Spell Bee Word: Pixel

What does pixel mean?

Word: Pixel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pixel means one of the tiny areas of colour that together make up a picture on a screen.

How do you spell pixel?

Syllables: pix - el

Tricky part: The middle sounds like k and s together, so pupils write piksel. One letter, x, makes that whole sound.

Watch out for: piksel, picsel

Memory tip: One letter does a two-letter job here: x says ks all by itself, so there is nothing to add to it.

Pixel in a sentence

Example 1: Zoom in far enough and you can see every single pixel.

Example 2: The old game was drawn with big, chunky pixels.

Example 3: This camera captures more pixels than my last one, so the photos look sharper.

Fun Fact

A 4K television screen holds more than eight million pixels, packed so closely that you cannot see them from the sofa.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

p_x_l

a) i, a
b) y, e
c) i, e
d) e, e

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

pixell

a) l
b) x
c) e
d) i

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

xlpie

a) pixel
b) helix
c) pickle
d) pixie

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) keybord
b) pixel
c) moniter
d) softwere

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you zoom a long way into a digital photo, the pixels look like ____.

a) a set of smooth curves
b) a row of long stripes
c) a grid of tiny squares
d) a page of clear letters

2. Where would you be least likely to find pixels?

a) in a paper storybook
b) on a tablet screen
c) in a digital camera
d) on a smart television