Polywords

Pint

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

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Pint

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The sign of the Railwayman’s Arms at Bridgnorth Station, on the Severn Valley Railway. The The Watercress Line in Hampshire also runs regular ‘Real Ale Trains’ serving quality local brews.

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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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tiepin finger finite ignite fringe feint inert infer feign print refit reign ripen tiger tinge inept tripe gripe grief tier ripe rite fret grit fire ring fine tire fern trip rife rift pier grip grin pent pert pine rent pint prig gift rein
feign feint fern feting fine finer finger fingertip finite fire firing fret frig fringe genii gent gift girt gite grief grin grip gripe grit ignite inept inert infer inter niftier nitre pent peri pert pier pine ping pint prig print refit reign rein rent rife rift ring ripe ripen rite tern tiepin tier tiger tine ting tinge tinier tire tiring trig 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 Feint. Fine. Print.

2 Pine. Rend. Ripe.

3 Finite. Fire. Pert.

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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