100+ Spelling Bee Words That Can Make Every Student Feel

Like a Spelling Champion

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When choosing a spelling bee word list, or training students to compete in a spelling bee, we have to face a simple fact:

Spelling is more than memorization.

There isn’t a big enough list or enough time to have students recall every single word that could be thrown to them.

Instead, we have to present spelling words in a way that teaches a deeper understanding of spelling.

We’ve gathered 100+ spelling bee words and included their syllables, graphemes, phonemes, part of speech and etymology,
so you make any student feel like a spelling champion!

Spelling bee word list

WORD Grade SYLLABLES PHONEMES GRAPHEME part of speech Definiton Sentence ETYMOLOGY
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She was
the level or
singluar singing in a
pitch 3 pitch p, i, ch p, i, tch tune of a
noun different
sound
pitch.
My dad has
to have gotten
taken my
taken 3 tak/en past verb a hold of;
game away
grasped
from me.
to not be able I cannot eat
present
cannot 3 can/not to do desert before
verb
something dinner.
stayed 3 stayed past verb to have been We stayed at a
somewhere for hotel when we
a short time were on
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holidays.
a type of
irregular I like to wear
denim 3 den/im material used
noun denim jeans.
for jeans
a person that I went to the
singlular
doctor 3 doc/tor treats sick doctor when I Latin
noun
people was sick.
I put on
hand covers to gloves before
gloves 3 gloves plural noun
protect hands I wash the
dishes.
a large area of The ship
singular
ocean 3 o/cean water covering sailed over the Greek
noun
Earth ocean.
a person The cadet was
singular training in the in training to
cadet 3 ca/det French
noun armed forces be a police
or police officer.
plural of ox, a A herd of
large domestic oxen were
oxen 3 ox/en plural noun
animal kept for grazing on the
milk grass.
irregular a small brown A quail was in
quail 3 quail kw,ai,l qu,ai,l French
noun bird the nest.
a curved top You enter the
singlular
arch 3 arch ar, ch ar, ch that is held by hall through a Latin
noun
two supports huge arch.
cheese 3 cheese ch,ee,z ch,ee,se singlular a food made I like to eat Germanic
noun from milk curd cheese and
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crackers.
to help
He will teach
present someone learn
teach 3 teach t, ee, ch t, ea, ch me how to Germanic
verb how to do
play the game.
something
an organ in the
The liver is an
singlular body that
liver 3 liv/er organ that
noun cleans and
filters blood.
filters blood
a natural, large The canoe
singlular
river 3 riv/er stream of drifted up the Latin
noun
water river.
My teacher
a fictional tale
singlular reads us a
story 3 sto/ry shorter than a Latin
noun story every
novel
day.
to show you
Please thank
are pleased by
thank 3 thank th, a, n, k th, a, n, k verb her or all her Germanic
something or
help.
someone
an animal that A mammal
singlular feeds its young feeds its
mammal 3 mam/mal Latin
noun with milk from young with
the mother milk.
an extinct
The mammoth
elephant
singlular lived long ago
mammoth 3 mam/moth covered in
noun and had long
long hair and
hair and tusks.
curved tusks
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things that are
There will
planned; social
events 3 e/vents plural noun three events to
occasions or
raise money.
activities
things that are
The facts have
proven or
facts 3 facts f,a,c,t,s f,a,c,t,s plural noun been proven
known to be
and are true.
true
Ten people
more than one
people 3 peo/ple plural noun came to the Latin
person
party.
I have only
once 3 once adverb one time been to
hospital once.
We will have
about to
a lot of fun in
coming 3 com/ing adjective happen or just
the coming
beginning
year.
within a I want to see
inside 3 in/side preposition container or what is inside
room the box.
plural of
My parents
parent, a
parents 3 par/ents plural noun will not let me
mother or
stay up late.
father
The dog was
present to watch or
guard 4 guard g, ar, d gu, ar, d set to guard Germanic
verb protect
the gate.
hoarse 4 hoarse
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A baby sheep
lamb 4 lamb l,a,m l,a,mb singluar a young sheep is called a
lamb.
We will wrap
to cover by
the present
wrap 4 wrap r,a,p wr,a,p present winding or
with green
folding
paper.
having a harsh The coarse
coarse 4 coarse k,or,s c,oar,se or rough sand was hard
quality to walk on.
The goose
flew over to
more than one
geese 4 geese g,ee,s g,ee,se plural the other
goose
geese in the
flock.
As the
a thick mixture
