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Spell Bee Word: Sailor


What does sailor mean?

Word: Sailor

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sailor means a person who works on a ship or sails a boat.

How do you spell sailor?

Syllables: sail - or

Tricky part: The end is or, not er or ar, the same as in doctor and actor.

Watch out for: sailour, sailur

Memory tip: Sailors work on boats or on ships: let the little word or finish sailor.

Sailor in a sentence

Example 1: The sailor tied the rope to the pole.

Example 2: My uncle is a sailor in the Indian Navy.

Example 3: Long ago, a sailor looked at the stars to find his way.

Fun Fact

Sailors measure the speed of a ship in knots. One knot is a little less than 2 kilometres an hour.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) saylor
b) sealor
c) salor
d) sailor

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d) sailor. The vowels after the s are a and then i, as in rain.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The old saillor told us about the big waves.

a) old
b) saillor
c) waves
d) told

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b) saillor. Sailor has a single l in the middle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

loiars

a) sialor
b) salior
c) sailor
d) slaior

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c) sailor. Find a word for someone who works on a ship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sailors use a ____ to find which way is north.

a) ladder
b) compass
c) net
d) bucket

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b) compass

2. Which of these people also works out on the sea?

a) a fisherman
b) a miner
c) a farmer
d) a baker

Show answer

a) a fisherman

Associated Words

snailangrylunchdecemberrabbit
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More words from this list

suit, wish, beach, cheap, doll, full, king, owner

Next steps

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