Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling List 📝

Clues for every answer

A one-line clue for every answer, easy to hard. They're the same clues the game's 💡 Hint shows, so you can read them out when you run your own game.

Actual

Real; existing in fact.

Address

Details of where someone lives, like the house number and street.

Answer

A reply to a question.

Appear

To come into view.

Arrive

To reach the place you were going to.

Breath

Air you take into your lungs and let out again.

Build

To make something by putting parts together.

Caught

Past of catch, as in 'She ___ the ball.'

Centre

The middle point of something, like the middle of a circle.

Circle

Perfectly round shape.

Decide

To make up your mind.

Early

Before the usual or expected time.

Earth

Soil; also the planet we live on.

Eight

The number after seven.

Eighth

Coming at number 8 in a sequence.

Enough

As much as is needed.

Famous

Well known by lots of people.

Fruit

Part of a plant that holds its seeds, often sweet, like an apple.

Group

Number of people or things together.

Guard

Person who watches over and protects something.

Guide

Someone who shows people around a place.

Heard

Past of hear, as in 'I ___ a noise.'

Heart

Organ that pumps blood around your body.

Height

How tall something is.

Island

Land with water all around it.

Learn

To gain knowledge or a skill.

Length

How long something is.

Minute

Sixty seconds.

Notice

To see or become aware of something.

Often

Many times.

Recent

Happened a short while ago.

Reign

Time when a king or queen rules.

Though

Despite the fact that.

Weight

How heavy something is: the downward pull of gravity on it.

Woman

Adult female person.

Women

More than one adult female person.

Accident

Something bad that happens by chance, like a crash.

Actually

In fact; really.

Although

Even if; despite the fact that.

Believe

To think something is true.

Bicycle

Two-wheeled machine you ride by pushing pedals.

Breathe

To take air in and out of your lungs.

Business

Buying and selling things, or a company that does it.

Calendar

System dividing time into days, weeks, months and years, often printed as a chart.

Century

A hundred years.

Certain

Sure, with no doubt.

Complete

Whole, with nothing missing.

Consider

To think carefully about something.

Continue

To keep going.

Describe

To say what something is like.

Extreme

Very great; as far as it can go.

Forward

Towards the front.

Grammar

The rules of how words fit together in a language.

History

What happened in the past, and the study of it.

Imagine

To make a picture of something in your mind.

Library

Place that holds books and lends them out.

Mention

To speak about something briefly.

Natural

Formed by nature, not made by people.

Naughty

Badly behaved.

Perhaps

Maybe; possibly.

Popular

Liked or accepted by lots of people.

Possess

To own or have.

Promise

To say you will definitely do something.

Purpose

The reason something is done or made.

Quarter

One of four equal parts.

Regular

Following a steady, constant pattern.

Special

Different from the usual, in a good way.

Strange

Unusual or surprising.

Suppose

To think something is probably true.

Thought

An idea in your mind.

Through

In one side and out of the other.

Various

Several different.

Accidentally

By mistake, without meaning to.

Different

Not the same.

Difficult

Hard to do or understand.

Disappear

To go out of sight.

Exercise

Activity that keeps your body fit.

Experience

Knowledge or skill you get from doing things.

Experiment

Test done to find something out.

Favourite

Liked best of all.

February

Short month between January and March.

Forwards

Towards the front; onwards.

Important

Mattering a lot.

Increase

To get bigger in number or amount.

Interest

Wanting to know more about something.

Knowledge

What you know and understand.

Material

What something is made of, like cloth or wood.

Medicine

Something you take to treat an illness.

Occasion

A particular time when something happens, or a special event.

Occasionally

Now and then; not often.

Opposite

Facing directly across from; also completely different.

Ordinary

Normal; not special.

Particular

Belonging to one specific person or thing.

Peculiar

Strange or odd.

Position

The place where something is.

Possession

Something you own.

Possible

Able to happen, though not certain.

Potatoes

Starchy vegetables that grow underground; chips are made from them.

Pressure

A pushing force on something.

Probably

In all likelihood; very likely.

Question

A sentence that asks something.

Remember

To keep something in your mind; not forget.

Sentence

Group of words that makes complete sense.

Separate

Apart; not joined.

Straight

Not bent or curved.

Strength

How strong someone or something is.

Surprise

Something you did not expect.

Therefore

For that reason; so.