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Spell Bee Word: Cute


What does cute mean?

Word: Cute

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Cute means sweet and charming in a way that makes you smile.

Synonyms: sweet

Antonyms: ugly

How do you spell cute?

Syllables: cute

Tricky part: The e at the end is silent. It makes the u say its own name, you.

Watch out for: cuet, kyoot

Memory tip: The silent e at the end works like a magic wand: it makes the u say its own name.

Cute in a sentence

Example 1: The kitten has a cute pink nose.

Example 2: My baby cousin is so cute in her frock.

Example 3: That teddy bear is so cute.

Fun Fact

Cute began as a short form of acute, which once meant sharp or clever. Only later did it come to mean sweet.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

cute

a) sleepy
b) scary
c) lovely
d) tall

Show answer

c) lovely. Lovely means nearly the same as cute.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) gentle
b) pretty
c) little
d) kute

Show answer

d) kute. Cute begins with c, like cut.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cutte

a) t
b) c
c) u
d) e

Show answer

a) t. Take away one t: cutte is not a word, but cute is.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

euct

a) tcue
b) ucte
c) ctue
d) cute

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d) cute. Put the c first and let the silent e finish the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would most people call cute?

a) a hissing snake
b) a baby panda
c) a big angry bull
d) a buzzing wasp

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b) a baby panda

2. The word cute describes how something ____.

a) smells
b) costs
c) looks
d) tastes

Show answer

c) looks

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: sweet, ugly

More words from this list

fish, horse, nail, rabbit, snail, Tuesday, artist, bull

Next steps

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