trace tracer tracery tray treachery tree trey tyre yacht yeah year

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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 Arch. Crater. Race.

2 Each. Hare. Year.

3 Archer. Here. Rate.

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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