A single polygon is made by joining dots in the grid with straight lines, which meet only at dots at their end points. No dot is at more than one corner. The diagram shows a five-sided polygon formed in this way.
What is the greatest possible number of sides of a polygon formed by joining the dots using these same rules?
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12
13
14
15
16
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