Decodable Word Cards

Decodable Word Cards
The following lesson sets use this resource:

• Reading Words with Sound-Spellings
• Practice Games
This document contains the Decodable Word Cards to use with the Sounding-Out Decodable Words Routine from the
Inclusion Foundational Reading Lesson Set. A list of these words in a smaller font is contained in the Decodable Word
List. The cards are organized according to the sound-spelling sequence chart, meaning that the words listed for each
sound-spelling list depend on the previous sound-spellings being taught.
These word cards are designed to be used in combination with the Lesson Guides for the Foundational Reading
Lesson Set. The words on the cards are organized by the number of syllables (1 or 2-3). The words in each group are
ordered by the number of phonemes they contain.
The word cards can be used for lessons as is, or you can use them to create your own lists of words. These words
were selected based on a sound-spelling frequency analysis by Devin Kearns and designed by Devin Kearns
(devin.kearns@gmail.com) and Marcia Ferreira.
Copyright © 2021. Texas Education Agency. All Rights Reserved.

Word Analysis by Devin Kearns.
Sound-Spelling a/ă/ words with 1 syllable
an

Sound-Spelling t/t/ words with 1 syllable
at tan ant

Sound-Spelling i/ĭ/ words with 1 syllable
it inn in tin

Sound-Spelling m/m/ words with 1 syllable
am mitt mat man
mint

Sound-Spelling l/l/ words with 1 syllable
ill mill till lit

Sound-Spelling d/d/ words with 1 syllable
ad add dim dad
lid mad did and
lad land

Sound-Spelling d /d/ words with 2 syllables
timid inland

Sound-Spelling s/s/ words with 1 syllable
mass sit sat it's
lass sill its sad
mast slit sand last
mist slid slam still
list slim sits slant

midst stand

Sound-Spelling s /s/ words with 2 syllables
insist mantis

Sound-Spelling p/p/ words with 1 syllable
dip lap pan pal
nap sip sap lip
slip pad pat pass
pit map pin tap
tip pill limp plan

Sound-Spelling p/p/ words with 1 syllable
past plant span stamp
lamp spin damp spill
spat split snap

Sound-Spelling r/r/ words with 1 syllable
ram rid rip rat
rim ran drip trim
ramp trip strap drill
trap print strand

Sound-Spelling r /r/ words with 2 syllables
Paris

Sound-Spelling b/b/ words with 1 syllable
bin bat bid bill
rib dab lab bass
bad bit brass bran
band blast slab brand

Sound-Spelling f/f/ words with 1 syllable
if fad fin fan
fill fit raft lift
staff flip sniff flap
fast drift film flat
stiff draft

Sound-Spelling e/ĕ/ words with 1 syllable
bell tell elm let
been met bet den
less end pep fed
fell sell led ten
red pet men pen

bed net mess set
send mend tend sled
test rest fled lent
spell bend press stem
self bent sped rent

dent let's sent melt
felt pest belt spent
tent best dress spend
step smell left bless
lend nest slept melts

Sound-Spelling e /ĕ/ words with 2 syllables
absent tennis address intend
itself dentist splendid

Sound-Spelling g/g/ words with 1 syllable
egg peg rag tag
beg gap get leg
fig dig bag gas
pig gal big grid
drag glass flag gift

Sound-Spelling g/g/ words with 1 syllable
glad grin grasp grim
glen grip gasp brag
grab grant gets grand
gram grass glint

Sound-Spelling u/ŭ/ words with 1 syllable
up us bun rub
puff run mum rug
gull sum fuss nut
mug pug bud bug
pup dug gum mud

mutt sun sub tug
dull bus tub but
fun gulp dump dust
bump tuft gruff stuff
bulb lump drum plum

rust plus plump bluff
must spun plug snug
fluff pump stump gulf
grunt trust stunt

Sound-Spelling u /ŭ/ words with 2 syllables
upset unless muffin until
sunset insult disgust

Sound-Spelling h/h/ words with 1 syllable
hut him hit hid
hen hull hiss ham
huff hem hum had
hat hill hip hug
hint help hunt

Sound-Spelling h/h/ words with 1 syllable
hand held

Sound-Spelling h /h/ words with 2 syllables
uphill helpful himself handbag

Sound-Spelling o/ŏ/ words with 1 syllable
off on odd nod
rod dot moss hog
mob doll sob fog
pod toss log mop
sod pot hop dog

boss mom rot bob
lot loss bog top
not got pop hot
smog plop spot blob
soft slot stop bond

golf blot drop plot
frog frost lost trot
flop prop pond fond
loft

Sound-Spelling o /ŏ/ words with 2 syllables
upon hilltop

Sound-Spelling c/k/ words with 1 syllable
cap cup cuff cod
cat con can cub
cot cut cob cab
act crop crab cost
clap clip

