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Spell Bee Word: Toothless


What does toothless mean?

Word: Toothless

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Toothless means having no teeth, like a newborn baby or a very old person.

How do you spell toothless?

Syllables: tooth - less

Tricky part: The h of tooth is easy to lose when the word is said fast, giving tootless.

Watch out for: tootless, toohtless

Memory tip: Tooth ends in th, just like mouth, so keep that th in place before the ending goes on.

Toothless in a sentence

Example 1: My baby brother gave a big toothless smile.

Example 2: The old lion was toothless and could not hunt.

Example 3: Our old dog is almost toothless now, so we give him soft food.

Fun Fact

Babies are usually born toothless, and their first teeth often appear at about six months old.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

tooth

a) lass
b) les
c) less
d) lees

Show answer

c) less. The ending is spelt with two s's, as in careless and helpless.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) toothless
b) smileing
c) brush
d) dentist

Show answer

b) smileing. Smiling drops the e of smile before ing; toothless, dentist and brush are spelt correctly.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The puppet in the show had a funny tuthless grin.

a) funny
b) tuthless
c) puppet
d) grin

Show answer

b) tuthless. Tooth is spelt with oo, not u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A toothless dog would find it hardest to eat ____.

a) mashed dal
b) warm milk
c) soft rice
d) a hard bone

Show answer

d) a hard bone

2. Which of these animals is toothless?

a) a tiger
b) a sparrow
c) a horse
d) a dog

Show answer

b) a sparrow

Associated Words

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