Spell Bee Summer Word List for Class 6

Practise the whole list the way Rapid Fire and Get, Set, Spell! test it: hear each word, type it, and see straight away if it is right. Words you miss come back until you get them.

This is the full CREST International Spell Bee - Summer word list for Class 6, grouped by topic. Open any word to see what it means, how to spell it, the letters children most often get wrong, and practice questions.

Adjective

abrupt, abundant, accessible, accompany, accountable, adaptable, adhesive, adventurous, adversarial, affluent, agricultural, ambiguous, amiable, ample, anonymous, antique, apologetic, arbitrary, astounded, astute, bemused, biological, bizarre, brittle, captivating, cavernous, ceremonious, changeable, chronological, civic, classic, climactic, crowded, dimension, embarrassing, equitable, federal, floral, flustered, gnarled, hazardous, incessant, innovative, literal, manipulative, maximum, meagre, miserly, naturalistic, onward, operational, powerful, preferable, proclaim, recyclable, squeaky, triumphant, unitary, unsuccessful, unsustainable, unwieldy, urban, vital

Adverb

accidentally, desperately, especially, scarcely, thereafter

Education

academy, accreditation, bursary, dictation, dissertation, enrolment, fellowship, formative, grammar, guidance, headmaster, lecturer, methodology, notation, postgraduate, prerequisite, schooling, tenure, transcript, undergraduate, vocabulary, vocation, vocational

Government and Economy

amendment, auditor, autocracy, bureaucracy, capitalism, citizenship, communism, defence, deficit, demonstration, diplomacy, disbursement, dividend, economy, election, electorate, embargo, excise, inflation, legislation, legislator, monetary, moratorium, recession, reform, regulation, representative, revenue, statute, subsidy, tariff, taxation, treasury, troupe, welfare, wholesale

Nouns

abdication, abolition, absorption, accumulation, acquaintance, adjustment, admiration, advertising, advocate, affiliation, aggravation, allocation, alternative, altitude, amethyst, ancestry, anguish, antagonism, aperture, aquifer, arbitration, aristocracy, authority, autonomy, backlash, bankruptcy, bard, bewilderment, citation, clarification, clothing, colony, commoner, concentration, concerto, confectioner, conservationist, consolidation, convoy, correspondent, couplet, crisis, demonstrator, effectiveness, emigration, environmentalist, excess, expanse, exploration, fantasy, hive, hoax, independence, ingenuity, knack, leeway, likeness, locality, longitude, majority, mildew, nobility, onset, pressure, prologue, rhapsody, sculptor, terrain, vault, verge, volley, vow

Professionals/Doctors

actuary, anaesthetist, anthropologist, archaeologist, astronomer, astrophysicist, biochemist, cardiologist, cartographer, chiropodist, chiropractor, choreographer, collector, custodian, dermatologist, draughtsman, ecologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, geneticist, geologist, hygienist, linguist, meteorologist, neurologist, oceanographer, ophthalmologist, optometrist, orthodontist, paediatrician, pastor, pathologist, pharmacist, physicist, physiotherapist, professor, psychiatrist, radiographer, radiologist, receptionist, sociologist, statistician, surveyor, technician, toxicologist, translator, upholsterer, virologist, zoologist

STEM Words

acoustic, aerodynamics, agrarian, aquaculture, artery, asteroid, broadband, capillary, cartilage, catalyst, chlorophyll, chromosome, conductivity, conservation, embryo, entomology, equilateral, estuary, excretion, exploitation, femur, filament, fishery, forestry, friction, funnel, geothermal, gland, glucose, gravitational, gyroscope, haulage, herbicide, horticulture, husbandry, immunology, intestine, irrigation, isotope, kidney, kinetic, larva, ligament, liver, logistics, malnutrition, manganese, meteorology, microbe, mollusc, nanotechnology, nerve, nitrogen, nucleus, observatory, oxidation, pancreas, parabola, peninsula, permafrost, petroleum, photosynthesis, physiology, pigment, pipette, plankton, plough, preservation, respiration, sandpaper, scanner, sedimentary, seismology, shipment, shuttle, skeleton, specimen, spleen, stalagmite, stratosphere, stratum, stylus, symbiosis, taxonomy, technology, tectonic, tissue, transmission, ultraviolet, velocity, vertebrate, viscosity, zoology

