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How to spell explorer

Explorer is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-E-R.

hear itex·plor·er/ɪk'splɔrər/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A person who travels to unfamiliar places to discover things.

In a sentence: The brave explorer studied rare plants in the deep green rainforest.

The part people get wrong

Drop the silent e before adding -er.

Same family: explore, explores, explored, exploring. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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