Polywords

Hive

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

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Hive

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Borage and beehives at Hornton Ground Farm in Oxfordshire.

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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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abhor above aver bare bear beau behavior behaviour bier boar bore brae brave bravo brie euro hair hare have hear heir herb hero hire hive hoar hour hove hover over rave rehab rhea robe rove rube verb vibe
hover brave bravo above abhor hive hoar hour hire rave verb rove hero robe over have boar bear bare bore hear heir hare hair herb
abhor above aver bare bear beau behavior behaviour bier boar bore brae brave bravo brie euro hair hare have hear heir herb hero hire hive hoar hour hove hover over rave rehab rhea robe rove rube verb vibe

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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 Abhor. Bear. Hero.

2 Hair. Hour. Verb.

3 . Bore. Robe.

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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