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Spell Bee Word: Worst


What does worst mean?

Word: Worst

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Worst means worse than all the others; the least good of all.

How do you spell worst?

Syllables: worst

Tricky part: Worst has no e. Children who know worse often keep its e and write worest.

Watch out for: worest, worset

Memory tip: Worse drops its e on the way to worst: worse, then worst, with no e left.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. if the worst comes to the worst: if the most difficult thing happens Example: "If the worst comes to the worst, we will walk home."

Worst in a sentence

Example 1: That was the worst cold I have ever had.

Example 2: Our team played its worst match in the rain.

Example 3: The worst part of the trip was the long wait.

Fun Fact

We do not say bad, badder, baddest. English uses two different words, worse and worst, which are not built from bad at all.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

worst

a) best
b) worse
c) bad
d) poor

Show answer

a) best. Best is the top end and worst is the bottom end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) warst
b) wirst
c) worst
d) werst

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c) worst. Only one choice has the o that worst shares with word and work.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

wor_t

a) d
b) l
c) s
d) n

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c) s. Worst has an s just before its final t.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

worrst

a) t
b) o
c) s
d) r

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d) r. Worst has just one r; drop the second one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which day sounds like the worst day?

a) It rained, I fell and I lost my bag.
b) It was sunny and I won a small prize.
c) I had lunch and then read a good book.
d) My cousin came over and we played.

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a) It rained, I fell and I lost my bag.

2. Five children ran a race. Who had the worst time?

a) the one who came last
b) the one who came first
c) the one who came second
d) the one who came third

Show answer

a) the one who came last

Associated Words

Words that start with wor: workbook, worksheet, worried, workshop

More words from this list

bray, creek, fluffy, help, lucky, pepper, secure, sunshine

Next steps

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