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Spell Bee Word: Outdoors


What does outdoors mean?

Word: Outdoors

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Outdoors means in the open air, not in a building. As a noun, the outdoors means the open air and the countryside.

How do you spell outdoors?

Syllables: out - doors

Tricky part: The final s is the trap. We eat outdoors needs the s, but the form that sits before a noun, as in outdoor games, has none.

Watch out for: outdors, outdoorz

Memory tip: Hear the buzz at the end? Bees buzz too, and bees ends in a plain s, just like this word.

Outdoors in a sentence

Example 1: We had our lunch outdoors under the neem tree.

Example 2: Our sports teacher takes us outdoors once the rain stops.

Example 3: My little brother loves being outdoors with his football.

Fun Fact

Rabindranath Tagore's school at Santiniketan in West Bengal is known for holding many of its classes outdoors, under the trees.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) owtdoors
b) outdores
c) outdoors
d) autdoors

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c) outdoors. The first part is spelt as in about, and the second has the oo of floor.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

outdoors

a) indoors
b) uphill
c) nearby
d) abroad

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a) indoors. One word means in the open air and the other means inside a building.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

outtdoors

a) t
b) o
c) s
d) d

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a) t. Only one t belongs in this word.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ostroduo

a) outdoors
b) otudoors
c) outdoros
d) outdroos

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a) outdoors. Only this order gives a word that tells you where a picnic happens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which kind of day would most children like to play outdoors?

a) a bright, sunny day
b) a day of thick fog
c) a day of heavy rain
d) a day of strong wind

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a) a bright, sunny day

2. Which of these is done outdoors?

a) doing the dishes
b) sleeping in bed
c) brushing your teeth
d) flying a kite

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d) flying a kite

Associated Words

Words that start with out: outfit, outstanding, outside

More words from this list

royal, sweep, agile, bravery, consist, embassy, greengrocer, know

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