Polywords

Otter

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

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Otter

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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’.)

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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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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
detour fitted editor rotted rutted fried tired tried drift fired trod tied edit feud ford duet dour dire diet dirt rode rude ride deft tide
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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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 Duet. Ride. Tire.

2 Deft. Rude. Tie.

3 Editor. Rut. Tide.

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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