Polywords

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

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The ‘Hundred-Year Stone’ is a sculpture on the shore of Derwentwater in Cumbria, by Peter Randall-Page. It marks the centenary of the National Trust, which local naturalist and children’s author Beatrix Potter helped to create. Beyond the lake is Cat Bells ridge.

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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 ache acre actor aitch arch artichoke cake care caret cart cater cert chair char chare chariot chart chat cheat chit choir choke choker chore ciao cite coat coir coke core cork cote crate creak croak each earth echo erotic erotica etch ethic hack hacker hair hake hare haricot hark hart hate hater hear heart heat heck hector heir hero heroic hick hike hiker hire hoar hock hoick iota irate itch kart ketch kite oath ochre ocker okra orate other otic race rack racket rake rate ratio reach react recto retch rhea rice rich rick riot rite roach rock rocket rota rote tack tackier taco take taker tare taro teach teak tear tech their thick thicker thicko thrice tick ticker tier tike tire torch tore trace track trek trice trick trike trio troika
chariot racket rocket heroic earth ethic their actor irate heart teach thick taker croak trace chair chart track cater trick ratio cheat reach torch react other chore creak crate choir choke riot rice rich rite tier tick tire tore trek rate tear tack rota take teak rock hire core coat cork hack echo each cite cake arch acre ache care cart chat hair itch iota kite rack race oath hike hate hart hare hear heat hero heir rake
acer ache acre actor aitch arch artichoke cake care caret cart cater cert chair char chare chariot chart chat cheat chit choir choke choker chore ciao cite coat coir coke core cork cote crate creak croak each earth echo erotic erotica etch ethic hack hacker hair hake hare haricot hark hart hate hater hear heart heat heck hector heir hero heroic hick hike hiker hire hoar hock hoick iota irate itch kart ketch kite oath ochre ocker okra orate other otic race rack racket rake rate ratio reach react recto retch rhea rice rich rick riot rite roach rock rocket rota rote tack tackier taco take taker tare taro teach teak tear tech their thick thicker thicko thrice tick ticker tier tike tire torch tore trace track trek trice trick trike trio troika

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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 Hear. Heat. Tack.

2 Coat. Crate. Iota.

3 Hack. Tick. Tier.

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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