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Spell Bee Word: Stylus

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What does stylus mean?

Word: Stylus

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Stylus means a pen-shaped tool used to write or draw on a touchscreen. Long ago it was a pointed stick for writing on wax.

How do you spell stylus?

Syllables: sty - lus

Tricky part: The vowel after st is a y, as in style, not an i. The ending is a short us, not ous.

Watch out for: stylous, stylis, styluss

Memory tip: A stylus lets you write in your own style, and the two words share the y that comes straight after st.

Stylus in a sentence

Example 1: Oscar uses a stylus to sketch cartoons on his tablet.

Example 2: The bank asked me to sign on a small screen with a plastic stylus.

Example 3: In the museum we saw a bronze stylus that Roman children wrote with.

Fun Fact

The Latin word was stilus, with an i. The y crept in later because people wrongly linked it with the Greek stylos, meaning pillar.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) gymnaseum
b) rythm
c) stylus
d) pyjammas

Show answer

c) stylus. Rhythm has lost an h, gymnasium has an e for its i and pyjamas has gained an m; stylus is untouched.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ylsust

a) stylus
b) stylist
c) status
d) styles

Show answer

a) stylus. Spot the y and the u with a single t: styles has no u, stylist has two t's and status has no y.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

styllus

a) y
b) s
c) u
d) l

Show answer

d) l. Stylus has one l, just like style.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A stylus is most useful with ____.

a) a desk stapler
b) a drawing tablet
c) a ceiling fan
d) a pencil sharpener

Show answer

b) a drawing tablet

2. On an old record player, the stylus is the ____.

a) knob that sets the speed
b) handle that winds the spring
c) lid that keeps out the dust
d) needle that runs in the groove

Show answer

d) needle that runs in the groove

Associated Words

More Class 6 Summer Spell Bee words starting with st: stratosphere, stalagmite, statistician, straggle

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weak, aperture, chromosome, deplete, exploit, hygienist, monetary, pretzel

Next steps

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