Polywords

Vole

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

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© Martin Modman, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Vole

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This bank vole (Myodes glareolus) at Forest How near Eskdale Green in Cumbria, a few miles from the coast, looks very excited at the prospect of a couple of tasty hazelnuts.

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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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emir enrol evil iron lemon lien lime limo line liner lino lion lire live liven liver loin lone loner lore love lover melon merino mien mile mine miner mini minor mire mole more morn move mover movie nori norm novel oilier oilmen olive omen oven over ovine rein rile rime riven roil role rove veil vein venom vermilion vermin vile viler vine vino viol violin virile voile vole
violin vermin venom miner enrol melon liver minor movie olive novel lemon oven omen over rein role veil vein vile vine rove evil iron lime line lion live lone lore love mile mine mire mole more move vole
emir enrol evil iron lemon lien lime limo line liner lino lion lire live liven liver loin lone loner lore love lover melon merino mien mile mine miner mini minor mire mole more morn move mover movie nori norm novel oilier oilmen olive omen oven over ovine rein rile rime riven roil role rove veil vein venom vermilion vermin vile viler vine vino viol violin virile voile vole

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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 Lore. Much. Olive.

2 Evil. More. Veil.

3 Love. Movie. Oven.

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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