Think and Speak

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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1Quad 2Old 3Tay 4Owl 5Yen 6Nice 7Corn 8Left 9Tub 10Hare 11Arid 12Wing 13Lane 14Pop! 15Crib 16Fort 17Helm 18Morn 19Foam 20Eland 21Lair 22Over 23Banks 24Toad 25Acorn 26Auto Polyword 27Pert 28Acre 29Beam 30Trap 31Vent 32Tower 33Dory 34Pear 35Maid 36Louvre 37Climb 38Duty 39Mount 40Virtue 41Beach 42Rice 43Neap 44Wave 45Lean 46Goat 47Tilt 48Trio 49Clip 50Nail 51Boat 52Calm 53Bare 54Rapt 55Halo 56Elf 57Nine 58Pore 59Beer 60Grit 61Poem 62Gap 63Mute 64Vole 65Leat 66Alit 67Fisherman 68Bale 69Find 70Baa 71High and Dry 72Well 73Aloe 74Gate 75Cot 76Moor 77Turn 78Curve 79Palm 80Bait 81Lamp 82Lute 83Hill 84Grey 85Cove 86Weir 87Path 88Earl 89Nape 90Wader 91Brine 92Grebe 93Dune 94Meow 95Chine 96Cut 97Hart 98Gable 99Peep 100Loft 101Mead 102Chain 103Pint 104Dome 105Dart 106Tree 107Lion 108Tram 109Dill 110Bees 111Bolt 112Rail 113Lone 114Rain 115Rune 116Fete 117Clean 118Curl 119Load 120Iced 121Line 122Mole 123Peal 124Eve 125Icy 126Fen 127Manor 128Lunch 129Wheel 130Loco 131Pied 132Hive 133Once 134Hunt 135Hero 136Lace 137Ledge 138Bell 139Heft 140Veil 141Malt 142Bray 143Tier 144Prince 145Dray 146Teal 147Cart 148Batter 149Barn 150Nene Scene 151Loaf 152Bar 153Court 154Crag 155Roar 156Free 157Bay 158Cave 159Peat 160Face 161Field 162Ride 163Perch 164Trail 165Arch 166Don 167Eventide 168Flit 169Leave 170Forewarned 171Bead 172Hut 173Rib 174Nave 175Hope 176Tulip 177Blue 178Pine 179Garden 180Act 181Burn 182Lance 183Mile 184Mood 185Rock 186Time 187Band 188Late 189Hide 190Bleat 191Brae 192Dene 193Cafe 194Billy 195Dale 196Teem 197Pier 198Gape 199Wide 200Giant 201Puffin Billy 202Haul 203Rapid Transit 204Alien 205Crab 206Otter 207Fresh 208Ring 209Beef 210Seraph 211Water 212Lift 213High 214Sett 215Adder 216Dew 217Edge 218Nest 219Gem 220Lime 221Gold 222Heron 223Lead 224Sycamore 225Vine 226Castle 227Long Drag 228Catch 229Inlet 230Tees 231Drink 232Ocelot 233Rare 234Deer 235Colt 236Fern 237Awake 238Cone 239Corfe 240Colliery 241Frost 242Nuts 243Truly Madly 244Gift 245Heat 246Wren

Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Deep. 2. Pure. 3. Reap. 4. Rude. 5. Tear. 6. True.

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Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding im-.