Polywords

Hero

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

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Hero

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A memorial to Horatio, Lord Nelson and more than sixty gallant Manxmen who served with him in the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21st, 1805. It was Trafalgar that convinced Napoleon he could not overcome Britain at sea, and ultimately prevented our political institutions and traditions of justice from being replaced by something vastly inferior. The memorial stands in a position overlooking the harbour in Douglas, Isle of Man.

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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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cert choc chore core cote crochet crotch crotchet crotchety echo etch hector hero hotter ochre octet other otter recto retch rote tech tetchy theory they torch tore tort tote trey trot tyre tyro
crotchet crochet hector hotter tetchy theory other torch otter chore tore tyre trot they core hero echo
cert choc chore core cote crochet crotch crotchet crotchety echo etch hector hero hotter ochre octet other otter recto retch rote tech tetchy theory they torch tore tort tote trey trot tyre tyro

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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 Hector. Tear. Trot.

2 Crotchet. Tetchy. Torch.

3 Core. Otter. Tire.

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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