Sound-Spelling c/k/ words with 1 syllable
crust cat's can't class
cast camp club crib
fact strict cross clam
cliff crept crisp scalp
clump scrap scrub

Sound-Spelling c /k/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
attic comic panic cabin
cannot topic traffic clinic
public cactus discuss picnic
frantic compact insect product
plastic content contest contract

Sound-Spelling c /k/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
contact suspect subtract magnetic
fantastic

Sound-Spelling sh/sh/ words with 1 syllable
ash ship rash gosh
sham dash rush dish
hush cash fish shop
mash shall shed mush
sash shut lash shell

Sound-Spelling sh/sh/ words with 1 syllable
flash trash shrill brush
shuts shops crash flesh
shrug blush ship's fresh
shrimp shelf smash splash
slush crush shift

Sound-Spelling sh /sh/ words with 2 syllables
catfish radish codfish finish
polish rubbish mishmash selfish
British Spanish

Sound-Spelling o/ō/ words with 1 syllable
no go so pro
roll old bold don't
host hold gold fold
gross told most cold
troll sold mold bolt

Sound-Spelling o/ō/ words with 1 syllable
post colt stroll scold

Sound-Spelling o /ō/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
solo memo hippo robot
motel focus hotel unfold
protest program compost goldfish
momentum

Sound-Spelling w/w/ words with 1 syllable
win will web wish
wag wet wig well
wit Swiss wilt swim
swam wind won't twin
swell twig west went

Sound-Spelling w/w/ words with 1 syllable
wept twist swish swept
swift

Sound-Spelling w /w/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
windmill Wisconsin

Sound-Spelling ed/d/ words with 1 syllable
tagged tugged fanned canned
filled hummed bobbed hugged
rolled tanned spilled planned
grabbed spelled trimmed scanned
strolled scrubbed

Sound-Spelling ed/t/ words with 1 syllable
fussed cupped hushed tipped
hopped ripped hissed mopped
shopped rushed fished puffed
topped dashed tapped mashed
dipped blushed crushed gripped

flapped dropped propped tripped
flushed pressed dressed flashed
dripped clapped brushed helped
gasped stuffed limped flopped
clipped slipped flipped cramped

stepped camped sniffed trapped
crashed stamped splashed strapped
clamped slumped

Sound-Spelling ed /t/ words with 2 syllables
polished dismissed

Sound-Spelling ed /əd/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
added nodded noted dotted
petted hunted landed dusted
rusted posted melted panted
lasted shifted listed folded
handed tested rented mended

Sound-Spelling ed /əd/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
lifted trotted printed twisted
planted unfolded intended inspected
suspected pretended

Sound-Spelling k/k/ words with 1 syllable
kid kit kin ask
elk skill asked kelp
asks kept silk task
skip mask kissed dusk
skin risk milk skull

Sound-Spelling k/k/ words with 1 syllable
desk disks milked

Sound-Spelling k /k/ words with 2 syllables
pumpkin napkin

Sound-Spelling or/or/ words with 1 syllable
or nor for short
horn fort fork pork
sort port cord born
corn form cork torn
worn snort stork scorn

Sound-Spelling or/or/ words with 1 syllable
stormed storm forked sport

Sound-Spelling or /or/ words with 2 syllables
platform landlord sorted support
shortcut popcorn snorted informed

Sound-Spelling ar/ar/ words with 1 syllable
car tar arm ark
art far part start
shark cart sharp farm
hard mark dark barn
bark harm card marsh

Sound-Spelling ar/ar/ words with 1 syllable
dart mart scar park
star smart harp harsh
farmed armed barked scarf
marked spark parked snarled
harmed

Sound-Spelling ar /ar/ words with 2 syllables
parted sonar cargo artist
garlic Arctic darted farmland
remarked Denmark hardship postcard

pits mats laps hats
nets bats pups tops
ships ants caps nuts
rats acts gaps maps
ruts pops puffs bits

tips lets lips sets
huts cups posts lots
arts cats hips pets
cuts bets fats hits
dips wits cuffs pots

taps dots cops guts
hops fits snaps lasts
bolts masts trips darts
camps gifts forks lamps
hunts rests dumps spots

scraps steps clips plots
belts hints carts sorts
disks drops nests masks
slips marks tents costs
parts starts tests barks

pumps cliffs lifts desks
pelts traps pants flaps
stops drips facts poets
shorts sharks tasks lumps
bumps crops helps lists

parks crusts stamps pests
stumps straps sparks clumps
frosts twists plants drifts
sports crafts prints storks

