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Spell Bee Word: Biscuit


What does biscuit mean?

Word: Biscuit

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Biscuit means a small, flat, crisp snack that is baked. It can be sweet or salty.

How do you spell biscuit?

Syllables: bis - cuit

Tricky part: We say bis-kit, but the end is spelt with a u and an i, side by side.

Watch out for: biscit, biscuet

Memory tip: You and I share a biscuit: the u and the i sit side by side in cuit.

Biscuit in a sentence

Example 1: Dadi gave me a biscuit with my milk.

Example 2: The dog wagged its tail for a biscuit.

Example 3: We dip our biscuits in hot tea.

Fun Fact

Biscuit comes from French words that mean twice cooked; long ago biscuits were baked twice so they stayed hard and dry.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) bizcuit
b) biscuit
c) bisscuit
d) biscuitt

Show answer

b) biscuit. Biscuit has one s, and that sound is never spelt z here.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ctubsii

a) bicsuit
b) bsicuit
c) buiscit
d) biscuit

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d) biscuit. Find the u and the i and keep them side by side near the end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Raju shared a biskuit with his sister.

a) shared
b) biskuit
c) his
d) sister

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b) biskuit. The k sound in the middle of biscuit is spelt with a c.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

biscui_

a) k
b) p
c) t
d) d

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c) t. Biscuit ends with a t, as in kit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the USA, a biscuit is usually called a ____.

a) muffin
b) bun
c) cookie
d) pancake

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c) cookie

2. Grandma bakes an Indian biscuit with ghee and flour. What is it called?

a) samosa
b) pakora
c) nankhatai
d) idli

Show answer

c) nankhatai

Associated Words

Words that end in -uit: suit, jumpsuit, fruit

More words from this list

clean, dull, glide, letter, pencil, scoop, target, zebra

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