Polywords

Tulip

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

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Tulip

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Spring flowers in Crow Park Gardens, Keswick. Skiddaw rises behind the Victorian houses.

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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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alit altar anal anti apart aria aunt aura aural input lain lair lariat liar lint lira lunar lupin nail natural nuptial pail pain paint pair pant para part partial patina pilau pint pita plain plaint plait plan plant pliant prat print punt puritan purl rail rain rani rant rapt ritual ruin runt tail tapir tarn tarp tarpaulin tiara trail train trap trial trip tulip tuna turn turnip ulna unit unlit until urinal
partial puritan natural ritual turnip plant plain tulip unlit until trial train trail print lunar apart lupin altar paint lain lair tail aunt tuna turn trip unit ruin trap rapt pail nail pint pain part pair plan rain rant pant rail punt liar
alit altar anal anti apart aria aunt aura aural input lain lair lariat liar lint lira lunar lupin nail natural nuptial pail pain paint pair pant para part partial patina pilau pint pita plain plaint plait plan plant pliant prat print punt puritan purl rail rain rani rant rapt ritual ruin runt tail tapir tarn tarp tarpaulin tiara trail train trap trial trip tulip tuna turn turnip ulna unit unlit until urinal

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Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

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. Nail. 2. Painful. 3. Partial. 4. Plain. 5. Plant. 6. Tail. 7. Trail.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

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 dis-.

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