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smoother

smoother in 5 tiles: s · m · oo · th · er

smoother has 5 sounds, s · m · oo · th · er. It starts like smear, smog and smug. It is found under the er, oo (moon), th (this) and s-blends patterns; in UFLI Lesson 100: Suffixes -er, -est and CKLA Grade 1 Unit 4: er ar or, two-syllable words.

smootherSuffix -er

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Word family

Base
-s / -es
-er
  • smoother

er ending

Starts the same

A step harder

Where it’s found