A word polygon is a word puzzle where the solver is presented with a grid or shape with 5 to 9 letters. The aim of the player creating as many words as possible using each letter no more than once. Often, one of the letters is a mandatory inclusion. There are many variations upon the specifics of the rules with regards what words are accepted and the minimum length of words allowed (usually 3 or 4).
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The objective of the puzzle is to find words which can be made using a given group of letters. Each letter may only be used once in each word. Further rules may be set. One letter may be highlighted, and all words made must include that letter. A minimum length for words may be set. There is always at least one word that can be made using all of the available letters, and the rules may require that a maximum length word be found.
With each puzzle, a number of words to aim for is usually included as a guide, with three difficulty ratings: good, very good and excellent. Each puzzle differs in its target, depending on the letters given to worth with.
The Advertiser produce a puzzle called "target". Fairfax Books have also published two Target puzzle books titled Aiming up, which comprise 75 puzzles each.
The Times produces a daily anagram puzzle called "polygon". The number of letters in the puzzle varies over the course of the week from between 7 and 9 with corresponding changes to the minimum word length [1]