Spelling bee word list

WORD SYLLABLES PHO GR part of Definition Sentence ETYMOLOGY

NEM APH speech
p,ES
i, EME
p, i, singluar the level or tune of a She was singing in a
pitch pitch
ch tch noun sound different pitch.
to have gotten a hold My dad has taken my
taken tak/en past verb
of; grasped game away from me.
present to not be able to do I cannot eat dessert
cannot can/not
verb something before dinner.
to have been We stayed at a hotel
stayed stayed past verb somewhere for a when we were on
short time holiday.
irregular a type of material I like to wear denim
denim den/im
noun used for jeans jeans.
singlular a person that treats I went to the doctor
doctor doc/tor Latin
noun sick people when I was sick.
I put on gloves
hand covers to protect
gloves gloves plural noun before I wash the
hands
dishes.
singular a large area of water The ship sailed over
ocean o/cean Greek
noun covering Earth the ocean.
a person training in The cadet was in
singular
cadet ca/det the armed forces or training to be a police French
noun
police officer.
plural of ox, a large
A herd of oxen were
oxen ox/en plural noun domestic animal kept
grazing on the grass.
for milk
 qu,ai irregular A quail was in the
quail quail kw,ai,l a small brown bird French
,l noun nest.
ar, singlular a curved top that is You enter the hall
arch arch ar, ch Latin
ch noun held by two supports through a huge arch.
ch,ee, ch,e singlular a food made from I like to eat cheese
cheese cheese Germanic
z e,se noun milk curd and crackers.
t,
t, ee, present to help someone learn He will teach me how
teach teach ea, Germanic
ch verb how to do something to play the game.
ch
an organ in the body
singlular The liver is an organ
liver liv/er that cleans and filters
noun that filters blood.
blood
singlular a natural, large The canoe drifted up
river riv/er Latin
noun stream of water the river.
singlular a fictional tale shorter My teacher reads us
story sto/ry Latin
noun than a novel a story every day.

th, to show you are

th, a, Please thank her for
thank thank a, n, verb pleased by something Germanic
n, k all her help.
k or someone

an animal that feeds

singlular A mammal feeds its
mammal mam/mal its young with milk Latin
noun young with milk.
from the mother
an extinct elephant The mammoth lived
singlular
mammoth mam/moth covered in long hair long ago and had
noun
and curved tusks long hair and tusks.

things that are There will be three

events e/vents plural noun planned; social events to raise
occasions or activities money.
 f,a,c,t, f,a,c things that are proven The facts have been
facts facts plural noun
s ,t,s or known to be true proven and are true.
Ten people came to
people peo/ple plural noun more than one person Latin
the party.
I have only been to
once once adverb one time
hospital once.
We will have a lot of
about to happen or
coming com/ing adjective fun in the coming
just beginning
year.
within a container or I want to see what is
inside in/side preposition
room inside the box.
plural of parent, a My parents will not
parents par/ents plural noun
mother or father let me stay up late.
g, ar, gu, present The dog was set to
guard guard to watch or protect Germanic
d ar, d verb guard the gate.
l,a,m A baby sheep is
lamb lamb l,a,m singluar a young sheep
b called a lamb.
We will wrap the
wr,a, to cover by winding or
wrap wrap r,a,p present present with green
p folding
paper.
c,oa having a harsh or The coarse sand was
coarse coarse k,or,s
r,se rough quality hard to walk on.
The goose flew over
g,ee
geese geese g,ee,s plural more than one goose to the other geese in
,se
the flock.
As the mixture
a thick jellylike
gel gel j,e,l g,e,l singluar cooled it turned into
substance
a gel.
g,e, a cut and polished The precious gem
gem gem j,e,m singluar
m stone sparkled in the light.
 Bread made with rye
a type of grain used in
rye rye r,igh r,ye irregular tastes different to German
baking
wheat.
t, to put your hand or
t, u, Do not touch the wet
touch touch ou, present fingers on someone
ch paint.
ch or something
wr, the remains of a ship The divers enjoyed
wreck wreck r, e, k singluar
e, ck or other vehicle diving on the wreck.
k, ee, qu, i, We made the quiche
quiche quiche singluar a pie made with eggs French
sh che with lots of eggs.
There was a foul
f,
foul foul f, ou, l extremely unpleasant smell coming from
ou, l
the bathroom.

