Five Hard Words Play today

Tier four of five

How to spell tobacco

What it means

dried leaves for smoking

How it sounds

/təˈbæˌkoʊ/

Why it catches people out

To plus bacco. An o, then an a.

The spellings people reach for

In a sentence

The shop no longer sells tobacco.

First appeared in

Puzzle #61 — September 23, 2026