Words from Diary

apology, arrogant, blubber, clutter, coincidence, determination, exaggerate, fiasco, gimmick, humiliation, legitimate, neighbourhood, pretzel, procrastinate, reluctant, squirm, tantrum, treasurer, underestimate, underneath

Words with Silent Letters

apostle, chalet, chestnut, colonel, consign, debtor, diaphragm, feign, gnaw, gnome, hedge, hymn, knuckle, pneumatic, rhinestone, subtle, thistle, wrath, wrestle, yolk

Compound Words

aftershock, backfire, backspace, breakdown, bulkhead, clockwise, crossbar, crossroads, earmark, eyewitness, fashionable, fireproof, framework, gearbox, groundwork, handwritten, headquarters, honeycomb, honourable, horseshoe, keystroke, moreover, nightfall, noticeable, omnipotent, payroll, quarrelsome, serviceable, shortbread, sunstroke, tailcoat, thumbnail, undercharge, undercover, upmarket, washboard, wavelength, widespread

Evil Words

bewilder, gaggle, grievance, hesitant, jeopardy, knapsack, memento, nuisance, obnoxious, obstacle, optimism, precipitation, shoal, suppress, turbulence

Verbs

abstain, accommodate, accumulate, adhere, adjourn, anticipate, befriend, blemish, boycott, certify, cheapen, collaborate, collide, commend, compose, compromise, conquer, conserve, crackle, cringe, crouch, deplete, deposit, designate, deteriorate, diminish, disassemble, disembark, disentangle, dominate, elude, embitter, embolden, engrave, enhance, evaporate, exploit, finance, harness, ignite, immigrate, liberate, quote, recount, snore, squawk, straggle, subside, terminate, yarn

Words with Double Letter

battalion, belligerent, blessing, dissolve, flattery, illusion, millennium, obsession, oppress, overrun, seer, shimmer, unbending, unforgettable, upkeep, webbed

More Words

acceptance, acclaim, adolescent, advantageous, adversity, advocacy, affinity, agitation, applaud, arid, authentic, awry, ballerina, barren, beneficial, bibliography, biotechnology, candid, capacity, circuit, commander, commentary, commerce, compact, competent, concise, consent, consequence, conspicuous, contempt, context, continuous, controversy, convenience, cordial, counsel, course, cultivate, cultivator, cumulative, cunning, dangerous, deceive, definitely, deluge, descendant, despair, desultory, development, dietary, diligent, disagreement, discrimination, disdain, displease, disqualify, dissent, distinction, distinguished, diversity, effervescent, elaborate, embarrass, enchantment, enthusiastic, excel, exhibit, exhort, explosion, feminine, fiddle, forbidden, foremost, friendless, fundamental, futile, governor, grief, grown, hangar, harmony, haughty, heartfelt, hesitate, hostile, imagination, imaginative, immediate, inaudible, indifference, inevitable, influence, innovation, interim, interrupt, investigation, invitation, irrational, irreplaceable, jubilant, liaison, luminous, managerial, match, mathematician, mayonnaise, meddle, misinterpret, monotonous, motivate, murmur, national, nostalgia, obstinate, optimist, optimistic, outrageous, paragraph, pennant, persuade, pessimist, pierce, popular, prejudice, preliminary, principal, professional, prominent, pursue, questionnaire, rational, refine, refuge, reinforce, remorse, replaceable, requirement, resolute, rustic, sacrifice, seize, sergeant, significance, sincerity, situation, spaghetti, specification, splendid, studious, subsequent, superior, suspicious, taut, tertiary, tiredness, transfer, unnatural, utopia, verdict, vibrant, vulnerable, weak, yearn, yield, yoke, zookeeper

Next steps for Class 6 Spell Bee Summer

• Class 6 Spell Bee Summer sample paper
• Class 6 Spell Bee Summer previous year paper
• About the Class 6 Spell Bee Summer Olympiad