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Spell Bee Word: Cyan


What does cyan mean?

Word: Cyan

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cyan means a bright greenish-blue colour.

Word origin: Cyan comes from the Greek word kyanos, which means dark blue.

How do you spell cyan?

Syllables: cy - an

Tricky part: Cyan starts with cy, even though it begins with an s sound. Children often write s or i at the start.

Watch out for: syan, cian

Memory tip: Cy is in cycle too. Picture a cyan cycle: both start with cy.

Cyan in a sentence

Example 1: The water in the swimming pool looked cyan.

Example 2: Her kite was cyan with a silver tail.

Example 3: Rohan painted the sky cyan in his picture.

Fun Fact

Most colour printers use four inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cyen
b) cyin
c) cyon
d) cyan

Show answer

d) cyan. Cyan has an a after the y.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ancy

a) cyan
b) ycan
c) cnay
d) cnya

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a) cyan. The y comes second, right after the c, just as in cycle.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cyann

a) c
b) y
c) a
d) n

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d) n. Cyan ends with a single n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be cyan in colour?

a) a peacock feather
b) a lump of coal
c) a ripe tomato
d) a glass of milk

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a) a peacock feather

2. Which word starts with the same sound as cyan?

a) kite
b) sigh
c) sky
d) shy

Show answer

b) sigh

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with c: chair, cage, climb, circus, continue, cotton

More words from this list

five, hotel, napkin, rain, sniff, turkey, athlete, bunch

Next steps

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