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Spell Bee Word: Scientist


What does scientist mean?

Word: Scientist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Scientist means a person who studies the world around us by watching things closely and doing experiments.

How do you spell scientist?

Syllables: sci - en - tist

Tricky part: It starts with sci, and the c makes no sound. Children often leave it out.

Watch out for: sientist, syentist

Memory tip: The c after the s is like a sleeping cat in the word: you do not hear it, but it is there.

Scientist in a sentence

Example 1: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam was a great Indian scientist.

Example 2: The scientist looked closely at a leaf.

Example 3: I want to be a scientist when I grow up.

Fun Fact

The word scientist was made up in the 1830s by William Whewell, an English scholar. Before that, people used other names, such as natural philosopher.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) scientiste
b) scientst
c) scientest
d) scientist

Show answer

d) scientist. It ends like artist and dentist.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sci_ntist

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

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d) e. The vowel after sci is the e of science.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tisitensc

a) scietnist
b) scientist
c) scientsit
d) scinetist

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b) scientist. Scientsit muddles the end, while scietnist and scinetist muddle the middle.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

scienntist

a) s
b) c
c) t
d) n

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d) n. Just one n sits in the middle of this word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these people was a famous Indian scientist?

a) Virat Kohli
b) Lata Mangeshkar
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) C V Raman

Show answer

d) C V Raman

2. A scientist may look at tiny things through a ____.

a) pillow
b) microscope
c) spoon
d) kite

Show answer

b) microscope

Associated Words

Words that end in -ist: mist, moist, biologist, consist, twist, wrist

More words from this list

string, wise, bench, compare, eyelash, hardware, lesson, park

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