Polywords

Tilt

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

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Tilt

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The ‘Knights of Royal England’ tilting. For events and more information, see their website at The Knights of Royal England.

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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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aerate aerial alert alit altar alter area aria atelier attire earl eater elite irate lair lariat late later latte latter leat leer letter liar lira lire lite literate litre litter rail rate rattle real reel relate retail retaliate rile rite tail tale tare tart tater teal tear teat tiara tier tile tiler tilt tire title trail trait treat tree trial trite
literate litter rattle relate retail letter tiara title trail trait treat trial irate alert altar later alter elite liar earl tier tile tire tilt area tree tear tale tart tail rite lair reel real late rate leer rail
aerate aerial alert alit altar alter area aria atelier attire earl eater elite irate lair lariat late later latte latter leat leer letter liar lira lire lite literate litre litter rail rate rattle real reel relate retail retaliate rile rite tail tale tare tart tater teal tear teat tiara tier tile tiler tilt tire title trail trait treat tree trial 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 Reel. Title. Treat.

2 Late. Rate. Trial.

3 Elite. Relate. Trail.

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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