Spelling Bee Word List
by Grade
Pick a grade, print the list or copy it. Kindergarten through grade 6, drawn from curriculum-aligned lists — not scraped from anywhere. Free, and nothing to sign up for.
Bee packets, grade by grade
Each one is a full packet: the words in three rounds, most with a definition and a sentence, and a play button on every word so the pronouncer can say it aloud.
Or copy a plain grade list
The straight curriculum word list for a grade, to print or paste somewhere else. No rounds, no definitions.
Spelling Bee Word List — Kindergarten
Name ______________________- 1.about
- 2.above
- 3.add
- 4.all
- 5.am
- 6.an
- 7.and
- 8.and (plus)
- 9.are
- 10.at
- 11.ate
- 12.away
- 13.bat
- 14.be
- 15.been
- 16.big
- 17.black
- 18.blue
- 19.but
- 20.by
- 21.called
- 22.came
- 23.can
- 24.cap
- 25.circle
- 26.cold
- 27.count
- 28.dad
- 29.den
- 30.did
- 31.do
- 32.down
- 33.down (meaning below)
- 34.eight
- 35.fan
- 36.fig
- 37.find
- 38.five
- 39.for
- 40.four
- 41.get
- 42.had
- 43.has
- 44.have
- 45.hen
- 46.here
- 47.him
- 48.hot
- 49.if
- 50.in
- 51.is
- 52.it
- 53.jug
- 54.jump
- 55.let
- 56.like
- 57.lip
- 58.look
- 59.many
- 60.minus
- 61.mop
- 62.more
- 63.my
- 64.number
- 65.one
- 66.other
- 67.out
- 68.oval
- 69.people
- 70.pin
- 71.please
- 72.purple
- 73.ran
- 74.red
- 75.ride
- 76.run
- 77.said
- 78.say
- 79.see
- 80.shape
- 81.she
- 82.sit
- 83.six
- 84.size
- 85.some
- 86.soon
- 87.star
- 88.sun
- 89.than
- 90.that
- 91.the
- 92.their
- 93.them
- 94.there
- 95.these
- 96.three
- 97.time
- 98.too
- 99.triangle
- 100.two
- 101.up
- 102.up (meaning above)
- 103.use
- 104.want
- 105.was
- 106.we
- 107.well
- 108.were
- 109.where
- 110.which
- 111.who
- 112.yellow
- 113.you
- 114.zero
Running a spelling bee
How many words should a spelling bee list have?
A classroom bee usually runs on 20 to 30 words per round, so most teachers print one grade list and work down it. School-level bees tend to draw from a wider pool across two or three grade levels, because the last few spellers will exhaust an on-level list quickly.
What words are on a grade 3 spelling bee list?
Grade 3 bees lean on two-syllable words with regular patterns, common homophones, and the first wave of irregular spellings such as "because" and "friend". The grade 3 list on this page is drawn from the same curriculum-aligned lists SpellingJoy uses in class.
Can I print the spelling bee list?
Yes. Choose a grade and press Print. The sheet prints on its own with a name line at the top and nothing else from the page, so it is ready to hand out.
Where do these words come from?
They come from SpellingJoy’s curriculum-aligned word lists, the same ones used for classroom practice and assessment. They are not generated or scraped.
How should students practice a spelling bee list?
Hearing the word matters more than reading it, because a bee is spoken. Copy the list into SpellingJoy and each word is read aloud, which is closer to the real thing than reading down a printed page.
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