Polywords

Maid

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

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Maid

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A milkmaid (cardamine pratensis), more often known as a cuckooflower or lady’s smock, in the rain near Little Glenshee, a few miles west of Dundee.

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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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aced acid acme acne admen admin aide ailed aimed alien amen amend amid anemic calm calmed came camel candle cane caned cine cinema clad claim claimed clam clan clean clime dace dale dame damn dance deal dean decal decimal declaim deli denial denim dial dice dime dine elan eland email iced idea ideal idem idle indie inlaid lace laced laden laid lain lame lance lanced land lane lead lean lend lice lied lien lima lime limed line lined mace made maid maiden mail mailed main male malice mane manic mead meal mean medal media median medic medical medicinal meld mend menial mica mice mien mild mile mince minced mind mine mined mini nail nailed name named nice

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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. Idle. 2. Lead. 3. Lend. 4. Mean. 5. Mend. 6. Nail.

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 un-.

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