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Spell Bee Word: Scarlet


What does scarlet mean?

Word: Scarlet

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Scarlet means very bright red in colour.

How do you spell scarlet?

Syllables: scar - let

Tricky part: The end is said so softly that its vowel is hard to hear, but it is let. Children write scarlit or scarlot.

Watch out for: scarlit, scarlot

Memory tip: Say 'let me wear my scarlet dress'. The small word let closes the colour word too.

Scarlet in a sentence

Example 1: Asha wore a scarlet dress to the party.

Example 2: The sun went down in a scarlet sky.

Example 3: Gulmohar trees are covered in scarlet flowers in May.

Fun Fact

Long ago, scarlet was the name of a rich cloth. Only later did it come to mean the colour.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) orange
b) scarlet
c) purple
d) yelow

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d) yelow. Yellow has a double letter in the middle.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sc_rlet

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

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c) a. The first beat has the same vowel sound as car.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meena tied a skarlet ribbon in her hair.

a) tied
b) hair
c) skarlet
d) ribbon

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c) skarlet. The hard sound after the s comes from the same letter as in scooter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is most likely to be scarlet?

a) a ripe tomato
b) a blue whale
c) a fresh lime
d) a lump of coal

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a) a ripe tomato

2. Riya's kite is scarlet. What can you say about its colour?

a) It is pale and hard to see.
b) It looks just like the grass.
c) It stands out from far away.
d) It is dark like the night sky.

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c) It stands out from far away.

Associated Words

Words that end in -let: violet, bracelet, leaflet, wallet

More words from this list

tailor, yell, begin, child, draw, gentle, lark, parrot

Next steps

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