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

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The wake of the ferry ‘Clansman’ as it makes its way out of the Sound of Mull on the west coast of Scotland, bound for Coll, Tiree and Barra - the land we can see is the Scottish mainland, and Mull is out of shot on the right. I can think of places I’d be happier to leave than the lovely islands of the Inner Hebrides.

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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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aeon alien alit alive aloe alone alto ante anti anvil atone eaten elan elation elevation elite entail even event evil inlet into iota lain lane late lave lean leant leat leave leaven lent lento lien line lino lint lion lite live liven loan loin lone love nail naive naivete native nave navel neat note nova novae novel olive oval oven ovine tail tale talon teal teen tile tine toenail toil tonal tone vain vale valent valet vane veal veil vein venal venial vent veto vial vile vine vino viol viola violate violent violet vital voila voile vole volt vote
violent violet native olive novel naive vital alive leave anvil event vein veil veal vain evil even vole vote vent vine love live oven oval nave
aeon alien alit alive aloe alone alto ante anti anvil atone eaten elan elation elevation elite entail even event evil inlet into iota lain lane late lave lean leant leat leave leaven lent lento lien line lino lint lion lite live liven loan loin lone love nail naive naivete native nave navel neat note nova novae novel olive oval oven ovine tail tale talon teal teen tile tine toenail toil tonal tone vain vale valent valet vane veal veil vein venal venial vent veto vial vile vine vino viol viola violate violent violet vital voila voile vole volt vote

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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. Love. 2. Novel. 3. Vain. 4. Violent.

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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 un-.

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