Polywords

Helm

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

Helm Crag near Grasmere in Cumbria, on an icy January morning.

© Walter Baxter, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Helm

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Helm Crag near Grasmere in Cumbria, on an icy January morning.

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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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ache acme acne aeon ahem aloe alone amen calm came camel cameo cane canoe chameleon clam clan clean clone coal cola coma come cone each echelon echo elan enamel enema hale halo heal heel helm hence hole home hone lace lame lance lane leach lean lech leech lemon loam loan loch lone mace macho male mane manhole meal mean melon menace moan mocha mole nacho name ocean omen once
chameleon manhole enamel menace lemon lance clone clean leech melon canoe cameo camel hence alone ocean leach lean loam loan ache meal loch lone mace male mane mean moan mole name omen lane helm lame coma acne aloe amen calm came cane clam clan coal come lace cone each echo hale halo heal heel hole home once
ache acme acne aeon ahem aloe alone amen calm came camel cameo cane canoe chameleon clam clan clean clone coal cola coma come cone each echelon echo elan enamel enema hale halo heal heel helm hence hole home hone lace lame lance lane leach lean lech leech lemon loam loan loch lone mace macho male mane manhole meal mean melon menace moan mocha mole nacho name ocean omen once

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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 Cane. Cone. Once.

2 Come. Loam. Loan.

3 Camel. Clean. Coma.

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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