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Spell Bee Word: Lettuce


What does lettuce mean?

Word: Lettuce

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lettuce means a leafy green vegetable, usually eaten raw in salads and sandwiches.

How do you spell lettuce?

Syllables: let - tuce

Tricky part: There are two t's in the middle. The word is said 'let-iss', so the second half looks nothing like it sounds.

Watch out for: letuce, letus

Memory tip: The two tall t's in the middle are like stalks holding up the leafy lettuce.

Lettuce in a sentence

Example 1: Mum put crisp lettuce in my sandwich.

Example 2: The rabbit in the story nibbled the farmer's lettuce.

Example 3: Wash lettuce leaves well before you eat them raw.

Fun Fact

Lettuce is about 95 per cent water, which is why it feels so crunchy and cool.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cabbage
b) lettuse
c) spinach
d) cucumber

Show answer

b) lettuse. Cabbage, cucumber and spinach are spelt right; the hissing sound in lettuce is written with a c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cuttele

a) lettcue
b) letteuc
c) lettuec
d) lettuce

Show answer

d) lettuce. Put the two t's together near the front, then fit the rest after them.

Word Cookie

Fill in the two missing letters to complete the word:

lett_c_

a) i, e
b) u, e
c) u, a
d) o, e

Show answer

b) u, e. A u follows the double t, and a silent e closes the word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Mum washed the lettuce leaves for the salad and dried them on a towle.

a) towle
b) lettuce
c) salad
d) washed

Show answer

a) towle. Towel ends in el; lettuce is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shoppers choose lettuce with leaves that are ____.

a) soft and slimy
b) yellow and limp
c) brown and dry
d) crisp and green

Show answer

d) crisp and green

2. Which part of the lettuce plant do we usually eat?

a) the seeds
b) the roots
c) the flowers
d) the leaves

Show answer

d) the leaves

Associated Words

Words that end in -uce: reduce, introduce, sauce

More words from this list

paintbrush, ruler, tearful, alike, brownie, contentment, entirely, gutter

Next steps

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