Polywords

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

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Terraced fields near Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Rishikesh lies in the foothills of the Himalayas, close to the source of the Ganges.

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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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acer acne acre ancient anent ante anti antic cairn cane canine cannier cant canteen canter care careen caret cart cater cent centre cert certain cine cite crane crate create cree cretin earn eaten eater enact enter entice entire entrance erect inane inert innate inner inter intern irate nacre narc near neat neaten neater nectar nectarine nice nicer niece nine nitre race rain ranee rani rant rate react recant recent recite rein rennet rent retain retina retinae rice rite tanner tare tarn tear teen tenner tern tier tine tire trace train trainee trance tree trice
entrance canteen certain ancient nectar entice recent trance create recite centre trace react niece cater enact crane crate erect rice acre cart care nice race cane
acer acne acre ancient anent ante anti antic cairn cane canine cannier cant canteen canter care careen caret cart cater cent centre cert certain cine cite crane crate create cree cretin earn eaten eater enact enter entice entire entrance erect inane inert innate inner inter intern irate nacre narc near neat neaten neater nectar nectarine nice nicer niece nine nitre race rain ranee rani rant rate react recant recent recite rein rennet rent retain retina retinae rice rite tanner tare tarn tear teen tenner tern tier tine tire trace train trainee trance tree trice

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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 Center. Entrance. Recent.

2 Ancient. Create. Niece.

3 Canteen. Crane. Nice.

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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