Polywords

Weir

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

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Weir

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A rough-and-ready weir on the River Wear in County Durham, as it passes Escomb, halfway between Bishop Auckland and Crook.

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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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denim dent diet dime dimwit dine diner dint dire dirt drew edit emir emit idem indie inert inter interim item mend merit midwinter mien mind minder mine mined miner mini mint minted mire mired mite mitre nerd newt nitre rein remind remit rend rent rewind ride rime rind rite tend term termini tern tide tidier tied tier time timed timer timid tinder tine tinier tire tired trend tried trim twin twine twined weir weird wend went wide widen wider wind windier wine winter wire wired wren writ write
remind winter tried weird timid twine tired denim write merit miner emit edit trim twin drew dirt weir mine tire wide mire wind dine wine wire diet wren went rein mind rent dent ride rind tend term tide mend tied time item mite mint
denim dent diet dime dimwit dine diner dint dire dirt drew edit emir emit idem indie inert inter interim item mend merit midwinter mien mind minder mine mined miner mini mint minted mire mired mite mitre nerd newt nitre rein remind remit rend rent rewind ride rime rind rite tend term termini tern tide tidier tied tier time timed timer timid tinder tine tinier tire tired trend tried trim twin twine twined weir weird wend went wide widen wider wind windier wine winter wire wired wren writ write

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Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Mend. 2. Wide. 3. Written.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding un-.

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