Sound-Spelling s /s/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
robots puppets comics picnics
planets insects markets locusts
helmets tablets baskets reports
moments artists magnets carpets
forests contents elements products

Sound-Spelling s /s/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
suspects contests interests

Sound-Spelling s/z/ words with 1 syllable
eggs ads rubs fills
hogs kids bins hills
bags cubs mills fads
sheds beds bells fans
fins wells shells logs

cans tubs rods bugs
runs digs bills ends
tags cars wins dogs
wills gums legs hens
rolls rugs webs buds

dolls arms bends folds
holds gulls buns rags
crabs twins grubs lands
frogs twigs barns hands
forms cards flags cords

films shrubs bands drums
horns skins lords bulbs
farms

Sound-Spelling s /z/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
cabins muffins cobwebs windmills

Sound-Spelling es /əz/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
ashes wishes dishes hoses
rushes noses crashes fishes
roses brushes radishes flashes

Sound-Spelling ck/k/ words with 1 syllable
neck puck shock tick
peck lick sick lack
tack back shack lock
dock tuck rack sock
pick duck pack luck

sack deck buck rock
wick nick snack pecked
block backed flock tucked
ducked stick brick click
licked speck slick stuck

trick track socks stack
truck pluck smack clock
stacked locked packed plucked
black crack stock slack
flicked slacks struck

Sound-Spelling ck /k/ words with 2 syllables
nickels backpack unlock pickup
lipstick

Sound-Spelling c/s/ words with 1 syllable
cell cent cells danced

Sound-Spelling c /s/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
forces success accent dances
process fences

Sound-Spelling er/er/ words with 1 syllable
her per herd fern
ferns term stern clerk
terms

Sound-Spelling er /er/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
otter upper inner offer
tanner otters hammer dimmer
seller offers roller banner
butter letter order hatter
ladder runner summer fisher

shutter sitter suffer bigger
better under batter winner
bitter rubber supper sadder
locker offered matter soccer
elder miller hotter bumper

modern temper porter member
gutter mutter dresser enter
older dinner rudder copper
manner shudder potter pepper
dipper after litter

hunter sister cobbler flicker
muttered winners swimmer master
closer slipper letters foster
luster dinners orders glitter
winter farmer corner folder

harder matters battered dancer
clatter rollers colder fender
flutter skipper manners softer
marker faster platter drummer
lumber shelter darker grocer

holder timber tender runners
clutter center proper fishers
pattern shorter former poster
barber buttered parker border
permit number butler cracker

mister hammers trapper ladders
trigger cluster crackers helper
planter antlers starter stammered
perhaps October rafters percent
smarter farmers lantern hunters

cornered winters partner numbers
corners monster centers printer
clattered hamster dancers perform
members herself terrific shelters
plaster cinders lobster western

September persisted splinter permitted
gardeners Amsterdam

Sound-Spelling a/ā/ words with 1 syllable

Sound-Spelling a /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
paper safer maker later
racer shaker baker racers
acorn faded labels basic
trader skater makers laces
faces waded shaded crater

Sound-Spelling a /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
races pasted acorns traded
tornado

Sound-Spelling a-e/ā/ words with 1 syllable
ape ate lake pale
rake pane shake fame
tale same bake fate
shame shade sake tame
lace made game lame

wake hale fake mate
lane late rate wade
pace tape gate cane
cape mane face cake
race sale case safe

base gale fade date
came shape make name
take plate grace blade
names mates tales tamed
space canes blame slate

scale flame shades drake
snake spade games grape
named state trade stale
crane grade frame skate
crate brake place flakes

trace plane stake framed
flames scrape frames grades
flamed blamed blades

Sound-Spelling a-e /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
rotate hateful makeup insane
grateful rotates mistake graceful
operate spaceship classmate interstate
spacecraft

Sound-Spelling i/ī/ words with 1 syllable
I I'd I'll I'm
hind bind mild pint
kind find mind finds
wild blinds kinds minds
grind winds blind

Sound-Spelling i /ī/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
nicer tiger Irish
piper timer cider rider
liner diner finer wider
Ohio miner riders tigers
rises glider minus miners

