Polywords

Mood

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

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Mood

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The concourse at King’s Cross station in London.

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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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deem deer delve demo derv doer dole dome doom door dorm dove drool drove elder erode ever leer lever lode loom loomed lord lore love loved lover meld mere mode model modeler mole mood mooed moor moored more move moved mover olde older over overdo redo reed reel remodel remove removed revel rode rodeo role rood room roomed rove roved veer veld velodrome vole
removed remove delve revel rodeo older erode elder model lever drove reel dole over dome reed role deer vole veer rove rode room more lord lore love mere loom ever mode door doom dove move moor mood mole
deem deer delve demo derv doer dole dome doom door dorm dove drool drove elder erode ever leer lever lode loom loomed lord lore love loved lover meld mere mode model modeler mole mood mooed moor moored more move moved mover olde older over overdo redo reed reel remodel remove removed revel rode rodeo role rood room roomed rove roved veer veld velodrome vole

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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 Mere. Mole. Old.

2 Loom. Mode. Rove.

3 Dole. Lore. Love.

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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