Polywords

Rare

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

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Rare

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The snake’s head fritillary, now a rarity in the UK, except where meadowland has lain undisturbed for many years. This one is near Ducklington in Oxfordshire.

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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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airer airier airy ante anti artery arty earn entry errant inert inertia inter irate itinerary near neat nitre rain rainier rainy rani rant rare rarity rate rear rein rent reran retain retina retrain retry rite tare tarn tarry tear tern terrain terry tier tine tinier tiny tire train trainer tray trey trier tyre yarn year yearn yeti
airy earn near neat rain rant rare rate rear rein rent rite tear tier tiny tire tray year entry inert irate rain train yearn artery errant rarity retain retina inertia terrain trainer
airer airier airy ante anti artery arty earn entry errant inert inertia inter irate itinerary near neat nitre rain rainier rainy rani rant rare rarity rate rear rein rent reran retain retina retrain retry rite tare tarn tarry tear tern terrain terry tier tine tinier tiny tire train trainer tray trey trier tyre yarn year yearn yeti

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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. Entry. 2. Irate. 3. Near. 4. Neat. 5. Tear. 6. Tiny.

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 dis-.

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