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Spell Bee Word: Dusk


What does dusk mean?

Word: Dusk

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dusk means the time in the evening just after the sun goes down, when it is getting dark.

Synonyms: twilight, nightfall

How do you spell dusk?

Syllables: dusk

Tricky part: Short as it is, dusk often gets an extra c (dusck), but it ends in a plain sk.

Watch out for: dusck, dusc, dussk

Memory tip: Dusk ends with sk, just like desk, task and mask, and no c creeps in before the k.

Dusk in a sentence

Example 1: The birds fly back to their nests at dusk.

Example 2: We came home from the park at dusk.

Example 3: Street lights switch on at dusk.

Fun Fact

Animals that are most active at dawn and dusk, such as many deer and rabbits, are called crepuscular animals.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

dusk

a) sunset
b) dawn
c) evening
d) night

Show answer

b) dawn. Dawn is early morning light; dusk is evening dimness.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) evning
b) twilite
c) horison
d) dusk

Show answer

d) dusk. Dusk is spelt right; twilite, evning and horison each slip on one part of the word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

At dosk the cows walked slowly back home along the village road.

a) village
b) slowly
c) cows
d) dosk

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d) dosk. Dusk has a u, like dust.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At dusk you are likely to see ____.

a) children leaving for school
b) bats flying out to feed
c) morning dew on the grass
d) the sun rising in the east

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b) bats flying out to feed

2. Which list is in order from earliest to latest in one day?

a) sunrise, noon, dusk
b) sunrise, dusk, noon
c) noon, sunrise, dusk
d) dusk, sunrise, noon

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a) sunrise, noon, dusk

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: twilight, nightfall

More words from this list

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