Word check
Is Spelt a Word?
Spelt appears in the word list Wordton searches, ENABLE plus a curated modern supplement, and scores 7 points in tile games.
Yes, it plays
tile score 7
hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
How to use it
Spelt is the usual British past tense of spell, alongside a family of verbs that take -t rather than -ed: learnt, dreamt, burnt, spilt. American English standardised on spelled. Neither is wrong, they are national preferences, so match whichever variety the rest of your writing uses. Spelt is also an ancient species of wheat, which is why it turns up in bakeries with nothing to do with orthography. For a mixed audience, spelled is the safer default: an American reader may stop at spelt, while a British reader will not blink at spelled.
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