Polywords

Lane

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

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Lane

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Pennwood Lane near Sedgley in Staffordshire.

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A typically English country lane, in Staffordshire.

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Pennwood Lane near Sedgley in Staffordshire.

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© Roger Kidd, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

A typically English country lane, in Staffordshire.

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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agent amen anent angel angle ante eagle eaten elan elegant enamel enema entangle gale game gamete gannet gate gene gent gentle gentleman glam gleam glean glee glen gnat lame lament lane late lean leant leat legate lent magnet male malt mane mange mangle mantel mantle mate meal mean meant meat meet mega melange melt menage mental metal mete name neat neaten negate tale tame tang tangle teal team teem teen
gentleman entangle elegant lament mangle mantle legate enamel magnet mental neaten negate tangle gentle meant metal leant agent glean angel eaten eagle angle gleam team meet melt teem tang name neat tale tame meat mean glee amen glen gnat lame lane late lean lent meal male malt mane gene gate game gale mate
agent amen anent angel angle ante eagle eaten elan elegant enamel enema entangle gale game gamete gannet gate gene gent gentle gentleman glam gleam glean glee glen gnat lame lament lane late lean leant leat legate lent magnet male malt mane mange mangle mantel mantle mate meal mean meant meat meet mega melange melt menage mental metal mete name neat neaten negate tale tame tang tangle teal team teem teen

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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 Agent. Lame. Tame.

2 Eagle. Melt. Tale.

3 Gale. Lane. Neaten.

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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