Polywords

Bees

Make as many words as you can from the letters of a nine-letter word, making sure you use the highlighted letter. Can you beat our score?
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About this picture …

Fleswick Bay nestles beneath St Bees Head in Cumbria. Nearby is St Bees Priory, named after St Bega (or St Bee), an Irish woman of royal blood who fled the Viking invasions of Ireland in the years after Olaf the White conquered Dublin in 853. For centuries, a bracelet that had been St Bega’s sole possession was a cherished relic at the Priory. See our story Home Page.

Bees

Make words using the letters shown in the grid. Your words should be four or more letters in length. All your words must include the highlighted letter in the centre. Tap on any letter to use it for your word.

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bracelet treacle relate cereal beetle create treble clear alert alter table react elect erect crate trace bleat beret brace blare rebel cable tale tear tree rate race real bear beat beer beet bare bale able acre belt crab earl lace cart care late
abet able abler acer acre alert alter bale bare bear beat beater beer beet beetle belt berate beret beta betel blare bleat brace bracelet brae brat caber cable care caret cart cartel cater celeb celebrate cereal cert claret clear cleat crab crate create cree creel earl eater eclat elect erect lace late later leat leer race rate react real rebate rebel rectal reel reelect relate table talc tale teal tear trace treacle treble tree

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The Prince of Denmark’s March

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‘Where the Bee Sucks’ (from Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’)

Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

Performed by Emma Kirkby.

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Transcript / Notes

Where the bee sucks there lurk I:
In a cow-slip’s bed I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On a bat’s back do I fly
After sunset merrily,
Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.