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Spell Bee Word: Genius


What does genius mean?

Word: Genius

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Genius means a person who is extremely clever or talented, or a very great natural ability.

Synonyms: prodigy, mastermind

How do you spell genius?

Syllables: ge - ni - us

Tricky part: The ending is ius, which sounds like ee-us, so the vowels at the end are easy to muddle.

Watch out for: geneus, genuis, genious

Memory tip: The end of genius is i + us. A real genius shares ideas, so it ends with both I and us.

Genius in a sentence

Example 1: Our robotics club thinks Tara is a genius with circuits.

Example 2: It would take a genius to solve that puzzle in one minute.

Example 3: She has a genius for making people laugh.

Fun Fact

Srinivasa Ramanujan, the largely self-taught mathematician from Tamil Nadu, is often called a genius; India marks National Mathematics Day on his birthday, 22 December.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) talented
b) brilliant
c) intelligent
d) jenius

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d) jenius. Genius starts with a g, even though it sounds like j.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

gennius

a) e
b) g
c) n
d) i

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c) n. Only one n comes after the e at the start.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

siuneg

a) using
b) genuine
c) engines
d) genius

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d) genius. Six letters, one each of g, e, n, i, u and s, make genius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If someone has a genius for cooking, they ____.

a) have never tried it
b) do it only on Sundays
c) dislike doing it
d) are extremely good at it

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d) are extremely good at it

2. Albert Einstein is often called a genius because he ____.

a) explained new ideas about light and time
b) invented the first electric light bulb
c) was the first to climb Everest
d) painted the famous Mona Lisa

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a) explained new ideas about light and time

Associated Words

jocularrediscovermirthpreviouslyconcern
cobaltoverwhelminglycautiouslyresistorluminous

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