Polywords

Tees

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

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Tees

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Harebells stand out against the frothing waters of the River Tees as they jostle through Cauldron Snout. They have just left Cow Green Dam and Reservoir a few miles north of Brough; next stop, High Force.

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© Andrew Curtis, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Harebells stand out against the frothing waters of the River Tees as they jostle through Cauldron Snout. They have just left Cow Green Dam and Reservoir a few miles north of Brough; next stop, High Force.

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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aced acid acted active addict addictive additive advice aide aided avid caddie cadet cave caved cite cited civet dace date dated dative dead dice diced dicta died diet diva dive dived divide edict edit evict iced idea ivied tide tided tidied tied vice vied
acid aide avid cave cite date dead dice died diet dive edit iced idea tide tied vice vied acted aided cadet caved cited dated diced dived edict evict active addict advice caddie divide additive
aced acid acted active addict addictive additive advice aide aided avid caddie cadet cave caved cite cited civet dace date dated dative dead dice diced dicta died diet diva dive dived divide edict edit evict iced idea ivied tide tided tidied tied vice vied

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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 Cadet. Cave. Idea.

2 Avid. Divide. Vie.

3 Advice. Dice. Edict.

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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