Sound-Spelling i /ī/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
items ripened spider wilder
unkind direct unwind wildcat
directed

Sound-Spelling i-e/ī/ words with 1 syllable
ice shine mine ride
nine hike dine pike
ripe Nile hide pipe
side wipe file lime
pile wide life wife

fine bite pine rice
kite time mile dime
line nice bike like
tide mice slide spite
slime tides crime timed

rides price wife's twice
pride times twine hides
lined piled lines slice
glide miles bride mines
likes spike

smile prime spine tiles
dimes stride strike smiled
stripe

Sound-Spelling i-e /ī/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
unlike upside sunshine icebergs
underline inside bedtime pipeline
dislike bedside hillside combine
campsite underside wintertime lifetime
described

Sound-Spelling e/ē/ words with 1 syllable
be he we she
me we'll he'd we'd
she'd she'll

Sound-Spelling e /ē/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
neon meter stereo meters
create react

Sound-Spelling ea/ē/ words with 1 syllable
pea eat tea sea
heat eats mean peak
read beat heap reap
leak seat beam lean
team east heal leaf

meal meat seam bead
weak neat lead bean
beak leap flea deal
steam sealed dream gleam
speak creak treat beams

means leads beamed sneak
cream beast least meals
beads feast beans teams
fleas real streak gleamed
clean speaks dreams scream

cleaned creaked stream streaked
streamed

Sound-Spelling ea /ē/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
eater reader eager eaters
heater dealer beater weaker
readers speaker leader seated
eastern cleaner steamer leaders
peanut heated teammates pleaded

Sound-Spelling ea /ē/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
meantime upstream cleaners released
treated cornmeal

Sound-Spelling y /ē/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
icy puffy shady hilly
baggy teddy shaky soggy
daddy marry merry mommy
leafy sunny silly holly
oddly body puppy ferry

shaggy shiny lily piggy
penny only rally muddy
funny runny happy hobby
bunny messy lucky dolly
patty weakly beady Patsy

baby copy carry ugly
pity kitty buggy belly
foggy fiery gully lacy
city berry bony folly
pony buddy sorry rocky

lobby bossy tummy tiny
granny sandy forty milky
hasty skinny neatly creamy
risky slimy utterly smelly
husky safety hotly sadly

grassy misty study gritty
windy rusty tricky dreamy
handy floppy silky scaly
really likely stocky glory
dimly fifty madly entry

stony dusty fluffy ninety
marshy fancy spotty shorty
flashy bumpy sloppy lately
empty safely stuffy smoky
nicely badly eagerly story

sticky mildly candy party
tasty kindly bitterly plenty
simply pastry boldly celery
stormy fondly crossly sharply
softly freshly crafty orderly

mostly frisky grocery partly
twenty pottery battery gladly
wildly sternly grimly briskly
elderly bakery costly hardly
snugly industry promptly ladybugs

coldly shortly liberty slippery
unlucky grumpy wistfully swiftly
blindly property gratefully tenderly
properly timidly ladybug intently
cranberry directly

Sound-Spelling ch/ch/ words with 1 syllable
each check inch chick
cheat chat rich chap
such chop reach chum
chase chess beach cheap
chin chip teach peach

Chuck chill child much
bunch preach chart march
perched chopped bench chills
charm branch chest bleach
ranch porch inched reached

starch lunch French marched
drenched clenched

Sound-Spelling ch /ch/ words with 2 syllables
chilly checker chatter cherry
teacher chapter richer checkers
preacher rancher teachers reaches
inches chamber chattered beaches
bunches childish chickens benches

Sound-Spelling ch /ch/ words with 2 syllables
ostrich lunches chances branches
lunchtime

Sound-Spelling i/ĭ/ ng/ng/ words with 1 syllable
ring sing king wing
bring kings sting wings
swing sling spring rings
string

Sound-Spelling ing /ĭng/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
adding singer going eating
being inning tagging naming
hugging wagging acting hiking
raking leaning leaping hanging
waking chilling winning banging

wading chopping bobbing puffing
sobbing nodding racing popping
teaching cheating rushing timing
hopping asking backing telling
running cutting hitting facing

ending humming wishing shaping
hissing dingy tugging rolling
picking willing liking heating
making sitting ringing baking
piping singing reaching fanning

dashing tossing missing hiding
kidding shutting shining patting
meaning fishing chasing sipping
begging taking shopping wiping
dealing piling bedding offering

licking ticking longing logging
riding dining locking pecking
biting kissing rocking mining
nagging setting digging dating
passing filling letting wedding

