Polywords

Peat

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

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Peat

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High up on this ridge connecting Mam na Gualainn with Beinn na Caillich, north of Loch Leven on the west coast of Scotland, the peat has been exposed in a wide, boggy col.

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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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acne acute ante aunt cane cant cape cent cute cutup enact nape neap neat nett pace pact pane pant pate paten patent peanut peat pecan pent puce punctuate punt putt tact tape taunt taupe taut tauten teacup teat tent tuna tune tutu uncut
teacup patent peanut taunt acute enact pecan cute taut tape putt tact cape tune tuna teat tent punt aunt pane pant pact pace neat pate cane pent peat nape
acne acute ante aunt cane cant cape cent cute cutup enact nape neap neat nett pace pact pane pant pate paten patent peanut peat pecan pent puce punctuate punt putt tact tape taunt taupe taut tauten teacup teat tent tuna tune tutu uncut

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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 Acute. Pate. Punt.

2 Pane. Pecan. Teacup.

3 Aunt. Pact. Peanut.

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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