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

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‘Scaredy’ the cat is hunting birds.

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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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aced acer ache ached acid acne acre acrid aide aired arced arch arched arid cadre cairn cane caned canine canned cannier card cardie care cared cedar chain chained chair chaired char chard chare chide chin china chine cider cinder cine crane craned cred cried dace dance dancer dare darn dean dear dice dinar dine diner dinner dire drain drench each earn enrich hair hand handier hard harden hare hared head hear heard heir henna herd hernia hide hied hind hinder hindrance hire hired iced idea inane inch inched inner nacre nadir narc near nerd nice nicer niche nine race raced raid rain rained ranch rancid rand rani reach read rein rend rhea rice rich ride rind
harden enrich dinner hinder drench ranch heard cried dance inner diner drain reach chair inane chain cedar crane cider china idea iced near inch ache rend rein read rice rich rind ride race nine raid rain hire nice hare darn dare arch dear dine dice cane card care chin dire acre herd heir hide hind hear head earn each hair hand hard acid
aced acer ache ached acid acne acre acrid aide aired arced arch arched arid cadre cairn cane caned canine canned cannier card cardie care cared cedar chain chained chair chaired char chard chare chide chin china chine cider cinder cine crane craned cred cried dace dance dancer dare darn dean dear dice dinar dine diner dinner dire drain drench each earn enrich hair hand handier hard harden hare hared head hear heard heir henna herd hernia hide hied hind hinder hindrance hire hired iced idea inane inch inched inner nacre nadir narc near nerd nice nicer niche nine race raced raid rain rained ranch rancid rand rani reach read rein rend rhea rice rich ride rind

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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 Acid. Die. Rich.

2 Raid. Ranch. Ride.

3 China. Cider. Near.

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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