leading reading beings boring
betting shaking dipping mocking
poking hoping packing resting
tapping selling getting cunning
bucking swimming trading flapping

dreaming finding clicking stinging
smashing speaking steaming hunting
meanings sneaking bumping crossing
drilling pressing swinging blocking
spilling gleaming gliding trapping

shifting suffering entering winding
tending molding spinning melting
darling snoring tasting clinging
sending dumping marching smelling
handing tracking spelling milking

muttering dragging holding planning
sensing grinning mending flashing
smiling stocking blessing slicing
marrying farming limping skipping
trotting testing gasping storing

flipping slipping bringing panting
helping dressing marking pumping
snapping dusting stuffing cracking
grabbing pleading minding brushing
harming readings lettering landing

ordering sliding duckling stepping
shattering forming wasting dancing
dropping sloping nesting plotting
flaming listing swelling carrying
placing stopping folding shimmering

parking sticking bending forcing
treating camping lifting sniffing
crashing fencing dripping clapping
chattering barking cleaning drumming
bragging creaking morning skating

unwilling splitting snarling printing
grinding markings slanting planting
drifting screaming standing frosting
feasting streaming glittering trusting
scraping striking snorting scattering

blinding twisting scolding splashing
escaping fluttering starting spending
studying glancing mornings stroking
grunting strolling crackling stamping
scrubbing grasping finishing ducklings

publishing disgusting springtime

fang rang long hang
sung bang rung tongs
sang song bangs clung
flung gong stung strung
sprang lungs banged clang

strong swung fangs

Sound-Spelling ee/ē/ words with 1 syllable
bee eel see tee
fee glee weep bees
tree cheek peel peek
feed deed seem beef
reef deep keep week

flee reed peep reel
free heel meet feel
keen beet seep need
weed beech seek seen
sheet seed steel sweep

heels steep weeds speed
green trees seeped sleek
freed reeds creep fleet
creek deeds speech sleep
needs sweet greet streets

screen greens feeds screech
sleeps screeched

Sound-Spelling ee /ē/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
keeper seeing deeper feeder
coffee peeling feelers feeling
needing feeding greedy weekly
sleepy seeking seaweed weeping
weeding keeping freely meeting

speedy referee deeply steeper
cheeses sweeping speeding fifteen
nineteen creeping sweetly greeting
indeed feelings sleeping seedling
streetcar succeed speeded degrees

meetings greeted treetops

Sound-Spelling le /əl/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
able apple eagle cable
saddle bottle beetle pebble
wobble rubble title fiddle
bubble tickle tackle table
pickle kettle fable middle

battle nibble cattle paddle
eagles rattle needle giggle
huddle puddle wiggle chuckle
settle baffled tables maple
shuffle noble little riddle

buckle bottles Seattle giggled
steeple muffled bumble tickled
nibbled settled cradle ruffled
shuffled beetles dribble handle
bubbles wiggled titles rumble

fables humble riddles trickle
simple tackled temple battles
unable huddled cables rattled
bundle candle bubbled rattles
needles marble paddled crackle

stable sample tumbled candles
saddled crippled mumbled tremble
marbles crackled freckles bundles
struggle crumble tumble sampled
sparkle stumble grumble article

snuggled stumbled sparkled struggled
rumbled teakettle handles fumbled
scrambled spindle rumpled crumbled
startled trembled grumbled crumpled

Sound-Spelling ai/ā/ words with 1 syllable
aim aid rail pain
train laid gain paid
fail mail main hail
rain maid wait aims
bait tail chain pail

nail raid chains gained
rained Spain drain mailed
braid hailed paint snail
sailed grains claim wailed
nails frail braids maids

failed brains grain tails
waist rails rains faint
strain plain brain trail
claims trains trails stained

Sound-Spelling ai /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
waiter raining strained rainy
aiming daily gaining raises
mainly trailer mailing waiting
railing painful raiders sailing
trainer painter failing painting

Sound-Spelling ai /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
faintly trailers fainted trainers
trailing details training painfully
mainland entertain raindrop paintbrush

Sound-Spelling ur/er/ words with 1 syllable
fur burr purr burn
curl furs curb surf
blur churn hurt spur
turn blurred burns curls
burned turns churned burst

Sound-Spelling ur/er/ words with 1 syllable
turned curled

Sound-Spelling ur /er/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
furry burger hurry scurry
nursing murmur murky burner
curly purple turtle sturdy
turning burning turtles disturb
during nursery hurting curling

