Polywords

Manor

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

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Manor

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Lewtrenchard Manor in Devon, in the Tamar Valley north of Plymouth. See their website for more information.

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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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acorn anchor anchorman anon arch aroma canon char charm coma corm corn cram harm hoar horn macho macro manna manor march moan mocha monarch morn naan nacho narc norm ranch roach roam roan roman
monarch anchor march manor manna ranch acorn aroma charm canon norm arch roam cram harm horn corn hoar moan coma
acorn anchor anchorman anon arch aroma canon char charm coma corm corn cram harm hoar horn macho macro manna manor march moan mocha monarch morn naan nacho narc norm ranch roach roam roan roman

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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 Harm. Norm. Roam.

2 Acorn. Charm. Horn.

3 Coma. Cram. Manna.

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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