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The White Tower on the waterfront at Thessaloniki in Greece, chief city of Central Macedonia. After the city fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1430, the tower was raised as a fortress, prison and place of mass execution. As recently as 1910, an incautious Greek visitor to Thessaloniki could find himself in serious trouble if the Ottoman authorities’ suspicions were inflamed: see Home Page. Happily, Thessaloniki was regained by Greece two years later, the gruesome tower was literally and figuratively whitewashed, and the landmark was deftly turned into a symbol of the city — not unlike the Tower of London.

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The White Tower on the waterfront at Thessaloniki in Greece, chief city of Central Macedonia. After the city fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1430, the tower was raised as a fortress, prison and place of mass execution. As recently as 1910, an incautious Greek visitor to Thessaloniki could find himself in serious trouble if the Ottoman authorities’ suspicions were inflamed: see Home Page. Happily, Thessaloniki was regained by Greece two years later, the gruesome tower was literally and figuratively whitewashed, and the landmark was deftly turned into a symbol of the city — not unlike the Tower of London.

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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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mother wreath rather harrow warmth warmer tremor mortar marrow rower mower other arrow wrote tamer threw throw water wheat whore worth wrath tower earth metro heart harem hater more wart heat tore tram hear warm hate hart wear what harm whet whom wore worm hare atom hero thaw hoar moat moth oath meat rare rate mate ream rear mare them roam roar rota rote tame home team tear term
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Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Hero. 2. Home. 3. More. 4. Tame. 5. Tear. 6. Thaw. 7. Throw.

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Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding im-.

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