What does spotless mean?
Word: Spotless
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Spotless means completely clean, with no marks at all.
Synonyms: clean, spick and span
Antonyms: dirty, grubby
How do you spell spotless?
Syllables: spot - less
Tricky part: The end needs two s's. Children often stop after one and write spotles.
Watch out for: spotles, spotlis
Memory tip: Hiss like a snake at the end: one s is not enough for that long sss sound.
Spotless in a sentence
Example 1: After the big weekend clean, every window in our flat was spotless.
Example 2: The school kitchen floor is kept spotless all day long.
Example 3: Kiran's white uniform was still spotless at the end of sports day.
Fun Fact
Spotless can describe more than cleaning: a spotless record is one in which nobody has ever found a fault.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
____less
a) spoat
b) spote
c) spot
d) sput
Show answer
c) spot. The first part is the everyday word for a small mark.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
lopstess
a) full of tiny holes
b) shining with bright colours
c) without a speck of dirt anywhere
d) covered in round marks
Show answer
c) without a speck of dirt anywhere. Once sorted, lopstess reads spotless, so not a speck of dirt.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) useful
b) spottless
c) endless
d) careful
Show answer
b) spottless. Spot has a single t, and so does the longer word.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
After Dadi's hour of scrubbing, the steel plates were ___ and shining.
a) dusty
b) spotted
c) spotty
d) spotless
Show answer
d) spotless. Shining after scrubbing means there is no mark at all.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If Aman's room is spotless, what will his mother most likely say?
a) Well done, it looks lovely
b) Pick up your toys at once
c) Why is there mud on the floor?
d) Please tidy up this mess
Show answer
a) Well done, it looks lovely
2. A hotel room is spotless. What did the cleaner most likely do?
a) spilled tea on the carpet
b) wiped and dusted every surface
c) forgot to empty the bin
d) left the bed unmade
Show answer
b) wiped and dusted every surface
