Polywords

Sycamore

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

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Sycamore

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Sycamore Gap is one of the most-photographed landmarks along Hadrian’s wall in Northumberland.

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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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cert core cortege cote courgette court cree cruet cure curt cute cuter cutter ecru egret erect ergo euro goer gore gout greet grout gutter octet ogre otter outer outre recto rogue rote rouge rout route tore tort tote tour tout tree trot trout truce true trug tutor urge utter
core cure curt cute ergo gore ogre rout tore tour tree trot true urge court erect greet grout otter rogue rouge route trout truce tutor utter gutter
cert core cortege cote courgette court cree cruet cure curt cute cuter cutter ecru egret erect ergo euro goer gore gout greet grout gutter octet ogre otter outer outre recto rogue rote rouge rout route tore tort tote tour tout tree trot trout truce true trug tutor urge utter

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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 Greet. Otter. Tour.

2 Court. Curt. Tree.

3 Ergo. Gore. Truce.

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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