Sound-Spelling ur /er/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
disturbing hurrying scurrying returns
bursting surrender

Sound-Spelling j/j/ words with 1 syllable
Jack jar jam jeep
jug jet jade jobs
job just jump jest
jars jams jumped

Sound-Spelling j /j/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
jelly jolly jumpy jumbo
jumble jester jumper joking
banjo Jasper jumping subject
project jellyfish

Sound-Spelling g/j/ words with 1 syllable
age germs germ wage
urged cage page stage
surged

Sound-Spelling g /j/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
ages Roger urging barges
danger larger energy rigid
magic ginger ranger gentle
cages gently changes teenage
hinges rangers teenager charges

Sound-Spelling g /j/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
suggested register stranger suggest
gigantic

Sound-Spelling ou/ow/ words with 1 syllable
out ouch loud noun
shout pouch foul couch
cloud mound snout grouch
round scout bound proud
hound grounds count sound

Sound-Spelling ou/ow/ words with 1 syllable
spout trout mount nouns
found pound crouched rounds
bounds bounced sprout clouds
ground

Sound-Spelling ou /ow/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
outer outing outlined louder
outline counter cloudy shouting
county proudly dugout houses
outfit outside loudly outlet
bounded pounding counting roundup

Sound-Spelling ou /ow/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
rounded sounded sounding pronoun
bouncing bounces soundly compound

Sound-Spelling e/-/ words with 1 syllable
horse aide were mouse
taste nurse purse peace
else belle blonde pulse
house bounce glance prince
dance braille France fringe

since blouse grease paste
charge change haste chance
sense fence force weren't
range forge glimpse rinse
large waste tense barge

strange

Sound-Spelling e /-/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
housewife increase peaceful farmhouse
difference household clubhouse strangely
nonsense horseback

Sound-Spelling v/v/ words with 1 syllable
I've we've heave cave
vain hive weave save
serve verb wave five
curve dive nerve van
vet shave vine gave

leave vase verse waves
wives shaved saved caves
curved carve verbs vines
hives leaves sleeve elves
solve drive paved nerves

curves carved waved dives
vast starved vest served
dived valve ever over
twelve solved drives navy
shelves starve shiver fever

Sound-Spelling v /v/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
beaver diver liver lever
river weaver envy very
every never having divers
diving saving beavers waving
clover giving adverb rivers

living shaving lively driver
invite divide serving vanish
gravy Venus behave clever
weaving weavers silver leaving
traveled carvers travels overtime

invent silvery drivers driving
poverty deserves Vermont adverbs
November overseer bravely invest
shivering inventing inviting starving
bravery overturned volcano divided

invented travelers carvings

Sound-Spelling ow/ō/ words with 1 syllable
owe owed mow row
tow low show own
shown blows rows flown
towed glow grow crow
crows grown flow snow

Sound-Spelling ow/ō/ words with 1 syllable
slow owned shows bowl
blow bowls flows blown
snowed crowed slower slowed

Sound-Spelling ow /ō/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
owing owner arrow sorrow
showing fellow mowing pillow
arrows follow mellow narrow
below elbow willow shallow
borrow owners hollow snowy

burrow shadow owning sparrow
burrows slowly flowing mower
fellows glowing rainbow lower
shadows narrowed growing bellowed
blowing window snowing elbows

snowstorm windows following snowman
borrowing grownups windowsill

Sound-Spelling oo/oo/ words with 1 syllable
too hoot roof boot
boom room moon pool
loose mood tool cool
soon root noon loop
hoop food loom goose

stool boomed moons spoon
swoop cooled foods broom
scoop bloom rooms troop
spool droop stoop brooms
gloom proof fooled tools

swooped scooped stooped

Sound-Spelling oo /oo/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
moody loosen cooper poodle
cooing cooler sooner igloo
cooling coolly rooted chooses
gloomy foolish hooted afternoon
fooling raccoon bamboo rooster

Sound-Spelling oo /oo/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
loosely booming scooter cartoon
lunchroom brooding mushroom afternoons
bedroom noontime blooming raccoons
cartoons bedrooms mushrooms classroom

Sound-Spelling o-e/ō/ words with 1 syllable
home rope wove robe
Rome sole joke cove
code mole rode hole
bone woke vote note
robes moles lone poke

tone nope dose pole
role cone smoke shone
hope stone holes grove
cones homes drove spoke
jokes drone scope slope

bones stove stroke strode
globe broke

Sound-Spelling o-e /ō/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
homely lonely tadpole hopeful
hopefully closely flagpole homesick