gel 4 gel j,e,l g,e,l singluar jellylike cooled it
substance turned into a
gel.
The precious
a cut and
gem 4 gem j,e,m g,e,m singluar gem sparkled
polished stone
in the light.
Bread made
a type of grain with rye tastes
rye 4 rye r,igh r,ye irregular German
used in baking different to
wheat.
touch 4 touch t, u, ch t, ou, ch present to put your Do not touch
hand or fingers the wet paint.
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on someone or
something
The divers
the remains of
enjoyed
wreck 4 wreck r, e, k wr, e, ck singluar a ship or other
diving on the
vehicle
wreck.
We made the
a pie made
quiche 4 quiche k, ee, sh qu, i, che singluar quiche with French
with eggs
lots of eggs.
There was a
extremely foul smell
foul 4 foul f, ou, l f, ou, l
unpleasant coming from
the bathroom.
to persuade
someone to do I tried to lure
something by the dog
lure 4 lure l, ure l, ure present
offering outside with a
something bone.
exciting
A new chief
a person who of police has
chief 4 chief ch, ee, f ch, ie, f singluar
is in charge just been
appointed.
A gnat is a
a small, flying, small flying
gnat 5 gnat n, a, t gn, a, t singluar German
biting insect insect which
bites.
gnaw 5 gnaw n, aw gn, aw present to bite or chew My dog loves German
something to gnaw on
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repeatedly bones.
a funny and He made quip
quip 5 quip kw, i, p qu, i, p singluar clever and clever
comment comment.
I raise my arm
raise 5 raise r,ai,z r,ai,se present to lift up to answer the
question.
a thick liquid I love to have
sauce 5 sauce s, aw, s s, au, ce singluar eaten with sauce on my
food pie.
A curve in a
a curve in a
bight 5 bight b, igh, t b, igh, t singluar coastline is
coastline
called a bight.
The thigh
the part of the
muscle is
thigh 5 thigh th, igh th, igh singluar leg above the
above the
knee
knee.
a fragrant Dad uses a
cream or liquid skin balm
balm 5 balm b, ar, m b, al, m singluar
used to heal after he
the skin shaves.
We have to
not angry,
stay calm if
calm 5 calm c, ar, m c, al, m upset or
we hear the
excited
fire alarm.
weigh 5 weigh w, ai w, eigh present to find out I use the
how heavy scales to
someone or weigh the
something is. ingredients
 WORD Grade SYLLABLES PHONEMES GRAPHEME part of speech Definiton Sentence ETYMOLOGY
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carefully.
Zeus is the
the ruler of the
ruler of the
Zeus 5 Zeus z,oo(long),s z,eu,s noun gods in Greek
gods in Greek
mythology
mythology.
one of two or
Please read
more vertical
column 5 col/umn noun down the left
sections of a
column.
printed page
She wants to
the study of
zoology 5 zo/ol/o/gy noun study zoology
animals
and animals.
The ancient
plural of corpses were
corpses 5 cor/pses noun corpse, a dead buried
body thousands of
years ago.
London and
plural of city, a
cities 5 cit/ies noun Paris are two
large town
large cities.
We took a
an alley or shortcut down
passage 5 pas/sage noun
pathway the side
passage.
Three people,
part of a
including
particular
including 5 in/clud/ing preposition myself, are
group or
getting an
amount
award.
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I keep snacks
a section of
in the bottom
compartment 5 com/part/ment noun something
compartment
larger
of my bag.
a person who
searches for The
valuable prospector
prospector 6 pros/pec/tor noun
substances found a gold
such as gold or nugget.
oil
to make a hole The builder
present through was gouging a
gouging 6 goug/ing
verb something in a hole through
rough way the wall.
a fruit with a
hard rind often We used the
used for skin of a dried
gourd 6 gourd g,or,d g,our,d noun
decoration or gourd to make
for making a bowl.
objects
to move I want to
present forward in a advance to the
support 6 sup/port
verb purposeful next level of
way the game.
The toddler
an even lost his
advance 6 ad/vance noun distribution of balance as he
weight was trying to
walk.
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to move I want to
present forward in a advance to the
balance 6 bal/ance
verb purposeful next level of
way the game.
The school
for a planned sports day was
cancelled 6 can/celled past verb event to not cancelled
take place because of the
storm.
The school
for a planned sports day was
canceled 6 can/celed past verb event to not canceled
take place because of the
storm.
There was a
the process of
large boot sale
clearance 6 clear/ance noun removing
after the house
things
clearance.
My parents
an amount of
made a
money you
budget 6 budg/et noun weekly budget
have available
for our
to spend
groceries.
edible sea
The mussels
creatures with
are edible and
