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warmest

WAR-muhst/ˈwɔr.məst/adjective
  1. adjectiveHaving the highest temperature, often in a pleasant way.

  2. adjectiveThe most friendly and full of affection.

  3. adjectiveHaving colors between red and yellow more than anything else.

  4. adjectiveClosest to finding the right answer or reaching a goal.

  5. adjectiveFeeling most like comfort, ease, or pleasantness.

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Syllables

warmest

2 syllables

Letters

Base word

warm

Related words (same phonics pattern)

Phonics breakdown

w

Phonics Rule: Letter W

The letter W makes the /w/ sound, like in 'win', 'wet', and 'web'. The lips round into an O shape.

W is a voiced bilabial approximant — the lips round tightly then open as voice flows. W is sometimes silent (write, wrong) and can act as a vowel in some combinations (aw, ew, ow).

Tip

W rounds your lips — make an O then say /w/!

Examples

ar

Phonics Rule: W changes AR to /ɔːr/

After W, the letters AR say /ɔːr/ instead of /ɑːr/, like in 'war' and 'warm'.

W changes the sound of AR: instead of the /ɑːr/ in 'car', AR after W says /ɔːr/ (the 'or' sound): war, warm, ward, swarm, dwarf.

Tip

W changes AR to OR — war, warm, ward!

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m

Phonics Rule: Letter M

The letter M makes the /m/ sound, like in 'map', 'mud', and 'mop'. Both lips press together with voice through the nose.

M is a voiced bilabial nasal — both lips press together while the voice hums through the nose. Double M (mm) makes the same /m/ sound.

Tip

M hums like mmm — press your lips and hum!

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est

Phonics Rule: Suffix -EST

Adding -EST means 'the most', like 'biggest' and 'fastest'.

The suffix -est makes a superlative — it means 'the most' of something. 'Big' → 'biggest' means the most big of all.

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