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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Honey emerges from her sett at the British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Surrey.

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Honey emerges from her sett at the British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Surrey.

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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abed abide abridge aged aide airbed aired airer airier arid bade badge badger bard bare bared barer barge barged barred bead bear beard bide bier bird birdie brad brae brag braid bread bred briar bride bridge brie brier brig brigade brigadier dare dear debar dire dirge drab drag drear drier garb garbed gear gibe gibed gird girder grab grad grade grid ibid idea rabid radii rage raged raid raider rare read rear regard ride rider ridge rigid
abide aged aide badge badger bare barge bead bear beard bird brag braid bread bred bride bridge brigade brigadier dare dear dirge drab drag drier gear girder grab grade grid idea rage raid rare read rear regard ride rider ridge rigid
abed abide abridge aged aide airbed aired airer airier arid bade badge badger bard bare bared barer barge barged barred bead bear beard bide bier bird birdie brad brae brag braid bread bred briar bride bridge brie brier brig brigade brigadier dare dear debar dire dirge drab drag drear drier garb garbed gear gibe gibed gird girder grab grad grade grid ibid idea rabid radii rage raged raid raider rare read rear regard ride rider ridge rigid

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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 Beard. Breed. Idea.

2 Bread. Girder. Grade.

3 Bead. Dirge. Rider.

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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