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Spell Bee Word: Boar


What does boar mean?

Word: Boar

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Boar means a wild pig with thick hair and tusks. The word also means a male pig on a farm.

Sounds like: bore (to make someone lose interest by being dull)

How do you spell boar?

Syllables: boar

Tricky part: Boar sounds just like bore, so the sound alone will not give you the letters. Here, o and a sit together, as they do in boat.

Watch out for: bor, bour

Memory tip: Picture a boar trying to roar like a lion. The two words are spelt alike, all but the opening letter.

Boar in a sentence

Example 1: A herd of wild boar crossed the forest road at Bandipur.

Example 2: The farmer's big boar sleeps in the shade all afternoon.

Example 3: Wild boars roll in mud to stay cool on hot days.

Fun Fact

Almost all the pigs on farms today are descended from the wild boar.

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Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

boar

a) doe
b) sow
c) hen
d) boaress

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b) sow. A sow is a female pig, while a doe is a female deer and a hen a female bird.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our guide pointed at a boare resting under a tall sal tree.

a) tree
b) boare
c) guide
d) resting

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b) boare. Nothing follows the r in this word.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

roba

a) barn
b) robe
c) bear
d) boar

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d) boar. The only vowels here are o and a, and just one option has exactly those two.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tigeress
b) gandar
c) boar
d) bullok

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c) boar. Gander ends in er, bullock ends in ck, and tigress drops the e of tiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which body part helps a boar to dig for food?

a) its tail
b) its mane
c) its ears
d) its snout

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d) its snout

2. What is a young boar usually called?

a) a piglet
b) a foal
c) a calf
d) a cub

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a) a piglet

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with b: browser, bookcase, baffle, barnacle, baton, bridegroom

More words from this list

debate, equal, hermit, marine, pointless, routine, teaspoon, workshop

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