Polywords

Peal

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

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Peal

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The eight bells of St Bees Priory in Cumbria. The Priory was founded sometime between 1120 and 1135, and dedicated to St Bega, a ninth-century Irish princess who was unwillingly married off to a Viking prince, and sought sanctuary over the sea in what was then the Kingdom of Northumbria.

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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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alien alpine earl earn elan inane inner lain lair lane lean leaner leap learn leer leper liar lien line linear linen liner lira lire nail nape neap near nine pail pain pair pale paler pane panel pannier pare peal pear pearl peel peer pele penal perennial peri peril pier pile pine plain plainer plan plane planer planner plea praline preen rail rain ranee rani rape rapine real reap reel rein renal repeal repel repine rile ripe ripen
repeal pearl preen peril plain liner alien leper repel inner inane penal panel plane learn linen pine pier pile reel rein ripe reap real plea rail rain plan peal liar line leap lean earn earl lain lane lair nail nape pare pane pear peel peer pale pair near nine pail pain
alien alpine earl earn elan inane inner lain lair lane lean leaner leap learn leer leper liar lien line linear linen liner lira lire nail nape neap near nine pail pain pair pale paler pane panel pannier pare peal pear pearl peel peer pele penal perennial peri peril pier pile pine plain plainer plan plane planer planner plea praline preen rail rain ranee rani rape rapine real reap reel rein renal repeal repel repine rile ripe ripen

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Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Learn. 2. Nail. 3. Near. 4. Painful. 5. Plain. 6. Reap. 7. Repeal. 8. Ripe.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding in-.

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