Polywords

Tarn

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

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Stickle Tarn, northwest of Ambleside in Cumbria.
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Tarn

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Stickle Tarn, northwest of Ambleside in Cumbria.

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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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anent ante anti attire earn eaten eater enter entertain entire entrant entreat inane inert innate inner intent inter intern internet intranet irate natter nattier near neat neaten neater nett nine nitrate nitre rain ranee rani rant rate rein rennet rent retain retina retinae rite taint tanner tare tarn tart tater tear teat teen tenant tenet tenner tent tern tier tine tint tire titan train trainee trait treat tree trite
entertain entrant entreat trainee attire entire innate intent intern natter neater neaten retain tanner tenant tenner eaten eater enter inane inert inner irate nitre taint tenet train trait treat trite ante anti earn near neat nine rain rant rate rein rent rite tarn tart tear teat teen tent tern tier tint tire tree
anent ante anti attire earn eaten eater enter entertain entire entrant entreat inane inert innate inner intent inter intern internet intranet irate natter nattier near neat neaten neater nett nine nitrate nitre rain ranee rani rant rate rein rennet rent retain retina retinae rite taint tanner tare tarn tart tater tear teat teen tenant tenet tenner tent tern tier tine tint tire titan train trainee trait treat tree trite

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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 Tenet. Tint. Trainee.

2 Neat. Nine. Treat.

3 Intern. Near. Rite.

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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