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French vocabulary puzzles

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This is where you can improve your knowledge of French vocabulary by solving puzzles.

Word mines: in this exercise, you have to try to find as many words as possible using the given letters (without additional accents even). The words you find have to be at least 3 letters long and they mustn't use any letters that aren't given. They also mustn't use any given letters twice and they must be part of a regular dictionary (this also means that conjugated forms like "tu as" are not acceptable).

Below the letters you will see the maximum amount of words a person with a vocabulary of 1500 words is able to find. If your vocabulary is bigger than that, you might be able to find more. Do not worry if you find less, finding all possible words is an ideal score, not something the average person will achieve. Still, if it's a rainy day, feel free to rack your brain for the missing French words - even if the words you come up with do not fit, you will have improved your knowledge of French vocabulary.

In order to see the solutions, mark the blank space after the colon.

1. université - 26 words is the perfect score: est éviter inviter nuit rien rue ruine sein sentir sien suite suivre sur tenir tuer user venir vent vers vert vie vin visite visiter vite vue

2. république - 19 words is the perfect score: bleu leur lieu libre lier lire lueur lui peu peur piquer plier pluie pur que quel qui réel rue

3. politicien - 20 words is the perfect score: cent ciel coin ici lien lit loi loin note oeil oncle plein point pointe police pont tel toi toile ton