Sound-Spelling ay/ā/ words with 1 syllable
hay way day ray
bay lay say may
pay jay tray sway
stray spray stay lays
play clay days rays

Sound-Spelling ay/ā/ words with 1 syllable
swayed ways gray trays
stayed

Sound-Spelling ay /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
okay essay saying laying
player layers paying maybe
relay staying runway Sunday
playful Friday midday display
subway freeway railway playing

Sound-Spelling ay /ā/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
dismay Norway daytime playmate
driveway haystack Saturday playhouse

Sound-Spelling th/th/ words with 1 syllable
booth tooth thud path
south thin thick thing
mouth throw with teeth
both bath math moth
three thorn length forth

Sound-Spelling th/th/ words with 1 syllable
ninth cloth north growth
depth throne throws tenth
twelfth strength thump thrill
things thrown fifth thumped
thorns thrust

Sound-Spelling th /th/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
thinner thicker filthy thrashing
throwing thunder within thimble
faithful without bathtub thrilling
bathroom faithfully toothpick thumping
southwest northwest tablecloth toothbrush

Sound-Spelling th /th/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
toothpaste fifteenth bathrooms northeast
blacksmith

Sound-Spelling oa/ō/ words with 1 syllable
oak foal coach goat
goal coal roam soak
loaf boat foam toads
loan boast load soap
toad road coat coast

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croak coals float goals
roast cloak toast loads
throat roamed soaked roads
loaned groan groans groaned

Sound-Spelling oa /ō/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
coating coated coaching coaches
roadside rowboat soaking unload
toaster oatmeal loading foaming
coaster charcoal railroad sailboat
overcoat lifeboat floating roasted

Sound-Spelling oa /ō/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
steamboat railroads unloading raincoat

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how cow bow sow
wow owl now vow
down towns owls howl
vowed town owl's howled
bows brow plow clowns

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crowns clown cows gown
flowers brown gowns growl
crown crowds crowd frown

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meow power chowder bowing
powder howdy flower powerful
howling lowering however plowing
Mayflower frowning crowding downhill
growling flowers downtown sundown

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sunflower tower downstream
towels towers shower

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sigh high thigh tight
slight light might fright
right sight night bright
fight flight night's

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fighter tighter highway sighing
mighty lighting lighter higher
lightly overnight fighters sighted
tightly fighting upright flashlight
rightful daylight starlight brighter

Sound-Spelling igh /ī/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
tightened lightning highways lightness
nighttime lighthouse frightful nightgown
sightings midnight twilight moonlight
sunlight brightly

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itch patch batch pitch
Dutch ditch catch latch
hitch fetch hatch match
switch stitch twitch stretch
sketch snatch fetched clutch

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hatched twitched scratch switched

Sound-Spelling tch /ch/ words with 2 syllables
catcher pitcher pitching stretcher
ketchup catching hitching matches
catches hatches clutching scratching
crutches stretching

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hood foot took cook
wool shook good hook
book woof wood hoof
look hoods stood crook
brook woods cook's hooves

Sound-Spelling oo/ʊ/ words with 1 syllable
cooked

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looking notebook hooded lookout
footing redwood bookcase cooking
crooked scrapbook dogwood understood
childhood Hollywood woodcutter goodnight
footprint

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zoo zip zone size
zoom buzz zoos jazz
gaze froze graze sneeze
dazed gazed breeze buzzed
blaze freeze dozed glazed

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prize blazed sneezed grazed

Sound-Spelling z /z/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
cozy puzzle buzzer fuzzy
lazy dizzy crazy puzzled
zigzag buzzing grizzly gazing
oversized freezer blazing citizens
sneezing grazing breezes freezing

Sound-Spelling a/ŏ/ words with 1 syllable
all salt wash ball
wad call mall fall
hall watch tall wall
wand halls swan bald
swap false calls swamp

Sound-Spelling a/ŏ/ words with 1 syllable
stall called small want
falls wasp wants halt
washed walls

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water taller afar caller
washer watcher baseball halter
walrus wander waters swallow
smaller watches overall snowball
watered washing overalls waddled

salty hallway calling falling
washes watery almost watching
waterway swallowed nightfall walnut
rainfall watchdog watering softball
wanderers football wanting waterfall

rainwater swallowing waterfalls waterproof
wallpaper

Sound-Spelling ea/ĕ/ words with 1 syllable
head deaf threat health
meant leapt dread wealth
heads leaped sweat thread
breath bread threads spread

