Five Hard Words Play today

Tier one of five

How to spell writing

What it means

putting words on a page

How it sounds

/ˈraɪtɪŋ/

Why it catches people out

Write drops its e. The t does not double, because the preceding vowel is long.

The spellings people reach for

In a sentence

She spent the morning writing the quarterly report.

First appeared in

Puzzle #15 — August 8, 2026