Polywords

Teal

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

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© Walter Baxter, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Teal

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A teal (Anas crecca) at Caerlaverock Wetland Centre near Blackshaw in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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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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abate abet able abler abort aerate alert aloe altar alter alto aorta arable area bale bare bear beat beater beer beet belt berate beret beta betel blare bleat bloat bloater blot boar boat boater bole bolt bore brae brat earl earlobe eatable eater elaborate late later leat leer lobe lore oral orate rate real rebate rebel reel relate robe role rota rote table tale tare taro teal tear tore treble tree
earlobe relate arable treble later bleat bloat rebel beret altar alert abort alter table tore rote role tree oral reel tear robe rate real tale bare bear beat beer area able beet belt bore earl bolt boat blot boar late
abate abet able abler abort aerate alert aloe altar alter alto aorta arable area bale bare bear beat beater beer beet belt berate beret beta betel blare bleat bloat bloater blot boar boat boater bole bolt bore brae brat earl earlobe eatable eater elaborate late later leat leer lobe lore oral orate rate real rebate rebel reel relate robe role rota rote table tale tare taro teal tear tore treble tree

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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 Belt. Rate. Tear.

2 Boat. Earl. Robe.

3 Beer. Reel. Rote.

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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