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Word of the Day
A new word every day for each year group, with what it means, how it is used and the spelling pattern it belongs to. Taken from the Spelling Universe word lists, so it follows the curriculum rather than a dictionary's mood.
Year
Using it in class
A word for your year group
Most word-of-the-day resources give the whole school the same word. Pick your year and you get a word from that year's spelling curriculum — Year 1 gets puff, Year 6 gets conscience. Your choice is remembered on this device.
It is a spelling word, not a dictionary word
Every word arrives with the spelling rule it belongs to and the other words that follow the same rule. That turns a minute of vocabulary into a minute of spelling teaching, and it is why the word comes from a curriculum list rather than a thesaurus.
Put it in the weekly email
Copy a link to this word gives a web address for that exact day and year group, so it can go in a newsletter, a plan or a slide. Yesterday and Tomorrow let you look ahead when you are planning the week.
The words come from Spelling Universe, our spelling app for ages 5–11, which teaches the whole primary programme rather than one word a day.
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