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Spell Bee Word: Wild


What does wild mean?

Word: Wild

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Wild means living or growing in nature, not kept or looked after by people. It can also mean noisy and very excited.

Antonyms: calm

How do you spell wild?

Syllables: wild

Tricky part: The i says its own name, as in kite, so some children write a y instead and spell it wyld.

Watch out for: wyld, wylde

Memory tip: At the end of a short word the long i sound is often y (my, sky), but in the middle of wild it is a plain i.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. wild goose chase: a long search for something that cannot be found Example: "Looking for my lost pen in the whole school was a wild goose chase."

Wild in a sentence

Example 1: Wild peacocks wander into our farm in Rajasthan every morning.

Example 2: The crowd went wild when our team hit the winning six.

Example 3: Mum found wild mint growing beside the stream.

Fun Fact

The word wilderness grew from an old phrase for a wild animal, wild deor, so it first meant a place where wild beasts live.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

wild

a) hungry
b) huge
c) tame
d) noisy

Show answer

c) tame. A tame animal is used to people, the opposite of a wild one.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A whild rabbit ran across the road.

a) across
b) road
c) rabbit
d) whild

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d) whild. There is no h after the w in wild.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) jungle
b) forest
c) wild
d) elefant

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d) elefant. Elephant spells its f sound with ph.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

wi_d

a) m
b) l
c) r
d) k

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b) l. Say wild slowly: an l sound comes just before the d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal is usually wild?

a) a pet cat
b) a farm cow
c) a goldfish in a bowl
d) a tiger

Show answer

d) a tiger

2. If your hair looks wild, it is ____.

a) freshly cut
b) messy
c) neatly combed
d) tied in a plait

Show answer

b) messy

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: calm

More words from this list

beehive, cupboard, emphasis, hail, maid, photograph, rest, surf

Next steps

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