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ready heavy meadow heavens
meadows headed sweater healthy
reread heaven's steady heading
sweaty instead spreading already
headline dreadful sweating dreaded

Sound-Spelling ea /ĕ/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
overhead headlines

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axe ax ox wax
box mix max fix
fox tax six next
sixth mixed

Sound-Spelling x /ks/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
axle boxing boxer axis
mixer fixing foxes expert
mixes mailbox mixing suffix
icebox fixes index relaxed
exercise prefix Mexico textbook

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awe jaw paw law
saw raw shawl lawn
laws fawns dawn jaws
sawed claw hawk crawl
draw fawn draws drawn

Sound-Spelling aw/aw/ words with 1 syllable
bawled lawns straw drawer
claws drawers sprawled

Sound-Spelling aw /aw/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
awful awfully outlaw seesaw
drawing sawmill outlaws bawling
drawings sawdust crawling sprawling
strawberry

Sound-Spelling ir/er/ words with 1 syllable
fir sir stir girl
third firm dirt bird
birch birth shirt birds
girls skirt first swirl
stirred thirst

Sound-Spelling ir /er/ words with 2 syllables
circle dirty thirty circus
chirping stirring thirsty firmly
thirteen birches circled circles
birthday twirling birthdays thirteenth
blackbird blackbirds

Sound-Spelling qu/kw/ words with 1 syllable
quack quit quail quiz
quite quick queen squeak
squeal queens squeeze squash
quilt quills squad quench
squirmed squealed squashed

Sound-Spelling qu /kw/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
quicker quitting squinting liquids
quickly squeaky liquid squatted
quietly squatting squinted

Sound-Spelling oi/oy/ words with 1 syllable
oil noise foil oils
voice join coin boil
coil soil choice coins
moist point joins joined

Sound-Spelling oi /oy/ words with 2 syllables
oily boiler pointing pointer
choices voices joining spoiled
noises boiling rejoiced

Sound-Spelling ey/ē/ words with 1 syllable
key keys

Sound-Spelling ey /ē/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
alley hockey valley turkeys
dicey galley jockey turkey
beyond trolley barley valleys
chimney chimneys volleyball

Sound-Spelling wh/w/ words with 1 syllable
whoa when whine whirl
which wheat while wheel
whale white whim wheeled
whined wheels whales

Sound-Spelling wh /w/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
whooping whirling whisper wheeling
whispered whispering whirlwind

Sound-Spelling y/y/ words with 1 syllable
yet yam yell yawn
yoke yes yarns yarn
yelled yeast yams yard
yells yelp yards

Sound-Spelling y /y/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
lawyer yellow yelling yonder
yogurt lawyers yellowish yelping
yesterday yardstick barnyard

Sound-Spelling y/ī/ words with 1 syllable
rye my shy by
dye why sly dyes
dry cry fly fry
try spy sky

Sound-Spelling y /ī/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
dying tying shyly lying
typing cycle crying trying
cyclone drying goodbye flying
butterfly frying supply myself
skyscraper Wyoming

Sound-Spelling or/er/ words with 1 syllable
worth worlds worse word
work worm world worms
worked worst words

Sound-Spelling or /er/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
error odor favor actor
errors worry effort sailor
terror labor motor vapor
minor horror major worker
tailor forbid forever victor

workers forget actors flavor
corral ivory motors harbor
majors doctor working forgot
decorate factors patchwork stubborn
mirror director doctors homework

worrying workshop emperor memory
housework tractor forgets correct
framework history hickory inventor
factory stubbornly victory forgetting
inspector correctly mirrors

Sound-Spelling au/aw/ words with 1 syllable
taut hauled fault vault
sauce haul

Sound-Spelling au /aw/ words with 2 syllables
auto author saucer laundry
August causes hauling Austin

Sound-Spelling u/yoo/ words with 1 syllable
fuels

Sound-Spelling u /yoo/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
uses bugle menu unit
united humor unicorn arguing
museums

Sound-Spelling u/oo/ words with 1 syllable
flu truth

Sound-Spelling u /oo/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
Peru ruby ruler super
duty tuning superb truly
rulers truthful unruly included
including

Sound-Spelling y/ĭ/ words with 1 syllable
gym

Sound-Spelling y /ĭ/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
Egypt syrup bicycle mystery
Brooklyn bicycles

Sound-Spelling oy/oy/ words with 1 syllable
boy toy joy boys
toys

Sound-Spelling oy /oy/ words with 2 or 3 syllables
cowboy joyful oyster cowboys
joyfully enjoyed


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