Polywords

Late

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

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Late

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These two are a bit late if they’re expecting a train. The Weatherhill Incline was part of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway in County Durham, taking lead and iron from the Wear Valley to the mouth of the Tyne at South Shields. It was closed in the 1950s, though track remained in some places as late as 1985.

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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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indicate dialect citadel client entail incite elicit detail denial detain dental inlaid candle italic lance leant laden inlet tidal ideal edict enact clean dance acted alien dealt cadet line nail lied lice lean lend lent dial neat tend tide tied tile tale nice lead tail aide acid late dale idea idle clan diet iced dine edit deal date cite dent lain lane land laid cane lace dice
aced acid acne acted aide ailed alien alit ante anti antic cadet candle cane caned cant canted cent cine citadel cite cited clad clan clean cleat client dace dale dance date deal dealt dean decal decant deli delta denial dent dental detail detain dial dialect dice dicta diet dilate dine dint eclat edict edit elan eland elicit enact entail iced idea ideal identical idle incite incited indicate indict indie inlaid inlet italic lace laced laden laid lain lance lanced lancet land lane late lead lean leant leat lend lent lice licit lied lien line lined lint lite nail nailed neat nice tail tailed talc tale teal tend tidal tide tied tilde tile tiled tine

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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 Dine. Italic. Lied.

2 Incite. Nail. Tale.

3 Date. Dental. Neat.

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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