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Spell Bee Word: Hair


What does hair mean?

Word: Hair

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hair means the thin threads that grow on your head and body. Animals have hair too, often called fur.

Sounds like: hare (a fast animal like a big rabbit)

How do you spell hair?

Syllables: hair

Tricky part: Hair sounds exactly like hare, the fast animal like a big rabbit, but the two words are spelt differently.

Watch out for: heair, haeir

Memory tip: Your hair is on your head; a hare is the animal that hops. Same sound, different letters.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. let your hair down: To relax and have fun. Example: "After the exams, the whole class let their hair down at the picnic."

Hair in a sentence

Example 1: Ma oils my hair every Sunday.

Example 2: Ishaan has curly black hair.

Example 3: I found a cat hair on my sweater.

Fun Fact

Each hair grows from a tiny pocket in the skin called a follicle.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) shampoo
b) ribbon
c) pillow
d) haire

Show answer

d) haire. Hair has no e at the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

irah

a) hair
b) ahri
c) hria
d) ihar

Show answer

a) hair. Start with h; only one order of the other three letters makes a word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

I brush my hiar before school.

a) before
b) school
c) brush
d) hiar

Show answer

d) hiar. Hiar is not a word; the strands on your head are hair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you use to tidy your hair?

a) a spoon
b) a comb
c) a cup
d) a ruler

Show answer

b) a comb

2. A person who cuts hair is a ____.

a) butcher
b) tailor
c) baker
d) barber

Show answer

d) barber

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ha: hanger, hand, hardly, happen

More words from this list

marry, pond, shirt, tiger, air, bottom, cone, falcon

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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