Polywords

Ocelot

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

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Ocelot

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Beauty and beast... an ocelot at Amazon World Zoo on the Isle of Wight, catching some rays.

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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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cite clot clue coil coin colt cone cool coot cult cute icon into lent lice line lint lion loin lone loon loot lout lute nice noel note once onto tile toil tone tool tune unit unto clone clout colon count inlet ounce tonic tunic uncle unite unlit untie until client lotion notice uncoil outline
cent cine cite client clone clot clout clue coil coin colon colt cone cool coolie coon coot cote count cult cute cutie elocution icon inlet into lent lento lice lien line lino lint lion lite loci loco locution loin lone loon loot lotion lout lute nice note notice nuclei ocelot once onto otic ounce outline tile tine toil tone tonic tool tune tunic uncle uncoil uncool unit unite unlit untie until unto

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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 Lion. Louse. Unto.

2 Coil. Cool. Lend.

3 Loot. Once. Tunic.

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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