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Spell Bee Word: Chilli


What does chilli mean?

Word: Chilli

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Chilli means a small red or green pod that tastes very hot and spicy. It is used in cooking.

Sounds like: chilly (a little cold, as in a chilly morning)

How do you spell chilli?

Syllables: chil - li

Tricky part: Chilli ends in a plain i. Chilly, with a y at the end, means a little cold.

Watch out for: chillee, chillie

Memory tip: A chilli is hot, but chilly means cold. Chilly ends in y like windy and rainy; the hot chilli ends in i.

Chilli in a sentence

Example 1: Mumma adds a green chilli to the dal.

Example 2: This chilli is too hot for me.

Example 3: Dadi dries red chillies in the sun.

Fun Fact

The heat in a chilli comes from a substance called capsaicin, found mostly in the pale parts that hold the seeds.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garlic
b) onion
c) chelli
d) tomato

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c) chelli. The vowel after ch in chilli is i, as in chin.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lihilc

a) cihlli
b) hcilli
c) chlili
d) chilli

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d) chilli. Ch comes first, and the i that ends a hot chilli comes last.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

chi_li

a) r
b) l
c) n
d) t

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b) l. Chilli needs two l's in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you bite a very hot chilli, what might you want quickly?

a) a glass of water
b) a cup of hot tea
c) a pinch of pepper
d) a spoon of salt

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a) a glass of water

2. Mumma grinds green chillies with coriander to make ____.

a) a kheer
b) a jalebi
c) a custard
d) a chutney

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d) a chutney

Associated Words

Words that start with chi: chief, chimpanzee, chirp, chicken, childish

More words from this list

dream, gentleman, laugh, party, Saturday, switch, yak, beetroot

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