Polywords

Prince

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

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Prince

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9F 2-10-0 steam locomotive No. 92203 ‘Black Prince’ on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, near Hailes. The name was given after the locomotive’s preservation in 1967, in honour of Edward, the Black Prince (1330-1376), son of Edward III and father of Richard II, and hero of the Battles of Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356).

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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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acer acne acorn acre aeon aileron alien aloe alone alpine apron cairn caliper calorie cane canoe cape caper capon care carol carp ciao cine clan clap clean clear clip clone coal coil coin coir cola cone cope copier coral core corn cornea corneal crane crap crape crone crop earl earn eclair elan enrol epic icon iron lace lacier lain lair lance lancer lane lean leap learn liar lice lien line linear liner lino lion lira lire loan loci loin lone loner lope lore nacre nail nape narc neap near nice nicer nope nori ocean oilcan once opal open opera opine oracle oral pace pacier pail pain pair pale paler pane panel panic parcel pare parole peal pear pearl pecan pelican penal pencil peri peril piano pier pile pincer pine place plaice plain plainer plan plane planer plea polar pole police ponce pone porcelain porcine pore porn praline prance price prince prion prole prone race rail rain rani rape rapine real reap recap recoil recon rein relic renal replica rice rile ripe ripen roan roil role rope
police parole oracle opera piano ocean carol clone canoe acorn alone apron role rope pole corn crop core cope cone iron coin coal coil once open lion loan
acer acne acorn acre aeon aileron alien aloe alone alpine apron cairn caliper calorie cane canoe cape caper capon care carol carp ciao cine clan clap clean clear clip clone coal coil coin coir cola cone cope copier coral core corn cornea corneal crane crap crape crone crop earl earn eclair elan enrol epic icon iron lace lacier lain lair lance lancer lane lean leap learn liar lice lien line linear liner lino lion lira lire loan loci loin lone loner lope lore nacre nail nape narc neap near nice nicer nope nori ocean oilcan once opal open opera opine oracle oral pace pacier pail pain pair pale paler pane panel panic parcel pare parole peal pear pearl pecan pelican penal pencil peri peril piano pier pile pincer pine place plaice plain plainer plan plane planer plea polar pole police ponce pone porcelain porcine pore porn praline prance price prince prion prole prone race rail rain rani rape rapine real reap recap recoil recon rein relic renal replica rice rile ripe ripen roan roil role rope

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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 Crop. Police. Role.

2 Loan. Ocean. Once.

3 Iron. Open. Opus.

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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