Spelling Bee List 1

cut net hot lad

mom try gas bed

jaw key cry fox

fat dad elk nor

say log hop lip

rod tan hen aim

web oil rid lit

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den end eve jam

gym use age tip

run pop fog tab

let elf big boy

fit his ate act

aid jar tie wit

dry pad ark get

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bad toe kit gap

hip sap oak egg

bud bar ape rob

kid day mop rot

bet bus pig are

spa zoo box sly

nap tea tax joy

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hug elm jet gut

fin eat put tree

gum lab wig rub

pal rip ask air

bay bib ice ace

can pan bow raw

dog cow fur why

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dug her fly cup

art now red row

pod shy sin mug

bum thy ago cod

hum set pit ink

bag ill far sky

yak icy arm rug

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owe nip ham hat

ski any fry spy

got map six job

and pin ten saw

mow dam fan was

all sob mat dip

own dot out fed

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 Scripps National Spelling Bee
One Bee Study Words for First Grade
2020-2021

The 2020-2021 School Spelling Bee Study List is broken down into three levels of difficulty: One Bee,
Two Bee and Three Bee. One Bee words include words appropriate for first, second and third grades.

The list below includes 50 challenging first grade words. If you learn the spellings and meanings of these
words, you will be well prepared for your first grade classroom bee. To prepare for a school spelling bee,
ask your teacher for the full 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List, which includes these words, the
remainder of the One Bee words, and the Two Bee and Three Bee words.

gel train sport

rich eel fans
dome tall better
hit peanut cake
bite noon gummy
sting ray dusk
mops thanks dash
skin star began
grew fine day
upset father jam
mugs fair dinner
rats fed sir
boom wave trunk
sleepy full huge
born jumping damp
from hunch each
shade ribs
 100 Elementary Spelling Words
Learn these important elementary spelling words for early spelling success.

again although answer any

are become been both
bought catch climbed color
come could country do
does door earth edge
eight enough example eyes
father few find four
friend from give great
group have heard island
kind knew know learn
listen live many measure
most mother move night
off often old on
once one only other
people picture piece quickly
right said science should
sign snow some straight
stretch sure talk their
there they though thought
through to today two
usually walk want was
watch water were what
where who women word
work world would write
wrote you young your

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 175 First Grade Vocabulary Words
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absent elbow listen

adults enormous llama
airport everything lovely
alligator factory lunch
anyone fair magnet
anyway feast market
apartment fishing mask
atmosphere football Monday
barn footprint moon
baseball forest mumble
basketball fragile nibbled
bicycle Friday none
breakfast friend noon
bulldozer gigantic nothing
cabin grasshopper notice
calm grumpy obey
campfire gym octopus
carry hamster offer
cartoon hero often
celebrate hiking ostrich
change honey pages
cheese hospital paint
children houses pair
classroom hungry passenger
cocoa ice cream peach
comfortable important peacock
conductor instead pear
construct invite pickle
cozy island police officer
crazy jiggle popcorn
decorate judge president
desert kind problem
different kitchen protect
dinner ladybug quaking
directions laugh query
dolphin leader quicksand
downstairs lemonade racing
dragon lettuce raindrop
earth lime remind
easy list rooster

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 repeat swimming video
report teeth vine
running theater walrus
Saturday Thursday Wednesday
school tiptoe whale
search tough wiggle
serious toward workshop
shout towering wreck
skateboard trainer writer
slippery trudge wrong
soccer truth x-ray
space Tuesday xylophone
special tumble yacht
splendid tutor yourself
squirm uncomfortable zero
stomp useless
suddenly usually
sun vacation
Sunday vase
surprise verse

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Sight words
Grade 1 Spelling List

Sight Words #1 Sight Words #2 Sight Words #3 Sight Words #4

from the is but

or of you not

one as with there

had and his use

when that her an

your for they each

to on by than

in are words It

Sight Words #5 Sight Words #6 Sight Words #7 Sight Words #8

he were will see

was we up been

at which some who

be she my other

this do would about

have how make out

what their go many

all it more like

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Sight words
Grade 1 Spelling List

