Polywords

Pert

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

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Pert

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A stray cat in Istanbul, Turkey.

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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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ante anti apart apparent appear appertain area arena aria earn entrap inept inert inter irate nape neap near neat nipper nitre paean pain paint painter pair pane pant papa paper para parapet pare parent part pate paten pater patina pear peat pent peri pert pertain pier pine pint pipe piper pirate pita prat prate prep print rain rani rant rape rapine rapt rate reap rein rent retain retina ripe ripen rite tape taper tapir tare tarn tarp tear tern tiara tier tine tire train trap trip tripe
apparent painter parapet pertain retain pirate parent appear entrap ripen taper paper print paint tripe tiara apart arena train inept inert inter irate piper rape rant rate rapt rein reap tarn rent ripe rite tape tear tern tier tire trap trip rain area earn nape neap near neat pain pair pane pant papa pare prep part pate pear peat pent pier pine pint pipe prat pert
ante anti apart apparent appear appertain area arena aria earn entrap inept inert inter irate nape neap near neat nipper nitre paean pain paint painter pair pane pant papa paper para parapet pare parent part pate paten pater patina pear peat pent peri pert pertain pier pine pint pipe piper pirate pita prat prate prep print rain rani rant rape rapine rapt rate reap rein rent retain retina ripe ripen rite tape taper tapir tare tarn tarp tear tern tiara tier tine tire train trap trip tripe

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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 Earn. Rain. Tape.

2 Inter. Rent. Rite.

3 Entrap. Papa. Retain.

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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