Polywords

Loaf

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

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Loaf

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The Chasms and the Sugarloaf (the lone stack of rock just beneath the boat) on the southern shores of the Isle of Man. In the very far distance you can just make out the Lancashire coast around Blackpool.

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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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action alit aloft alto anti antic calf calif cant canto ciao clan clot coal coat coil coin coital cola colt fact faction fail fain faint falcon fiat fiction fictional filo final flan flat flint flit float foal focal foci foil font icon inflict info into iota italic lain licit lift lino lint lion loaf loan loci loft loin nail oilcan otic taco tail talc talon tinfoil toil tonal tonic
fiction faction inflict falcon italic action tonic faint float talon final flint aloft loaf lion lift iota lain calf loan loft alto toil talc tail into nail coat coal coil coin fact fail clot flan foil font icon foal flat clan flit colt
action alit aloft alto anti antic calf calif cant canto ciao clan clot coal coat coil coin coital cola colt fact faction fail fain faint falcon fiat fiction fictional filo final flan flat flint flit float foal focal foci foil font icon inflict info into iota italic lain licit lift lino lint lion loaf loan loci loft loin nail oilcan otic taco tail talc talon tinfoil toil tonal tonic

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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. Action. 2. Fact. 3. Fail. 4. Faint. 5. Fiction. 6. Final. 7. Nail. 8. Tail.

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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