Polywords

Nice

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

The port of Nice, France.

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Nice

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The port of Nice, France.

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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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cell cent cine cite client elect elite entice entitle inlet intellect lent lentil lice lien lilt line lint lintel lite little nett nettle nice niece teen tell tenet tent tile till tilt tine tint title
intellect entitle lintel client nettle little entice lentil tenet niece title elite elect inlet lent teen tint tilt till tile tent tell nice cite lice cent lint line lilt cell
cell cent cine cite client elect elite entice entitle inlet intellect lent lentil lice lien lilt line lint lintel lite little nett nettle nice niece teen tell tenet tent tile till tilt tine tint title

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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 Elite. Entitle. Lilt.

2 Inlet. Lint. Teen.

3 Cell. Lentil. Little.

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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