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,
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deer
deli
dene
denier
dent
denture
deter
diet
dieter
dilute
dine
diner
dint
dire
dirt
duel
duet
dune
edit
eider
elder
elide
elite
elude
endue
endure
enter
entire
erudite
idle
idler
inert
inlet
inter
interlude
intrude
inure
inured
leer
lend
lender
lent
lied
lien
line
lined
liner
lint
lire
lite
litre
lure
lured
lurid
lute
need
nerd
neuter
nitre
nude
reed
reel
rein
reined
relent
relied
rend
rent
rented
retinue
reunite
reunited
ride
rile
riled
rind
rite
rude
rued
ruin
ruined
rule
ruled
rune
runt
teed
teen
tend
tender
tendril
tenure
tenured
tern
tide
tied
tier
tiered
tilde
tile
tiled
tiler
tinder
tine
tire
tired
tree
trend
tried
true
trundle
tune
tuned
tuner
tureen
turn
turned
under
underlie
unit
unite
united
unlit
untie
untied
until
untried
urine
uteri
uterine
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Practice
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.
Dilute.
2.
Idle.
3.
Lure.
4.
Lurid.
5.
Relent.
6.
Rude.
7.
True.
8.
Tuneful.
9.
Unite.
Show Useful Words (A-Z order)
Busy.
Concentrate.
Divide.
Harden.
Persist.
Polished.
Polite.
Repel.
Sophisticated.
Subtle.
Tuneless.
Untrue.
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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