Sight Words #9 Sight Words #10 Sight Words #11

I first number

one water people

up called called

get now part

part day were

so did write

some made first

could no two

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Split Digraphs: a – e, e – e, i – e, o – e, u – e
Grade 1 Spelling List

a - e words e - e words i - e words o - e words

cake even nice one

take fever drive stone

game never mine stove

page ever wise yoke

race clever dime drove

tape these five spoke

share theme lime store

case seven bike more

u - e words

cube

tune

cute

use

rude

huge

mule

rule

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Vowel blends
Grade 1 Spelling List

ai words aw words ay words ea words

main paw way ear

rain raw pay cream

air saw stay dear

pair jaw clay team

fair law play beam

hair claw tray deal

stair draw hay heal

sail lawn away fear

ee words ie words oa words oi words

tree lie coat oil

bee tie boat noise

free pie float boil

green tries soak coin

agree cried load soil

see dries soap spoil

cheer spied goat point

deer fried oat toilet

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Vowel blends
Grade 1 Spelling List

oo words ou words ow words ue words

moon our plow true

pool sour brown blue

tooth hour row clue

broom pour low glue

spoon your crow due

proof four glow value

book soup show rescue

too loud slow argue

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Consonant blends
Grade 1 Spelling List

nk words ch words ph words wh words

bank much phone why

link such photo what

pink rich dolphin when

sink each phonics where

thank bench alphabet wheel

bunk which elephant white

drink branch orphan which

blank march nephew whale

ff words ll words ss words

cliff doll hiss

cuff bell floss

off grill less

puff will dress

gruff fell mess

fluff hill fuss

stiff smell boss

stuff sell cross

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Vowel sounds: a sound words
Grade 1 Spelling List

-ack words -ad words -an words -ap words

back glad man map

black mad can nap

sack bad ran cap

snack had pan tap

pack sad fan trap

stack dad tan rap

quack lad van clap

backpack clad than flap

-ar words -at words

star hat

jar cat

bar mat

scar sat

tar bat

far rat

car fat

cart pat

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Vowel sounds: e sound words
Grade 1 Spelling List

-ed words -en words -er words -et words

bed men her get

fed pen over pet

led ten after wet

red hen user fret

wed open baker carpet

bled then driver sunset

sled den brother tablet

shred oven under comet

-ew words

new

stew

blew

crew

dew

chew

brew

few

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Vowel sounds: i sound words
Grade 1 Spelling List

-ick words -ig words -in words -ip/-ir words

chick big chin lip

sick pig grin skip

kick dig twin grip

brick wig spin trip

stick rig tin hip

click jig shin dip

pick fig thin fir

drumstick twig ruin stir

-it words

pit

sit

hit

bit

fit

spit

wit

admit

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Vowel sounds: o sound words
Grade 1 Spelling List

-ob words -ock words -op words -or words

job block stop or

rob clock chop for

cob dock top corn

sob flock mop fork

mob lock drop horn

blob mock crop torn

snob rock pop fort

doorknob sock hop port

-ot words

hot

pot

spot

cot

plot

rot

jot

trot

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Vowel sounds: u and y sound words
Grade 1 Spelling List

-uck words -ug words -un words -ur words

duck tug sun curl

luck rug run fur

stuck bug fun blur

truck hug bun hurt

cluck jug spun surf

buck shrug nun turn

muck unplug stun blur

struck ladybug begun burn

-ut words -y words

cut dry

nut cry

hut sky

shut shy

but spy

out try

about fry

put my

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Sight words
Grade 2 Spelling List

Sight Words #1 Sight Words #2 Sight Words #3 Sight Words #4

most side after means

give wire very through

cool before years help

live late place great

only eat know another

take seen work does

art fight corn end

new just same put

over our any wear

too things old eggs

Sight Words #5 Sight Words #6 Sight Words #7 Sight Words #8

came because also study

soon step again rich

boy even seven ball

move sent hand mother

home cook rest letter

fire large try spell

farm well lie led

fall small read off

here three went feet

body seat plan store

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Sight words
Grade 2 Spelling List

