Polywords

Heron

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

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Heron

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A grey heron on the margins of West Loch Tarbert in Scotland.

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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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cent cert chin chine chit choir chore cine cite cogent cohering coin coir cone conger core corgi coring corn cornet cote cretin cringe crone echo echoing eight enrich ergo erotic etch etching ethic ethnic gent giro girt girth gite goer goiter goitre gone goner gore goth grin grit groin hector hectoring heir hero heroic heroin heron hinge hint hire hoeing hone horn hornet icon ignore inch inert ingot inter into intro iron itch negro neigh nice nicer niche nigh night nitre nori north notch note notice ochre ogre once orient other otic recon recto region reign rein rent retch retching rhino rice rich right righto ring riot rite rote tech techno tench tenor tern their then thin thine thing thong thorn thrice throne throng tier tiger tine ting tinge tire toeing tone toner tonic tonier torch torching tore torn trench trice trig trio
chin coin cone core corn echo gone grin grit heir hero hint hire horn inch into iron itch nice note once rein rent rice rich ring riot then thin tier tire tore torn choir chore eight heron hinge night north notch other reign right their thing thorn tiger tinge tonic torch cogent cringe enrich heroic ignore notice region throne throng trench
cent cert chin chine chit choir chore cine cite cogent cohering coin coir cone conger core corgi coring corn cornet cote cretin cringe crone echo echoing eight enrich ergo erotic etch etching ethic ethnic gent giro girt girth gite goer goiter goitre gone goner gore goth grin grit groin hector hectoring heir hero heroic heroin heron hinge hint hire hoeing hone horn hornet icon ignore inch inert ingot inter into intro iron itch negro neigh nice nicer niche nigh night nitre nori north notch note notice ochre ogre once orient other otic recon recto region reign rein rent retch retching rhino rice rich right righto ring riot rite rote tech techno tench tenor tern their then thin thine thing thong thorn thrice throne throng tier tiger tine ting tinge tire toeing tone toner tonic tonier torch torching tore torn trench trice trig trio

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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 Chin. Echo. Rich.

2 Chore. Enrich. Heroic.

3 Hint. Into. Night.

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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