Polywords

Rapt

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

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Rapt

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“He lay till day, like a cat watching in vain for a mouse that has fortunately reached a place of safety.” (‘The Voyage of Sindbad,’ in ‘The Arabian Nights Entertainment.’)

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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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operate repeat taper prove overt opera avert apart rota rote rove tape tear aver area tore trap tree veer veto vote rope rave reap peer part over pave pear peat pert poet ever port rape rapt rate pore
aerate aorta apart area atop aver avert eater evaporate ever opera operate orate over overate overeat overt para pare part pate pater pave pear peat peer pert perv peter poet pore port prat prate prove rape rapt rate rave reap repeat rope rota rote rove tape taper tare taro tarp tear topee tore trap tree trope veep veer veto vote voter

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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 Pert. Rate. Rote.

2 Operate. Rave. Trap.

3 Overt. Peer. Veto.

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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