Sight Words #9

wide

answer

find

whole

fear

fair

week

label

around

always

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Sight words
Grade 2 Spelling List

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Three and four letter blend words
Grade 2 Spelling List

ide words ing words scr words spr words

stride sling scrub spray

bride cling scrape sprint

tide wing screen spring

wide sting scream sprinkle

slide ring scroll sprout

glide string script sprain

hide bring scribe spread

aside thing scrawl sprawl

side king scrum osprey

tides swing scrap spree

str words ight words sion/tion words

street bright fiction

strong flight education

strap tight location

strike sight direction

strip light version

strain night illusion

struck right explosion

stripe eight division

stream fight erosion

string fright lotion

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Two letter blend words
Grade 2 Spelling List

ad words ai words aw words ch words

had wait raw march

mad rain law search

dad fail saw patch

bad jail draw such

sad maid lawn much

lad rail straw child

grad trail shawl chop

keypad paint prawn chat

glad grain dawn chess

salad drain bawl chew

ck words ea words er words ew words

check spread dreamer brew

quick sweat thinker few

snack deaf speaker flew

quack bread teacher chew

dock head singer stew

stack leaf worker grew

track meal server sewer

thick read dryer renew

duck heal paper news

neck leap safer drew

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Two letter blend words
Grade 2 Spelling List

ft words gh/ph words lt words ly words

sift laugh salt softly

loft tough melt sadly

craft rough wilt gladly

left enough felt weekly

gift graph belt badly

drift triumph bolt madly

shift phrase jolt loudly

soft paragraph built daily

often phew colt only

after phonics volt apply

mp words nd words nk words ol words

camp wind blank told

clamp land honk sold

jump sand trunk cold

bump mind thank fold

thump send wink jolt

stamp bend prank idol

swamp island think bolt

shrimp around drink color

empty tend plank holes

tempo find blink polar

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Two letter blend words
Grade 2 Spelling List

on words oo words ou words oy words

lemon tool count boy

wagon food shout toy

apron loom found joy

dragon wood sound enjoy

cotton foot loud ahoy

ribbon took pour cowboy

button bloom about royal

bacon groom dough joyful

carton flood flour annoy

honey doors group oyster

qu words sh words sk words st words

queen wish disk cast

quiz wash tusk cost

quack dash ask last

quit hush task fast

quite fresh mask just

quiet fish desk blast

quilt leash brisk first

equal shoe whisk worst

squeak rush skip dust

squirrel shin skin frost

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Two letter blend words
Grade 2 Spelling List

th words ue words wh words

cloth due whirl

tooth glue white

math clue which

with true why

birth blue what

earth fuel when

breath issue where

mouth argue whale

bath cruel whine

moth value whole

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Double consonants, plural words & words ending in al/el/es/ge/le
Grade 2 Spelling List

ff words ll words ss words ves words

cliff mall brass lives

giraffe stall mess leaves

sniff tall class wives

gruff roll glass elves

offer call dress waves

buffet stroll less sleeves

coffee ball pass olives

effort fill stress wolves

afford pull miss loaves

coffin belly class gloves

ies words al words el words es words

cries oval angel dashes

dries total novel washes

fries signal travel wishes

skies capital panel rushes

tries hospital level couches

stories coal camel dishes

bodies seal tunnel boxes

duties foal kennel brushes

ladies final towel benches

entries legal parcel classes

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Double consonants, plural words & words ending in al/el/es/ge/le
Grade 2 Spelling List

ge words le words

age handle

edge noodle

huge puddle

badge title

large dimple

image turtle

orange people

strange double

change possible

fudge purple

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Sight words
Grade 3 Spelling List

Sight Words #1 Sight Words #2 Sight Words #3 Sight Words #4

high father crawl idea

every carry hundred copy
near once east between
held which object base
cross solve along plant
night stand close yard
walk upon something slip
sleep though seem floor
own difference answer trade
school least again start
sometimes because favorite until
grow almost always early

