Polywords

Vine

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

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Vine

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A tiny vineyard in Bolton Castle gardens in Yorkshire, overlooking Wensleydale, the vale of the River Ure. Vines rarely grow well much further north.

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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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acer acne acre agree anger arcing avenge avenger aver cage cagier cairn cane care careen caring carve carving cave caver cavern caving cigar cine crag crane crave craven craving cree cringe eager earn engrave enrage even ever evince gain gainer gave gear gene genera generic genie genre give given giver grace grain gran grave graven green grievance grieve grin nacre naive narc nave near nerve never nice nicer niece race racing rage rain ranee rang range rani rave raven ravine raving regain reign rein rice ring riven vain vainer vane veer veering vegan vein verge vicar vice vine vinegar
acne acre cage cane care cave crag earn even ever gain gave gear gene give grin nave near nice race rage rain rang rave rein rice ring vain veer vein vice vine agree anger carve cigar crane crave eager genie genre grace grain grave green naive nerve never niece range raven reign vegan verge vicar avenge cavern cringe enrage graven grieve ravine engrave generic vinegar
acer acne acre agree anger arcing avenge avenger aver cage cagier cairn cane care careen caring carve carving cave caver cavern caving cigar cine crag crane crave craven craving cree cringe eager earn engrave enrage even ever evince gain gainer gave gear gene genera generic genie genre give given giver grace grain gran grave graven green grievance grieve grin nacre naive narc nave near nerve never nice nicer niece race racing rage rain ranee rang range rani rave raven ravine raving regain reign rein rice ring riven vain vainer vane veer veering vegan vein verge vicar vice vine vinegar

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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 Cringe. Even. Niece.

2 Generic. Grain. Rice.

3 Acne. Agree. Ever.

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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