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

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Lace

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The church of St Mary Magdalen in the grounds of Croome Court, at Croome d’Abitot in Worcestershire. The present church was built in the eighteenth century, and is now redundant. In the foreground is a handsome crop of cow parsley, more elegantly known as Queen Anne’s Lace.

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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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caution toenail auction outline lunatic elation entail client notice locate action inlet until enact count ounce ocean tonic uncle unite clean canoe alone acute alien cane once tail nice neat nail note tale unit tuna tune tone tile toil aunt clot clue into lace coal cone colt coil coat lane late loan lion coin lean lent lice line
acne action acute aeon alien alit aloe alone alto ante anti antic atone auction aunt auntie auto cane canoe cant canto caution cent ciao cine cite clan clean cleat client clone clot clout clue coal coat coil coin coital cola colt cone cote count cult cute cutie eclat elan elation enact entail icon inlet inoculate into iota lace lain lance lancet lane late lean leant leat lent lento lice lien line lino lint lion lite loan locate loci loin lone lout lunatic lute nail neat nice note notice nuclei ocean octane oilcan once otic ounce outline taco tail talc tale talon teal tile tine toenail toil tonal tone tonic toucan tuna tune tunic ulna uncle uncoil unit unite unlit untie until unto

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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. Enact. 2. Late. 3. Later. 4. Neat. 5. Notice. 6. Once. 7. Tail. 8. Tuneful. 9. Unite.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

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 -less.

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