to persuade someone
l, to do something by I tried to lure the dog
lure lure l, ure present
ure offering something outside with a bone.
exciting

A new chief of police

ch, ch, a person who is in
chief chief singluar has just been
ee, f ie, f charge
appointed.
A gnat is a small
gn, a small, flying, biting
gnat gnat n, a, t singluar flying insect which German
a, t insect
bites.
gn, to bite or chew My dog loves to
gnaw gnaw n, aw present German
aw something repeatedly gnaw on bones.
kw, i, qu, i, a funny and clever He made a quip and
quip quip singluar
p p comment clever comment.
r,ai,s I raise my arm to
raise raise r,ai,z present to lift up
e answer the question.
 s,
s, aw, a thick liquid eaten I love to have sauce
sauce sauce au, singluar
s with food on my pie.
ce
b, igh, b, A curve in a coastline
bight bight singluar a curve in a coastline
t igh, t is called a bight.
th, the part of the leg The thigh muscle is
thigh thigh th, igh singluar
igh above the knee above the knee.
a fragrant cream or Dad uses a skin
b, ar, b, al,
balm balm singluar liquid used to heal thebalm after he
m m
skin shaves.
We have to stay
c, ar, c, al, not angry, upset or
calm calm calm if we hear the
m m excited
fire alarm.
to find out how heavy I use the scales to
w,
weigh weigh w, ai present someone or weigh the ingredients
eigh
something is. carefully.
Zeus is the ruler of
z,oo(l z,eu, the ruler of the gods
Zeus Zeus noun the gods in Greek
ong),s s in Greek mythology
mythology.
one of two or more
Please read down
column col/umn noun vertical sections of a
the left column.
printed page
She wants to study
zoology zo/ol/o/gy noun the study of animals
zoology and animals.

The ancient corpses

plural of corpse, a were buried
corpses cor/pses noun
dead body thousands of years
ago.
plural of city, a large London and Paris
cities cit/ies noun
town are two large cities.
 We took a shortcut
passage pas/sage noun an alley or pathway down the side
passage.
Three people,
part of a particular
including in/clud/ing preposition including myself, are
group or amount
getting an award.

I keep snacks in the

a section of
compartment com/part/ment noun bottom compartment
something larger
of my bag.

