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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A Yorkshire terrier in Egypt.
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A Yorkshire terrier in Egypt.

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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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error otter retort retro retry riot rioter rite rote rotter territory terror terry tier tire tore tort tote trey trier trio trite trot tyre tyro yeti
territory retort rotter terror error otter retry trier trite riot rite rote tore tier tire tyre tort tote trio trot yeti
error otter retort retro retry riot rioter rite rote rotter territory terror terry tier tire tore tort tote trey trier trio trite trot tyre tyro yeti

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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 Riot. Rite. Tier.

2 Retort. Trite. Trot.

3 Retry. Tort. Trier.

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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