Polywords

Wave

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

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Wave

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Waves on Peffer Sands near Scoughall in East Lothian, a few miles east of Edinburgh.

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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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adore adorn aeon anew anode arrow aver avow avowed awed dare darn dawn dean dear derv doer done dove down downer draw drawer drawn drear drew drone drove drover drown earn endow errand narrow narrowed nave near nerd node nova novae onward order oven over overdraw overdrawn overran owed owned owner radon rand rare rave raved raven raver read rear redo redraw redrawn rend reran reward reword road roan roar roared rode rove roved rover rowan rowed rower vane vend vendor vowed wade wader wand wander wane waned ward warden warder warn warned warren wave waved waver wean wear wend woad wonder word wore worn wove woven wren
onward drawer wander warren narrow warder wonder reward warden errand adore order raven owner drove anode arrow rover drown drawn drear drone adorn ward vend wade wand wane warn wave wean wear word wore worn wove rove rave rode dean down dove done dear dawn darn dare draw earn roar rare road rend rear read nave owed over oven near wren
adore adorn aeon anew anode arrow aver avow avowed awed dare darn dawn dean dear derv doer done dove down downer draw drawer drawn drear drew drone drove drover drown earn endow errand narrow narrowed nave near nerd node nova novae onward order oven over overdraw overdrawn overran owed owned owner radon rand rare rave raved raven raver read rear redo redraw redrawn rend reran reward reword road roan roar roared rode rove roved rover rowan rowed rower vane vend vendor vowed wade wader wand wander wane waned ward warden warder warn warned warren wave waved waver wean wear wend woad wonder word wore worn wove woven wren

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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 Dare. Rove. Warder.

2 Darn. Drove. Owe.

3 Do. Vend. Wean.

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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