a person who
searches for valuable The prospector found
prospector pros/pec/tor noun
substances such as a gold nugget.
gold or oil
to make a hole The builder was
present
gouging goug/ing through something in gouging a hole
verb
a rough way through the wall.
a fruit with a hard rind
We used the skin of
g,ou often used for
gourd gourd g,or,d noun a dried gourd to
r,d decoration or for
make a bowl.
making objects
present to give assistance or My teacher will
support sup/port
verb comfort support my learning.
I want to advance to
to move forward in a
advance ad/vance noun the next level of the
purposeful way
game.
The toddler lost his
present an even distribution of
balance bal/ance balance as he was
verb weight
trying to walk.
 The school sports
for a planned event to day was cancelled
cancelled can/celled past verb
not take place because of the
storm.
The school sports
for a planned event to day was canceled
canceled can/celed past verb
not take place because of the
storm.
There was a large
the process of
clearance clear/ance noun boot sale after the
removing things
house clearance.
an amount of money My parents made a
budget budg/et noun you have available to weekly budget for our
spend groceries.
edible sea creatures The mussels are
mussels mus/sels noun with two black shells edible and have
that close black shells.
I don't know whether
showing a choice
whether wheth/er conjunction to go to the party or
between alternatives
not.
The pizza was cut
pieces piec/es noun a part of something into eight equal
pieces.
a strong, regular and
The dancers all had
rhythm rhy/thm noun repeated movement
great rhythm.
or sound
Our efforts to
present to destroy or kill exterminate the
exterminate ex/ter/min/ate Latin
verb completely cockroaches have
failed.
 The quarrelling
present
quarrelling quar/rel/ling arguing angrily students were sent to Latin
verb
detention.
a chance that
There is a possibility
something may or
possibility pos/si/bil/i/ty noun that it will snow on
may not happen or
the weekend.
exist
Computer failure
complete confusion
chaos cha/os noun caused chaos at the Greek
and disorder
airport.
a large group of
musicians who play
She played the violin
many different
orchestra or/ches/tra noun in the school Greek
instruments together
orchestra.
and are led by a
conductor
a group of people or He competed in the
category cat/e/go/ry noun things that are similar race in his age Latin and Greek
in some way category.
The waltz originated
originated o/rig/i/nat/ed past verb began to exist
in Vienna.
In class we have
the natural features of been studying the
geography ge/og/ra/phy noun Greek
an area geography of the
local area.
She received a
a clear bright blue
sapphire sap/phire noun sapphire ring on her Greek
gemstone
sixteenth birthday.

a military unit The squadron of

squadron squad/ron noun consisting of soldiers, bombers returned to Italian
ships or aircraft their base.
 She was suffering
fatigue fa/tigue noun extreme tiredness from the fatigue after French
the long hike.
to find new people to
We had to recruit
present take part in an event
recruit re/cruit more players for our French
verb or join a group or
team.
team
A spinning top is an
a child's toy that spins
whirligig whirl/i/gig noun example of a Middle English
rapidly
whirligig.
a person who goes
My father
with and is
volunteered to be a
chaperone chap/er/one noun responsible for a French
chaperone at the
group of young
next school dance.
people
something that is
done in order to They continue the
charade cha/rade noun pretend something is charade until it French
true when it is not wasn't fun anymore.
really true
the base frame that a The chassis of the
chassis chas/sis noun car or other vehicle is car was damaged in French
built on the accident.
I love listening to
very polite, honest
chivalry chiv/al/ry noun stories of knights and Latin
and kind behaviour
their chivalry.
a phrase that has
Time flies when you
been used so often
cliché cliche noun are having fun is an French
that it is no longer
example of a cliché.
original
 machines of a
The farm machinery
machinery ma/chin/er/y noun particular kind or
is kept in the barn.
machines in general

in history a person of
The land was farmed
a low social class of
peasants peas/ants noun by peasants for Latin
farm workers and
hundreds of years.
owners of small farms

the outside edge of an Soldiers guarded the

perimeter per/rim/e/ter noun area, surface or flat perimeter of the Greek
shape camp.
to cause someone to
I am trying to
do something or
present persuade my parents
persuade per/suade believe something by Latin
verb to increase my
asking, arguing or
pocket money.
giving reasons

a device used to
Mum used a
measure temperature
thermometer ther/mo/me/ter noun thermometer to see if French
of a person's body or
I had a fever.
the air

a small wig that is

The actor was
worn by a man to
toupee tou/pee noun wearing a black French
cover a bald spot on
toupee on his head.
his head

the way some animals

are coloured or A stick insects colour
camouflage cam/ou/flage noun shaped so they can and shape helps it to French
not be seen in their hide in a tree.
natural surroundings
 a large, expensive car The bride and groom
limousine lim/ou/sine noun often driven by a paid hired a limousine for French
driver their wedding day.

a stone object in the

shape of the head of A row of gargoyles
gargoyle gar/goyle noun an ugly creature, perch on the roof in Old Fren
usually seen on the front of the church.
roofs of old buildings