Think and Speak

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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1Train 2Lap 3Hat 4Tea 5Fog 6Rein 7Mace 8Ram 9Tide 10Doe 11Van 12Toy 13Cert 14Plum 15Dial 16Hay 17Tarn 18Quad 19Old 20Tay 21Owl 22Yen 23Nice 24Corn 25Left 26Tub 27Hare 28Arid 29Wing 30Lane 31Pop! 32Crib 33Fort 34Helm 35Morn 36Foam 37Eland 38Lair 39Over 40Banks 41Toad 42Acorn 43Auto Polyword 44Pert 45Acre 46Beam 47Trap 48Vent 49Tower 50Dory 51Pear 52Maid 53Louvre 54Climb 55Duty 56Mount 57Virtue 58Beach 59Rice 60Neap 61Wave 62Lean 63Goat 64Tilt 65Trio 66Clip 67Nail 68Boat 69Calm 70Bare 71Rapt 72Halo 73Elf 74Nine 75Pore 76Beer 77Grit 78Poem 79Gap 80Mute 81Vole 82Leat 83Alit 84Fisherman 85Bale 86Find 87Baa 88High and Dry 89Well 90Aloe 91Gate 92Cot 93Moor 94Turn 95Curve 96Palm 97Bait 98Lamp 99Lute 100Hill 101Grey 102Cove 103Weir 104Path 105Earl 106Nape 107Wader 108Brine 109Grebe 110Dune 111Meow 112Chine 113Cut 114Hart 115Gable 116Peep 117Loft 118Mead 119Chain 120Pint 121Dome 122Dart 123Tree 124Lion 125Tram 126Dill 127Bees 128Bolt 129Rail 130Lone 131Rain 132Rune 133Fete 134Clean 135Curl 136Load 137Iced 138Line 139Mole 140Peal 141Eve 142Icy 143Fen 144Manor 145Lunch 146Wheel 147Loco 148Pied 149Hive 150Once 151Hunt 152Hero 153Lace 154Ledge 155Bell 156Heft 157Veil 158Malt 159Bray 160Tier 161Prince 162Dray 163Teal 164Cart 165Batter 166Barn 167Nene Scene 168Loaf 169Bar 170Court 171Crag 172Roar 173Free 174Bay 175Cave 176Peat 177Face 178Field 179Ride 180Perch 181Trail 182Arch 183Don 184Eventide 185Flit 186Leave 187Forewarned 188Bead 189Hut 190Rib 191Nave 192Hope 193Tulip 194Blue 195Pine 196Garden 197Act 198Burn 199Lance 200Mile 201Mood 202Rock 203Time 204Band 205Late 206Hide 207Bleat 208Brae 209Dene 210Cafe 211Billy 212Dale 213Teem 214Pier 215Gape 216Wide 217Giant 218Puffin Billy 219Haul 220Rapid Transit 221Alien 222Crab 223Otter 224Fresh 225Ring 226Beef 227Seraph 228Water 229Lift 230High 231Sett 232Adder 233Dew 234Edge 235Nest 236Gem 237Lime 238Gold 239Heron 240Lead 241Sycamore 242Vine 243Castle 244Long Drag 245Catch 246Inlet 247Tees 248Drink 249Ocelot 250Rare 251Deer 252Colt 253Fern 254Awake 255Cone 256Corfe 257Colliery 258Frost 259Nuts 260Truly Madly 261Gift 262Heat 263Wren

Practice

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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 Amend. Cane. Ideal.

2 Lay. Media. Mini.

3 Decimal. Male. Mile.

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.)