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Lute

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

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By George Henry Harlow (1787-1819), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

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Lute

By George Henry Harlow (1787-1819), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain. Source
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‘Kitty Stephens, later Countess of Essex, playing the harp-lute’, by George Henry Harlow (1787-1819). Kitty Stephens (1794-1882) was an actress and operatic soprano on the London stage, who in 1838 married George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex, who was in his eighties. Here she holds a harp lute, invented in 1798 by Edward Light, a London instrument-maker.

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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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accrue acer acre acute alert alit alter arctic article auricle cacti care caret cart cartel cater cert circa circle circlet circulate cite claret clear cleat cleric clue crate crucial cruel cruet cult curate cure curl curt curtail cute cuter cuticle cutie earl eclair eclat ecru irate lace lacier lactic lair late later leat liar lice lira lire lite litre lucre lure lute race rail rate react real recital rectal relic retail rice rile rite ritual rule tail talc tale tare teal tear tier tile tiler tire trace trail trial trice truce true ulcer uric uteri
crucial curtail article recital retail curate ritual cleric claret circle arctic alert irate alter later react acute relic trace trail trial trice truce ulcer cater cruel crate clear cite cart rice rite acre rule tail tale true tear tier tire clue tile earl liar cute lace care lair late curt lice real curl cure lure lute race rail rate cult
accrue acer acre acute alert alit alter arctic article auricle cacti care caret cart cartel cater cert circa circle circlet circulate cite claret clear cleat cleric clue crate crucial cruel cruet cult curate cure curl curt curtail cute cuter cuticle cutie earl eclair eclat ecru irate lace lacier lactic lair late later leat liar lice lira lire lite litre lucre lure lute race rail rate react real recital rectal relic retail rice rile rite ritual rule tail talc tale tare teal tear tier tile tiler tire trace trail trial trice truce true ulcer uric uteri

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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. Alert. 2. Alter. 3. Care. 4. Clear. 5. Irate. 6. Later. 7. Lure. 8. Tail. 9. True.

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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