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Insert a letter puzzles stretch spelling and thinking skills. Pupils practise making new words by adding one letter, improving vocabulary and problem-solving for 11 Plus success.

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Fascinating Fact:

Children in Victorian schools often played spelling games similar to insert a letter, but they used chalk and slate boards.

In 11 Plus Verbal Reasoning, insert a letter questions test logic, vocabulary, and spelling. They encourage creative thinking by showing how words can be transformed with one small change.

Key Terms

Logic: Reasoning skills used to solve problems step by step.
Word formation: The process of creating new words from existing ones.
Spelling: Writing words with the correct sequence of letters.

For more insight, see our guide on 11 Plus sample questions.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do insert a letter puzzles work?

You take an existing word, add a single letter, and rearrange the letters to form a new correct word.

What skills do insert a letter puzzles improve?

They develop spelling accuracy, increase vocabulary, and build flexible thinking skills useful in exams.

Are insert a letter puzzles hard?

They can be tricky at first, but with practice pupils learn strategies to quickly spot where the extra letter fits best.

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Example: col (?) ram bel (?) oll
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b

The correct answer is t. By inserting “t” you can make the four words colt, tram, belt, and toll.

1 .

Choose the correct missing letter
pac (?) ver fre (?) ven

By inserting “e” you can make the four words pace, ever, free and even

2 .

Choose the correct missing letter
lur (?) vil pin (?) wes

By inserting “e” you can make the four words lure, evil, pine and ewes. A ewe is a female sheep

3 .

Choose the correct missing letter
los (?) old pin (?) rot

By inserting “t” you can make the four words lost, told, pint and trot

4 .

Choose the correct missing letter
saw (?) ewt thi (?) ips

By inserting “n” you can make the four words sawn, newt, thin and nips. A newt is a small amphibian, a bit like a frog

5 .

Choose the correct missing letter
the (?) oan hel (?) ind

By inserting “m” you can make the four words them, moan, helm and mind. The helm of a ship is the wheel or other steering device

6 .

Choose the correct missing letter
bee (?) ate moo (?) oom

By inserting “r” you can make the four words beer, rate, moor and room

7 .

Choose the correct missing letter
bar (?) ind loo (?) elp

By inserting “k” you can make the four words bark, kind, look and kelp. Yes, you can nearly make 'barf' but that would be disgusting! Kelp is a kind of seaweed

8 .

Choose the correct missing letter
men (?) ell bra (?) ing

By inserting “d” you can make the four words mend, dell, brad and ding. A dell is like a small wooded valley and a brad is a kind of nail

9 .

Choose the correct missing letter
sno (?) ile gra (?) ell

By inserting “b” you can make the four words snob, bile, grab and bell. Don't be tempted to use "t" or you will end up with snot, tile, grat and tell. There is no such word as grat, and as for the first word, well how horrible!

10 .

Choose the correct missing letter
plu (?) ape rin (?) rip

By inserting “g” you can make the four words plug, gape, ring and grip

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