Think and Speak

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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alien alit alive alpine ante anti anvil elan entail evil inept inlet invite lain lane late lave lean leant leap leapt leat lent lien line lint lite live liven nail naive nape native nave navel neap neat pail pain paint pale pane panel pant pantile pate paten pave peal peat pelt penal pent petal pile pine pint pita plain plaint plaintive plait plan plane planet plant plate plea pleat pliant tail tale tape teal tiepin tile tine vain vale valent valet vane veal veil vein venal venial vent vial vile vine vital

plaintive invite native planet alien alive anvil inept inlet leant leapt naive navel paint panel penal petal plain plane plant plate pleat valet venal vital evil lane late lean leap lent lain line lint live nail nape nave neat pail pain pale pane pant pave peal peat pelt pile pine pint plan plea tail tale tape tile vain veal veil vein vent vile vine

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1Doe 2Van 3Toy 4Cert 5Plum 6Dial 7Hay 8Tarn 9Quad 10Old 11Tay 12Owl 13Yen 14Nice 15Corn 16Left 17Tub 18Hare 19Arid 20Wing 21Lane 22Pop! 23Crib 24Fort 25Helm 26Morn 27Foam 28Eland 29Lair 30Over 31Banks 32Toad 33Acorn 34Auto Polyword 35Pert 36Acre 37Beam 38Trap 39Vent 40Tower 41Dory 42Pear 43Maid 44Louvre 45Climb 46Duty 47Mount 48Virtue 49Beach 50Rice 51Neap 52Wave 53Lean 54Goat 55Tilt 56Trio 57Clip 58Nail 59Boat 60Calm 61Bare 62Rapt 63Halo 64Elf 65Nine 66Pore 67Beer 68Grit 69Poem 70Gap 71Mute 72Vole 73Leat 74Alit 75Fisherman 76Bale 77Find 78Baa 79High and Dry 80Well 81Aloe 82Gate 83Cot 84Moor 85Turn 86Curve 87Palm 88Bait 89Lamp 90Lute 91Hill 92Grey 93Cove 94Weir 95Path 96Earl 97Nape 98Wader 99Brine 100Grebe 101Dune 102Meow 103Chine 104Cut 105Hart 106Gable 107Peep 108Loft 109Mead 110Chain 111Pint 112Dome 113Dart 114Tree 115Lion 116Tram 117Dill 118Bees 119Bolt 120Rail 121Lone 122Rain 123Rune 124Fete 125Clean 126Curl 127Load 128Iced 129Line 130Mole 131Peal 132Eve 133Icy 134Fen 135Manor 136Lunch 137Wheel 138Loco 139Pied 140Hive 141Once 142Hunt 143Hero 144Lace 145Ledge 146Bell 147Heft 148Veil 149Malt 150Bray 151Tier 152Prince 153Dray 154Teal 155Cart 156Batter 157Barn 158Nene Scene 159Loaf 160Bar 161Court 162Crag 163Roar 164Free 165Bay 166Cave 167Peat 168Face 169Field 170Ride 171Perch 172Trail 173Arch 174Don 175Eventide 176Flit 177Leave 178Forewarned 179Bead 180Hut 181Rib 182Nave 183Hope 184Tulip 185Blue 186Pine 187Garden 188Act 189Burn 190Lance 191Mile 192Mood 193Rock 194Time 195Band 196Late 197Hide 198Bleat 199Brae 200Dene 201Cafe 202Billy 203Dale 204Teem 205Pier 206Gape 207Wide 208Giant 209Puffin Billy 210Haul 211Rapid Transit 212Alien 213Crab 214Otter 215Fresh 216Ring 217Beef 218Seraph 219Water 220Lift 221High 222Sett 223Adder 224Dew 225Edge 226Nest 227Gem 228Lime 229Gold 230Heron 231Lead 232Sycamore 233Vine 234Castle 235Long Drag 236Catch 237Inlet 238Tees 239Drink 240Ocelot 241Rare 242Deer 243Colt 244Fern 245Awake 246Cone 247Corfe 248Colliery 249Frost 250Nuts 251Truly Madly 252Gift 253Heat 254Wren

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 Evil. Pile. Plane.

2 Lean. Vain. Veal.

3 Lie. Tile. Venal.

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.)