Polywords

Lair

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

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A venomous banded krait in Alipore Zoological Gardens, Calcutta.
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Lair

© Sneham snehi, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

A venomous banded krait in Alipore Zoological Gardens, Calcutta.

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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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acer acre aerial agate agile alert algae alit altar alter area aria article cage cagier carat care caret cart cartel cartilage cater cert cigar cite claret clear cleat crag crate earl eclair eclat gait gaiter gala gale garlic gate gear gilt girl girt gite glace glacier glare grace grail grate great grit irate lace lacier lager lair large lariat late later leat legit liar lice lira lire lite litre race racial raga rage rail rate react real recital rectal regal regalia relic retail rice rile rite tail talc tale tare teal tear tiara tier tiger tile tiler tire trace tragic trail triage trial trice trig

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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 Earl. Irate. Trail.

2 Cage. Grail. Tiger.

3 Claret. Grate. Rate.

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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