Polywords

Tea

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

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The Cherry Tree Resort in Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India.

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The Cherry Tree Resort in Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India.

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© Subhrajyoti07, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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ahem alit amulet email emit hail hale halt hamlet hate haul heal heat helium helm hilt humiliate item lame late lath lathe leat lima lime limit lite lithe lithium lute mail male malt mate maul meal meat melt metal mile milieu mite mule mute tail tale tame teal team them tile time
humiliate hamlet helium email lathe limit lithe metal ahem emit hail hale halt hate haul heal heat helm hilt item lame late lime lute mail male malt mate maul meal meat melt mile mite mule mute tail tale tame teal team them tile time
ahem alit amulet email emit hail hale halt hamlet hate haul heal heat helium helm hilt humiliate item lame late lath lathe leat lima lime limit lite lithe lithium lute mail male malt mate maul meal meat melt metal mile milieu mite mule mute tail tale tame teal team them tile time

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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 Email. Halt. Metal.

2 Lathe. Mail. Mate.

3 Ahem. Hilt. Mite.

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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