Spell Bee Word: Waffle

Waffle (noun): a crisp, flat cake with a pattern of small squares on it.

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What does waffle mean?

Word: Waffle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Waffle means a crisp, flat cake with a pattern of small squares on it.

How do you spell waffle?

Syllables: waf - fle

Tricky part: The f is doubled in the middle, and children often write only one.

Watch out for: wafle, whaffle

Memory tip: Two f's sit side by side in waffle, like two of the little squares on a waffle.

Waffle in a sentence

Example 1: We had a waffle with honey for breakfast.

Example 2: The cafe sells chocolate waffles.

Example 3: Each waffle has tiny squares on top.

Fun Fact

The word came into English from Dutch wafel, and wafer is a close cousin.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) waffle
b) waffel
c) waffal
d) waffil

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a) waffle. The word ends in le, as apple does.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

w_ffle

a) u
b) a
c) o
d) e

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b) a. Waffle starts w-a, the same as wag and wax.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

flewaf

a) waeffl
b) waffle
c) awffle
d) wlaffe

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b) waffle. Six letters, and the twin f's must touch; only one choice gets the rest right too.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My sister cut the waffle into four peices.

a) sister
b) waffle
c) four
d) peices

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d) peices. Pieces has i before e, as in a piece of pie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which breakfast food is closest to a waffle?

a) a boiled egg
b) a pancake
c) a sausage
d) an apple

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b) a pancake

2. Which of these do people often pour over a waffle?

a) green chutney
b) maple syrup
c) lemon pickle
d) tomato ketchup

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b) maple syrup

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with wa: water, wasp, wardrobe

More words from this list

bakery, chirp, grandson, kangaroo, number, remote, spinach, vanilla

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