Polywords

Toad

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

A toad in Sivathapuram, an area of the city of Salem in Tamil Nadu, India.

© Abirami selvaraj, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Toad

© Abirami selvaraj, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

A toad in Sivathapuram, an area of the city of Salem in Tamil Nadu, India.

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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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adagio adroit alit altar alto aorta argot aria arid dago dart data dial dialog dirt dolt drag drat gait gala gaol gator gild gilt gird girl giro girt glad gladiator gloat goad goal goat gold grad grail grid grit groat idol iota laid lair laird lard largo lariat liar lido lira load lord oral radial radio raga raid rail ratio riot road roil rota tail tailor taro tiara tidal toad toga toil told trad trail triad trial trig trio trod
tailor groat radio gloat ratio tidal trail altar trial triad roil lord trio liar taro load toga oral road tail toil toad told raid rail riot rota idol lard gaol alto aria arid dart data dial dirt dolt drag drat gait gala gild lair goat laid iota grit grid gold goal gilt goad glad girt girl gird trod
adagio adroit alit altar alto aorta argot aria arid dago dart data dial dialog dirt dolt drag drat gait gala gaol gator gild gilt gird girl giro girt glad gladiator gloat goad goal goat gold grad grail grid grit groat idol iota laid lair laird lard largo lariat liar lido lira load lord oral radial radio raga raid rail ratio riot road roil rota tail tailor taro tiara tidal toad toga toil told trad trail triad trial trig trio trod

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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 Idol. Liar. Riot.

2 Dolt. Drat. Girl.

3 Dial. Gloat. Goad.

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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