Polywords

Louvre

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

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Louvre

By Tangopaso, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain image. Source
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The Cour Napoléon in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, as seen from the Pavillon de l’Horloge, the Clock Pavilion (or Pavillon Sully).

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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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abed able abler abode above adobe adore adverb alder aloe aloud aver bade bald balder bale baled bard bare bared bead bear beard beau blade blare blared bled blue bluer blur boar board bode bold bolder bole bore bored boulder boulevard brad brae brave braved bravo bread bred broad dale dare daub deal dear debar derv devour doable doer dole double dour dove drab drove dual duel durable earl euro labour laboured lard laud lave laved laver lead load loader lobe lobed lode lord lore loud louder lour loured louver louvre louvred love loved lover lube ludo lure lured olde older oral ordeal oval over ovule rave raved ravel read real redo reload road robe robed rode role rouble rove roved rube ruble rude rued rule ruled vale valour value valued valuer veal velar veld velour verb verbal vole
boulevard devour valour braved louvre verbal adverb valued raved drove lover loved bravo brave above value roved verb veal oval over rove rave vale love aver dove vole
abed able abler abode above adobe adore adverb alder aloe aloud aver bade bald balder bale baled bard bare bared bead bear beard beau blade blare blared bled blue bluer blur boar board bode bold bolder bole bore bored boulder boulevard brad brae brave braved bravo bread bred broad dale dare daub deal dear debar derv devour doable doer dole double dour dove drab drove dual duel durable earl euro labour laboured lard laud lave laved laver lead load loader lobe lobed lode lord lore loud louder lour loured louver louvre louvred love loved lover lube ludo lure lured olde older oral ordeal oval over ovule rave raved ravel read real redo reload road robe robed rode role rouble rove roved rube ruble rude rued rule ruled vale valour value valued valuer veal velar veld velour verb verbal vole

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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 Brave. Veal. Vole.

2 Drove. Oval. Valor.

3 Dive. Louver. Verbal.

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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