Polywords

Otter

Make as many words as you can from the letters of a nine-letter word, making sure you use the highlighted letter. Can you beat our score?
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“You could see by the expression in their faces that they could talk and think just as well as you could.” (C.S. Lewis, in ‘The Silver Chair’.)

Otter

Make words using the letters shown in the grid. Your words should be four or more letters in length. All your words must include the highlighted letter in the centre. Tap on any letter to use it for your word.

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deft detour diet dire dirt ditto doer dote dottier dour drift duet edit editor euro fetid feud fiord fire fired fitted fitter foetid ford fore fort forte fortitude four fret fried fruit fruited otter outed outer outfit outre redo refit ride rife rift riot rioted rite rode rote rotted rout route routed rude rued rutted tide tied tier tire tired toed tofu tore tort tote toted tour toured tout touted tried trio trite trod trot trout true tuft tufted turf turfed tutor tutored uteri utter

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John Playford (ed.) (1623-1686)

Performed by David Douglass, Paul O’Dette, Andrew Lawrence-King.

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2. Turn ye to me

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

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Transcript / Notes

The stars are shining cheerily, cheerily,
Horo, Mhairi dhu, turn ye to me.
The sea mew [gull] is moaning drearily, drearily,
Horo, Mhairi dhu, turn ye to me.

Cold is the stormwind that ruffles his breast
But warm are the downy plumes lining his nest
Cold blows the storm there,
Soft falls the snow there,
Horo, Mhairi dhu, turn ye to me.

The waves are dancing merrily, merrily,
Horo, Mhairi dhu, turn ye to me.
The seabirds are wailing wearily, wearily,
Horo, Mhairi dhu, turn ye to me.

Hushed be thy moaning, lone bird of the sea;
Thy home on the rocks is a shelter to thee;
Thy home is the angry wave,
Mine but the lonely grave
Horo, Mhairi dhu, turn ye to me.

Words by John Wilson (1785-1854), under the pseudonym Christopher North.

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Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

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