Test your skills with a challenging Spelling crossword on Grid Genius. Master tricky vocabulary, silent letters, and common misspellings as you play!
Spelling crosswords are the perfect way to turn a routine language drill into an engaging challenge. Players will encounter a variety of themes, from notoriously difficult words like accommodation to tricky homophones and silent letter traps. Whether you are a spelling bee champion or just looking to improve your daily writing, these puzzles offer a fun and rewarding mental workout.
Crossword clues used in spelling puzzles, with answers and links to play.
“The word by which a person or thing is known”
NAME (4)
“A word or phrase used to describe a concept”
TERM (4)
“A series of words written one after another”
LIST (4)
“A method of teaching reading by sounding out letters”
PHONICS (7)
“A set of buttons used for typing on a computer”
KEYBOARD (8)
“A group of letters added to the beginning of a word”
PREFIX (6)
“A set of printed pages bound together in a cover”
BOOK (4)
“To name the letters of a word in order”
SPELL (5)
“Written or printed words on a page”
TEXT (4)
“To state the exact meaning of a word”
DEFINE (6)
“A single unit of language that has meaning”
WORD (4)
“The first three letters of the alphabet”
ABC (3)
“A single character used in writing”
LETTER (6)
“A mistake in spelling or writing”
ERROR (5)
“An uppercase letter used at the start of a sentence”
CAPITAL (7)
“Sounds like prophet, but it means the money earned above costs”
PROFIT (6)
“Sounds like isle, but it's a walkway between rows of seats”
AISLE (5)
“Sounds like whether, but it means the conditions outside like rain or sun”
WEATHER (7)
“Sounds like desert, but it's the sweet course after a meal”
DESSERT (7)
“Sounds like serial, but it's a breakfast food made from grain”
CEREAL (6)
“Sounds like mussel, but it's tissue in the body that helps you move”
MUSCLE (6)
“Sounds like thrown, but it's the chair a king or queen sits on”
THRONE (6)
“Sounds like sensor, but it means to remove unacceptable content”
CENSOR (6)
“Sounds like vein and vane, but it means too proud of your looks”
VAIN (4)
“Sounds like waste, but it's the middle part of your body”
WAIST (5)
“Sounds like bury, but it's a small juicy fruit”
BERRY (5)
“Sounds like course, but it means rough in texture”
COARSE (6)
“Sounds like principle, but it means the head of a school”
PRINCIPAL (9)
“Sounds like stationery, but it means not moving”
STATIONARY (10)
“Sounds like compliment, but it means something that completes another thing”
COMPLEMENT (10)
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