Polywords

Rib

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

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Rib

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A rather dramatic-looking wreck on the sands of Talmine Bay, in the far north of Scotland, not unlike the bones of a cat’s kipper.

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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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beer bide bier bird bode border bore bored bred breed bride brie brier brim bromide deem deer demo demob dime dire doer dome dorm dormer drier eider embed ember embroider emir erode erred idem imbed mere mire mired mode morbid more order redo reed ride rider rime robe robed rode
border morbid order erode drier embed rider erred bride ember breed rode more ride robe reed mire mode mere bore bred bird brim deem doer dome beer dire dime deer
beer bide bier bird bode border bore bored bred breed bride brie brier brim bromide deem deer demo demob dime dire doer dome dorm dormer drier eider embed ember embroider emir erode erred idem imbed mere mire mired mode morbid more order redo reed ride rider rime robe robed rode

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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 Bird. Mere. Ride.

2 Bride. Dime. Embed.

3 Bear. Dome. Order.

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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