Polywords

Path

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

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Path

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A frosty path in freezing fog near Newbiggin, just west of Penrith in Cumbria.

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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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acer ache acme acne acre ahem amen ante anthem anther arch came camp camper cane cant canter cape caper care caret carp carpet cart cater cent cert champ chant chap chapter char chare charm chart chat cheap cheat cram cramp crane crap crape crate cream crept each earn earth enact encamp entrap etch hamper hare harem harm harp hart hate hater heap hear heart heat hemp mace mane march mare mart marten match mate mater mean meant meat merchant nacre name nape narc natch neap near neat nectar pace pact pane pant panther parch parchment pare parent part patch pate paten pater path peach pear peat pecan pent perch perm pert pram prance prat prate preach race ramp ranch rant rape rapt rate reach react ream reap recant recap rematch rent retch rhea tame tamer tamp tamper tape taper tare tarn tarp teach team tear tech temp tench term tern than them then therm trace tram tramp trance tranche trap trench
merchant chapter trench hamper parent preach carpet trance heart march tramp match meant trace parch react patch teach peach perch reach crane cheat cheap crate cream chart charm cramp earth chant rent cape race care ramp rate reap cart tame term trap acre tram amen then them than cane tear team arch came tape camp peat meat mean mate heat name each hear heap earn hate harp harm ache part pear path chat pant pane pact pace cram neat near
acer ache acme acne acre ahem amen ante anthem anther arch came camp camper cane cant canter cape caper care caret carp carpet cart cater cent cert champ chant chap chapter char chare charm chart chat cheap cheat cram cramp crane crap crape crate cream crept each earn earth enact encamp entrap etch hamper hare harem harm harp hart hate hater heap hear heart heat hemp mace mane march mare mart marten match mate mater mean meant meat merchant nacre name nape narc natch neap near neat nectar pace pact pane pant panther parch parchment pare parent part patch pate paten pater path peach pear peat pecan pent perch perm pert pram prance prat prate preach race ramp ranch rant rape rapt rate reach react ream reap recant recap rematch rent retch rhea tame tamer tamp tamper tape taper tare tarn tarp teach team tear tech temp tench term tern than them then therm trace tram tramp trance tranche trap trench

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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 Cape. Chapter. Tram.

2 Cane. Cheap. Heart.

3 Path. Peat. Team.

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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