Polywords

Virtue

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

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Virtue

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A view of Cyfrwy arête, on the north side of Cader Idris, from the Fox’s Path beside Llyn Y Gader. The lake is thought to reach a depth of some 43ft. Cardigan Bay lies in the distance. In this case, the word arête is a climbing term for a narrow ridge of rock. Arete is also Greek for ‘virtue.’

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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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furtive virtue favour fruit irate after overt ratio rivet route forte avert five tire rota rote rout rove tear tier rite tore tour trio true turf veto auto vote riot fore feat fort fire four fret iota fear rift fate raft rate fare rave fair rife over
afire after auto aver avert euro fair fare fart fate fave favour favourite fear feat feta fiat fire five fiver fore fort forte four frat fret fruit furtive iota irate orate outer outre over overt raft rate ratio rave refit rife rift riot rite rivet rota rote rout route rove tare taro tear tier tire tofu tore tour trio true turf uteri veto virtue vote voter

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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 Fate. Fear. Forte.

2 Rote. Trio. Vote.

3 After. Raft. Tour.

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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