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Spell Bee Word: Squid


What does squid mean?

Word: Squid

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Squid means a sea animal with a long, soft body, eight arms and two longer tentacles. It can squirt ink to escape from enemies.

How do you spell squid?

Syllables: squid

Tricky part: Squ is the start, as in squirrel and square; the q never comes without u.

Watch out for: squed, skwid, sqid

Memory tip: Squid starts with the same squ as squirt, which is just what a squid does with its ink.

Squid in a sentence

Example 1: The squid squirted a cloud of black ink and swam away.

Example 2: We saw a tiny squid in the aquarium in Sydney.

Example 3: Fishermen sometimes catch squid at night using bright lamps.

Fun Fact

The giant squid has eyes about the size of a dinner plate, among the biggest of any animal.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

squied

a) d
b) e
c) u
d) i

Show answer

b) e. After qu there is only an i, as in kid; no e follows it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) squid
b) lobstar
c) dolfin
d) jelyfish

Show answer

a) squid. Lobster ends in -er, jellyfish has a double l and dolphin has ph; squid is spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A squid can change the colour of its skin very quikly.

a) skin
b) squid
c) quikly
d) colour

Show answer

c) quikly. Quickly has ck before the ly; squid here is spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sea animal is a close relative of the squid?

a) a starfish
b) a crab
c) a turtle
d) an octopus

Show answer

d) an octopus

2. A squid does NOT have ____.

a) eight arms
b) large eyes
c) a hard outer shell
d) two long tentacles

Show answer

c) a hard outer shell

Associated Words

Words that start with squ: squabble, squat, squeeze, square, squawk, squeaky

More words from this list

usual, arise, complaint, distribute, genetics, jeweller, nylon, receipt

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