mussels 6 mus/sels noun two black
have black
shells that
shells.
close
whether 6 wheth/er conjunction showing a I don't know
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choice whether to go
between to the party or
alternatives not.
The pizza was
a part of
pieces 6 piec/es noun cut into eight
something
equal pieces.
a strong,
regular and The dancers
rhythm 6 rhy/thm noun repeated all had great
movement or rhythm.
sound
Our efforts to
exterminate
present to destroy or
exterminate 6 ex/ter/min/ate the Latin
verb kill completely
cockroaches
have failed.
The
quarrelling
present arguing
quarrelling 6 quar/rel/ling students were Latin
verb angrily
sent to
detention.
a chance that There is a
something possibility
possibility 6 pos/si/bil/i/ty noun may or may that it will
not happen or snow on the
exist weekend.
chaos 6 cha/os noun complete Computer Greek
confusion and failure caused
disorder chaos at the
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airport.
a large group
of musicians
who play She played the
many different violin in the
orchestra 6 or/ches/tra noun Greek
instruments school
together and orchestra.
are led by a
conductor
a group of
He competed
people or
in the race in Latin and
category 6 cat/e/go/ry noun things that are
his age Greek
similar in
category.
some way
The waltz
originated 6 o/rig/i/nat/ed past verb began to exist originated in
Vienna.
In class we
the natural have been
geography 6 ge/og/ra/phy noun features of an studying the Greek
area geography of
the local area.
She received a
sapphire ring
a clear bright
sapphire 6 sap/phire noun on her Greek
blue gemstone
sixteenth
birthday.
squadron 6 squad/ron noun a military unit The squadron Italian
consisting of of bombers
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soldiers, ships returned to
or aircraft their base.
She was
suffering from
extreme
fatigue 6 fa/tigue noun the fatigue French
tiredness
after the long
hike.
to find new
We had to
people to take
present recruit more
recruit 6 re/cruit part in an French
verb players for our
event or join a
team.
group or team
A spinning
a child's toy
top is an Middle
whirligig 6 whirl/i/gig noun that spins
example of a English
rapidly
whirligig.
My father
a person who
volunteered to
goes with and
be a
chaperone 7 chap/er/one noun is responsible French
chaperone at
for a group of
the next
young people
school dance.
something that
is done in
The continue
order to
the charade
charade 7 cha/rade noun pretend French
until it wasn't
something is
fun anymore.
true when it is
not really true
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the base frame The chassis of
that a car or the car was
chassis 7 chas/sis noun French
other vehicle is damaged in
built on the accident.
I love
very polite, listening to
chivalry 7 chiv/al/ry noun honest and stories of Latin
kind behaviour knights and
their chivalry.
a phrase that Time flies
has been used when you are
cliché 7 cliche noun so often that it having fun is French
is no longer an example of
original a cliché.
machines of a The farm
particular kind machinery is
machinery 7 ma/chin/er/y noun
or machines in kept in the
general barn.
in history a
person of a The land was
low social farmed by
peasants 7 peas/ants noun class of farm peasants for Latin
workers and hundreds of
owners of years.
small farms
the outside Soldiers
edge of an guarded the
perimeter 7 per/rim/e/ter noun Greek
area, surface or perimeter of
flat shape the camp.
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to cause
someone to do
I am trying to
something or
persuade my
present believe
persuade 7 per/suade parents to Latin
verb something by
increase my
asking,
pocket money.
arguing or
giving reasons
a device used
Mum used a
to measure
thermometer
thermometer 7 ther/mo/me/ter noun temperature of French
to see if I had
a person's
a fever.
body or the air
a small wig
The actor was
that is worn by
wearing a
toupee 7 tou/pee noun a man to cover French
black toupee
a bald spot on
on his head.
his head
the way some
animals are A stick insects
coloured or colour and
camouflage 7 cam/ou/flage noun shaped so they shape helps it French
can not be seen to hide in a
in their natural tree.
surroundings
limousine 7 lim/ou/sine noun a large, The bride and French
expensive car groom hired a
often driven by limousine for
a paid driver their wedding
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day.
a stone object
A row of
in the shape of
gargoyles
the head of an
perch on the
gargoyle 7 gar/goyle noun ugly creature, Old French
roof long the
usually seen
front of the
on the roofs of
old church.
old buildings