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Spell Bee Word: Yacht


What does yacht mean?

Word: Yacht

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Yacht means a large boat with sails or an engine, used for racing or for pleasure trips.

How do you spell yacht?

Syllables: yacht

Tricky part: It sounds short and simple, a rhyme for hot, yet the middle hides a silent ch. Children leave those two letters out.

Watch out for: yact, yaht

Memory tip: Picture the ch as two sleepy passengers below deck: you cannot hear them, but they are on board all the same.

Yacht in a sentence

Example 1: A white yacht was waiting near the Gateway of India when we went for a walk.

Example 2: My cousin learnt to steer a small yacht at a sailing club in Goa.

Example 3: From the ferry we watched a yacht race far out in the bay.

Fun Fact

English borrowed this word from Dutch more than 400 years ago, which helps to explain its strange look: the Dutch word today is spelt jacht.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

htyac

a) yacht
b) chatty
c) catchy
d) hatch

Show answer

a) yacht. Hatch has two h's, catchy two c's and chatty two t's, but the jumble holds just one of each.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) anchor
b) voyage
c) yocht
d) harbour

Show answer

c) yocht. The vowel after the y is a, even though it sounds like the one in hot. The other three are spelt correctly.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

yatcht

a) c
b) a
c) t
d) h

Show answer

c) t. A t has sneaked in before the c; take it out and the boat's name is right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The yacht sailed slowly past the old lighthuose as the sun went down.

a) lighthuose
b) sailed
c) yacht
d) slowly

Show answer

a) lighthuose. Lighthouse ends with the word house, so the o comes before the u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you expect to see a yacht?

a) on a runway
b) at a bus stop
c) at a bakery
d) at a marina

Show answer

d) at a marina

2. The crew of a yacht will often check the ____.

a) pedal
b) kerb
c) mast
d) saddle

Show answer

c) mast

More words from this list

boar, debate, equal, hermit, marine, pointless, routine, teaspoon

Next steps

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