Polywords

Once

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

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Once

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A fossil belemnite (cephalopod mollusc, superficially similar to a modern squid) on the beach at Saltwick Bay near Whitby in Yorkshire. They date from the Mesozoic Age, and can be anything from 70 to 200 million years old.

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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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been bend bide bind bode bodice bonce bond bone boned cede cine code codeine coed coin coined cone coned dene dice dine done encode iced icon need nice niece node obedience once
niece dine dice once done need icon iced nice coin bond bind bend bone cede been code cone
been bend bide bind bode bodice bonce bond bone boned cede cine code codeine coed coin coined cone coned dene dice dine done encode iced icon need nice niece node obedience once

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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 Die. Dine. Niece.

2 Cede. Code. Need.

3 Bond. Cone. Nice.

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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