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Spell Bee Word: Secret


What does secret mean?

Word: Secret

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Secret means something you know but do not tell others, or tell to only a few people.

How do you spell secret?

Syllables: se - cret

Tricky part: You hear a long ee straight after the s, but secret has only one e there.

Watch out for: seecret, seacret, sicret

Memory tip: The first part sounds like see, but a secret keeps things small: just one e after the s.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. an open secret: Something meant to be hidden that everybody already knows. Example: "Dadi's surprise party was an open secret in our building."

Secret in a sentence

Example 1: Can you keep a secret?

Example 2: Tara whispered the secret in my ear.

Example 3: "The secret is in the spices," said Mama about her dal.

Fun Fact

The word comes from Latin secretus, which meant set apart or kept separate.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) basket
b) garden
c) pocket
d) secrit

Show answer

d) secrit. Secret ends in et, the same ending as pocket and basket.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

secret

a) lesson
b) prize
c) mystery
d) gift

Show answer

c) mystery. A mystery is something hidden that others do not know, so it is the closest word.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sec_et

a) r
b) l
c) k
d) t

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a) r. The r sound comes just before the last e.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dadu hid a sekret note in my lunchbox.

a) lunchbox
b) Dadu
c) sekret
d) hid

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c) sekret. The k sound in secret is spelt with a c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grandma's secret recipe is one that ____.

a) is printed in a book
b) is shown on TV
c) everyone cooks
d) only she knows

Show answer

d) only she knows

2. A secret door in a castle is one that is ____.

a) painted red
b) always open
c) made of glass
d) hard to find

Show answer

d) hard to find

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with se: seventeen, seagull, seal, seven

More words from this list

teeth, account, black, cliff, eighteen, golden, liquid, pilot

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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