SPELT
What does "SPELT" mean?
An ancient species of wheat with a tough husk, grown as a grain crop.
Meanings
- An old variety of wheat (Triticum spelta) with a hard outer husk, used for flour and whole grain. The bakery sells a nutty loaf made from spelt flour.
- A past tense and past participle of 'spell' (chiefly British). She had always spelt her name with two l's.
Did you know?
- Spelt is a living antique: this hulled wheat was a staple across Europe and the Near East for thousands of years, and it faded only when modern free-threshing bread wheat, which is easier to process, took over the fields.
Word origin
The grain comes from Old English 'spelt', from Late Latin 'spelta'; the verb form is simply a British past tense of 'spell', sharing only the spelling by coincidence.
Remember it
SPELT is 'spell' with the past-tense T; the grain and the past tense of spelling are spelt the same.
A little poem
An old grain in its armoured husk holds on,
outliving the soft wheat that thought it won.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the baker how spelt was spelt, and he handed me both a loaf and a dictionary, unsure which I meant.
What it teaches
The old and tougher version often outlasts the convenient one; durability is a quiet kind of victory.
Quick facts
What does SPELT mean?
An ancient species of wheat with a tough husk, grown as a grain crop.
Is SPELT a valid word?
Yes — SPELT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPELT?
SPELT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPELT come from?
The grain comes from Old English 'spelt', from Late Latin 'spelta'; the verb form is simply a British past tense of 'spell', sharing only the spelling by coincidence.
What can SPELT teach us?
The old and tougher version often outlasts the convenient one; durability is a quiet kind of victory.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.