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

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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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territory retort rotter terror error otter retry trier trite riot rite rote tore tier tire tyre tort tote trio trot yeti
error otter retort retro retry riot rioter rite rote rotter territory terror terry tier tire tore tort tote trey trier trio trite trot tyre tyro yeti
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