Polywords

Owl

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

A mosaic next to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh.

© dun_deagh, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

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A mosaic next to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh.

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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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aeon almoner aloe alone amen anew earl earn elan enrol lame lamer lane lawmen lawn lawnmower lean learn lemon loam loan lone loner lore lower male mane manor mare marl meal mean melon meow moan moaner molar mole moral morale more morn mower mown name near norm normal omen oral owner real realm ream renal roam roan role roman rowan wane warm warn weal wean wear woman women wore worm worn wren
lawnmower morale normal alone enrol learn lemon loner lower manor melon molar moral mower owner realm roman woman women aloe amen anew earl earn lame lane lawn lean loan lone lore male mane mare meal mean meow moan mole more mown name near omen oral real roam role wane warm warn wear wore worn worm wren
aeon almoner aloe alone amen anew earl earn elan enrol lame lamer lane lawmen lawn lawnmower lean learn lemon loam loan lone loner lore lower male mane manor mare marl meal mean melon meow moan moaner molar mole moral morale more morn mower mown name near norm normal omen oral owner real realm ream renal roam roan role roman rowan wane warm warn weal wean wear woman women wore worm worn wren

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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 Role. Roman. Warm.

2 Earl. Molar. Near.

3 Aloe. Mane. Real.

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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