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

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An abandoned boat on the River Great Ouse, near Cottenham in Cambridgeshire.
© Hugh Venables, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.

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An abandoned boat on the River Great Ouse, near Cottenham in Cambridgeshire.

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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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after alert alter athlete earl earth eater ether falter fare farl fart fate father fatter fear feat feather feel feet felt feral feta fetal fete fetter flare flat flatter flea flee fleet frat free fret hale half halt halter hare hart hate hater hatter heal healer hear heart heartfelt heat heater heel heft here late later lath lathe lather latte latter leaf leat leather leer left letter raft rate rattle real reef reel reflate reheat relate rhea tale tare tart tater teal tear teat teeth tether that theatre thee theft there threat three treat tree
heartfelt athlete flatter leather theatre feather halter hatter healer heater lather latter fetter letter rattle relate fatter falter threat father tether theft there lathe later three alert heart teeth treat hater after fleet alter earth eater flare halt real reef reel felt feel tale teal tart feat rate tear teat fear that fate fare thee earl tree leat raft feet hare hart hate hale heal fret hear free heat heel half here late flee flea flat leaf fete left leer
after alert alter athlete earl earth eater ether falter fare farl fart fate father fatter fear feat feather feel feet felt feral feta fetal fete fetter flare flat flatter flea flee fleet frat free fret hale half halt halter hare hart hate hater hatter heal healer hear heart heartfelt heat heater heel heft here late later lath lathe lather latte latter leaf leat leather leer left letter raft rate rattle real reef reel reflate reheat relate rhea tale tare tart tater teal tear teat teeth tether that theatre thee theft there threat three treat tree

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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. After. 2. Alert. 3. Alter. 4. Fearful. 5. Fearless. 6. Late. 7. Later. 8. Tear.

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 dis-.

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