Polywords

Pore

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

By Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

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Pore

By Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain. Source
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‘The Reader’, by Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), shows a man in his eighties poring over a newspaper. For more information, visit the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

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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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beep beer beery bleep bole bore byre elope heel help helper herb here hereby hero hole holy hope hype hyper hyperbole leer leery leper lobe lope lore lyre obey peel peer pele pleb plebe ploy pole poly pore prey probe prole pyre rebel reel rely repel reply robe role rope ropey ropy yelp
hereby helper rebel leper repel reply probe elope ploy prey pore pole pyre rely robe role rope reel lore hole bore heel help herb here hero holy peer hope leer lobe lope beer lyre obey peel yelp
beep beer beery bleep bole bore byre elope heel help helper herb here hereby hero hole holy hope hype hyper hyperbole leer leery leper lobe lope lore lyre obey peel peer pele pleb plebe ploy pole poly pore prey probe prole pyre rebel reel rely repel reply robe role rope ropey ropy yelp

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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. Bored. 2. Hero. 3. Obey. 4. Reply. 5. Robe.

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 -less.

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