Polywords

Truly Madly

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

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Truly Madly

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Truly, madly... two mandarin ducks at Martin Mere, Lancashire, getting on like a house on fire.

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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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acid amid calm camp clad clap clay clip clod coal coil cold coma copy damp dial idly idol lacy lady laid lamp limp load loam maid mail mild oily paid pail palm play plod ploy amply claim clamp daily dimly imply madly palmy plaid acidly comply placid policy diploma
acid acidly amid amply calm camp campy ciao clad claim clam clamp clap clay clip clod coal coda coil cola cold coma comply copy daily damp damply dial dimly diploma diplomacy doily idly idol imply lacy lady laid lamp lido lima limo limp limy load loam loamy loci madly maid mail mayo mica mild modal myopia myopic oily opal pacy paid pail palm placid plaid play plod ploy policy poly

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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 Ample. Lamp. Load.

2 Camp. Dial. Plod.

3 Clothe. Idle. Limp.

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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