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,
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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
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Practice
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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