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Spelling crossword

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Spelling123456789101112131415

Across

  • 1 Ending such as -ness or -ly
  • 2 Describes the K in knee or the B in lamb
  • 4 Word made by shuffling another's letters
  • 5 The full set of letters from A to Z
  • 8 Contest where children spell words aloud
  • 9 Any letter that isn't one of the five main sounds
  • 10 Book you check when unsure how a word is written
  • 13 Sounds the same but written differently, like pair and pear
  • 15 I before E, except after C, for example

Down

  • 1 A single beat of sound in a word
  • 3 Handy tool for fixing a misspelled word
  • 6 Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  • 7 Single character of writing
  • 11 Bit added at the start, like un- or re-
  • 12 A, E, I, O or U
  • 14 More than one, often made with an added S

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Spelling1SUFFIXY2SILENT3ELR4ANAGRAMBS5ALPH6ABET7LEPR8BEEOT9CONSONANTTERR10DICTIONARY11PP12VR13HOMO14PHONEELWF15RULEIRLXAL
  1. 1 across: SUFFIX. Ending such as -ness or -ly
  2. 1 down: SYLLABLE. A single beat of sound in a word
  3. 2 across: SILENT. Describes the K in knee or the B in lamb
  4. 3 down: ERASER. Handy tool for fixing a misspelled word
  5. 4 across: ANAGRAM. Word made by shuffling another's letters
  6. 5 across: ALPHABET. The full set of letters from A to Z
  7. 6 down: APOSTROPHE. Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  8. 7 down: LETTER. Single character of writing
  9. 8 across: BEE. Contest where children spell words aloud
  10. 9 across: CONSONANT. Any letter that isn't one of the five main sounds
  11. 10 across: DICTIONARY. Book you check when unsure how a word is written
  12. 11 down: PREFIX. Bit added at the start, like un- or re-
  13. 12 down: VOWEL. A, E, I, O or U
  14. 13 across: HOMOPHONE. Sounds the same but written differently, like pair and pear
  15. 14 down: PLURAL. More than one, often made with an added S
  16. 15 across: RULE. I before E, except after C, for example
Spelling12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 1 A, E, I, O or U
  • 3 Word made by shuffling another's letters
  • 5 Any letter that isn't one of the five main sounds
  • 8 Describes the K in knee or the B in lamb
  • 10 I before E, except after C, for example
  • 11 Book you check when unsure how a word is written
  • 13 Sounds the same but written differently, like pair and pear
  • 15 A single beat of sound in a word
  • 16 Ending such as -ness or -ly

Down

  • 2 Handy tool for fixing a misspelled word
  • 4 The full set of letters from A to Z
  • 6 Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  • 7 Single character of writing
  • 9 Contest where children spell words aloud
  • 12 More than one, often made with an added S
  • 14 Bit added at the start, like un- or re-

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Spelling1VOW2ELR3ANAGR4AMSLEPRHABE5CONSON6ANT7LPEOT8SILENT9BTEER10RULE11DICTIONARYP12P13HOMO14PHONE15SYLLABLERUER16SUFFIXAILX
  1. 1 across: VOWEL. A, E, I, O or U
  2. 2 down: ERASER. Handy tool for fixing a misspelled word
  3. 3 across: ANAGRAM. Word made by shuffling another's letters
  4. 4 down: ALPHABET. The full set of letters from A to Z
  5. 5 across: CONSONANT. Any letter that isn't one of the five main sounds
  6. 6 down: APOSTROPHE. Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  7. 7 down: LETTER. Single character of writing
  8. 8 across: SILENT. Describes the K in knee or the B in lamb
  9. 9 down: BEE. Contest where children spell words aloud
  10. 10 across: RULE. I before E, except after C, for example
  11. 11 across: DICTIONARY. Book you check when unsure how a word is written
  12. 12 down: PLURAL. More than one, often made with an added S
  13. 13 across: HOMOPHONE. Sounds the same but written differently, like pair and pear
  14. 14 down: PREFIX. Bit added at the start, like un- or re-
  15. 15 across: SYLLABLE. A single beat of sound in a word
  16. 16 across: SUFFIX. Ending such as -ness or -ly
Spelling1234567891011121314

Across

  • 3 Handy tool for fixing a misspelled word
  • 5 Bit added at the start, like un- or re-
  • 7 Single character of writing
  • 8 A single beat of sound in a word
  • 10 Book you check when unsure how a word is written
  • 12 Describes the K in knee or the B in lamb
  • 13 Sounds the same but written differently, like pair and pear
  • 14 The full set of letters from A to Z

Down

  • 1 A, E, I, O or U
  • 2 I before E, except after C, for example
  • 4 Ending such as -ness or -ly
  • 5 More than one, often made with an added S
  • 6 Contest where children spell words aloud
  • 9 Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  • 11 Any letter that isn't one of the five main sounds

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Spelling1V2ROUWL3ERA4SERLUFF5PREFIX6BLXEU7LETTERA8SYLL9ABLEP10DI11CTIONARYOS12SILENTTSR13HOMOPHONENP14ALPHABETNET
  1. 1 down: VOWEL. A, E, I, O or U
  2. 2 down: RULE. I before E, except after C, for example
  3. 3 across: ERASER. Handy tool for fixing a misspelled word
  4. 4 down: SUFFIX. Ending such as -ness or -ly
  5. 5 across: PREFIX. Bit added at the start, like un- or re-
  6. 5 down: PLURAL. More than one, often made with an added S
  7. 6 down: BEE. Contest where children spell words aloud
  8. 7 across: LETTER. Single character of writing
  9. 8 across: SYLLABLE. A single beat of sound in a word
  10. 9 down: APOSTROPHE. Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  11. 10 across: DICTIONARY. Book you check when unsure how a word is written
  12. 11 down: CONSONANT. Any letter that isn't one of the five main sounds
  13. 12 across: SILENT. Describes the K in knee or the B in lamb
  14. 13 across: HOMOPHONE. Sounds the same but written differently, like pair and pear
  15. 14 across: ALPHABET. The full set of letters from A to Z

About Spelling

English spelling records its own history: silent letters mark sounds speakers stopped pronouncing centuries ago, and words borrowed from French, Latin, and Greek kept their original patterns instead of bending to one system. That is why rules come with exceptions, and why a dictionary settles arguments that logic cannot. This crossword works through the vocabulary spellers use to talk about words themselves, from vowels and syllables to prefixes, suffixes, homophones, and the apostrophe that trips up so many writers.

A language arts teacher building a review sheet before a spelling test, or a student preparing for a classroom bee.

What is in this crossword

A 14 by 20 crossword with 9 across and 7 down, on the subject of Spelling.

Grid
14 x 20
Across
9
Down
7
Longest answer
APOSTROPHE (10 letters)

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