Sight Words #5 Sight Words #6 Sight Words #7 Sight Words #8

city both without beautiful

earth paper second toward
current important friend each
could cannot however picture
while wife myself group
cloud sea sentence children
open began through almost
example river together enough
begin stir being across
those south people older
young present important please
watch right hundred around

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Soft c & g words, and silent letters
Grade 3 Spelling List

soft c words soft g words silent b words silent g words

space giraffe lamb reign

fence stage numb gnat
police gentle comb design
office engine crumb gnome
pencil ginger climb wrong
celery fragile thumb foreign
once magic tomb align
princess hydrogen plumber assign
twice generate debt sign
ocean danger doubt lasagna
price urgent subtle gnash
introduce giant limb resign

silent h words silent k words silent l words silent t words

hour knee walk listen

honest knit calf fasten
exhausted knot talk castle
heir know palm often
honor knight should rustle
shepherd knock could soften
ghost knife yolk nestle
rhubarb knead chalk thistle
rhythm knack would whistle
while knuckle salmon wrestle
where knapsack half bristle
which knowledge folk glisten

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Soft c & g words, and silent letters
Grade 3 Spelling List

silent u words

build
guide
guard
biscuit
guess
guest
guitar
disguise
guilty
circuit
guild
tongue

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Three and four letter blend words
Grade 3 Spelling List

air words ear words eer words igh words

stairs clear deer flight

airplane earth steer knight
repair learn cheer tight
chair pearl peer eyesight
dairy gear veer firefight
airy spear sheer insight
flair yearly pioneer frighten
staircase heart mountaineer midnight
despair search eerie copyright
fairly earring engineer fortnight
pair appear volunteer bright
mohair nearby career delight

shr words squ words str words tch words

shredder squid nostril match

shrubbery squint ostrich snatch
shrill squash stranger twitch
shrine squirt striped sketch
shrink squirrel strings switch
shriek squeeze stroll scratch
shrimp squad unstrap itch
shrugged squirm distract kitchen
shroud squall obstruct butcher
enshrine squawk pastries satchel
shrub squat stroke fetch
mushroom squeal destroy catch

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Three and four letter blend words
Grade 3 Spelling List

thr words augh words eigh words ough words

three laugh eight ought

throw caught weigh bought
thrill taught neigh fought
thrive laughter weighed though
throat daughter sleigh brought
through naughty eighteen thought
thread draught freighter cough
throttle haughty neighbor enough
throne onslaught lightweight rough
threat distraught weightlifter dough
thrifty fraught eighty plough
enthral retaught heighten drought

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Two letter blend words
Grade 3 Spelling List

aw words ch words ei words ey words

squawk chance beige prey

hawks speech feint convey
yawn pinch vein survey
drawing branch reins parsley
crawled quench height monkey
crawfish launch neighing turkey
sawdust search weighed kidney
shawl wrench sleigh hockey
sprawl spinach eighteen journey
straw couch freighter chimney
lawn munch neighbor money
dawn chain lightweight they

gh words kn words oo words or words

laugh known choose forgive

enough knife shook morning
tough knock understood inventor
ghost knot balloon doctor
gherkin kneel looked anchor
ghoul knees backdoor absorb
spaghetti knowledge bamboo harbor
cough knuckle proof effort
trough knight cartoon informs
sigh knead scoop factory
rough knew loose forkful
thigh knitted flood editor

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Two letter blend words
Grade 3 Spelling List

ou words oy words ph words sh words

shout enjoy photograph pushed

proud annoy phone crash
around foyer physics shadow
fountain convoy phase shoelace
ground employ phrase shoulder
about destroy pharaoh shorthand
double voyage physical shampoo
trout deploy pheasant eggshell
sound boyish triumph snapshot
your cowboy autograph eyelash
pound ploy dolphin brushing
outdoor oyster elephant shipwreck

st words ur words wh words wr words

burst burned which wrong

distance curled while wrist
stable adventure wheat giftwrap
least curtain whisper wrinkle
castle departure wheel shipwreck
steam pressure whirl writing
store burger whinge wrestle
destroy mixture wharf wriggle
festival nurture whether wrapping
hottest picture wheeze wrench
restart accurate whimper wrote
stapler church white wrangle

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