Polywords

Nine

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

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Nine

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The cairns atop Nine Standards Rigg, at the border of Cumbria (or Westmorland in earlier years) and North Yorkshire a few miles west of Kirkby Stephen. It is not known when or why these cairns were raised, though they were already marked on 18th century maps.

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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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acne acute ancient anent ante anti antic aunt auntie cane canine cant canteen cent cine cite cute cutie eaten enact ennui entice enunciate inane innate neat neaten nice niece nine nuance teen tine tuna tune tunic unit unite untie
ancient canteen canine entice nuance untie inane eaten niece tunic unite acute enact teen cite unit tune tuna cent nine cute nice aunt neat cane
acne acute ancient anent ante anti antic aunt auntie cane canine cant canteen cent cine cite cute cutie eaten enact ennui entice enunciate inane innate neat neaten nice niece nine nuance teen tine tuna tune tunic unit unite untie

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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 Canine. Entice. Neat.

2 Ancient. Aunt. Untie.

3 Cite. Nine. Unit.

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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