Art Word Family

Cart, smart and start, then depart and outsmart, with quart and braggart on a list of their own.

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List 1: one syllable, ending in -art (cart)

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  1. 1.artOur art hangs along the hallway wall.
  2. 2.cartOne wheel of the grocery cart squeaks.
  3. 3.dartMinnows dart away from my shadow.
  4. 4.hartA hart stepped out of the misty forest.
  5. 5.martThe corner mart sells fresh bread daily.
  6. 6.partMy favorite part of the book is the ending.
  7. 7.tartThe lemon tart cooled on the windowsill.
  8. 8.chartMark the weather on the wall chart.
  9. 9.smartThat was a smart way to fix the kite.
  10. 10.startStart the puzzle with the corner pieces.

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List 1: one syllable, ending in -art (cart) 10

  • art Our art hangs along the hallway wall.
  • cart One wheel of the grocery cart squeaks.
  • chart Mark the weather on the wall chart.
  • dart Minnows dart away from my shadow.
  • hart A hart stepped out of the misty forest.
  • mart The corner mart sells fresh bread daily.
  • part My favorite part of the book is the ending.
  • smart That was a smart way to fix the kite.
  • start Start the puzzle with the corner pieces.
  • tart The lemon tart cooled on the windowsill.

List 2: longer words that end in -art (apart) 10

  • apart Gently pull the orange halves apart.
  • counterpart The goalie shook hands with her counterpart.
  • depart The ferry will depart when the fog lifts.
  • handcart He wheeled the crates on a handcart.
  • impart Roasted garlic will impart a sweet flavor.
  • outsmart The crow managed to outsmart the scarecrow.
  • pushcart A pushcart of peaches rolled past the fountain.
  • restart Restart the timer after each lap.
  • underpart The underpart of the leaf feels fuzzy.
  • upstart An upstart team beat the champions.
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List 3: -art with an ending, one t (started) 10

  • carted We carted the pumpkins home in a wagon.
  • charted The crew charted a course around the reef.
  • darted A green lizard darted beneath the flowerpot.
  • departed The last bus departed before sunset.
  • parted The curtains parted and the play began.
  • restarted The game restarted once the rain stopped.
  • smarter A smarter plan is to pack tonight.
  • smartest Her smartest move was castling early.
  • started The band started with a drum roll.
  • starting Snow is starting to cover the porch steps.

List 4: art inside a longer word (party) 12

  • apartment Their apartment overlooks a bakery.
  • article She read an article about tide pools.
  • artist Each artist signed the mural's bottom corner.
  • artwork Student artwork covered the library windows.
  • carton An empty egg carton makes a fine paint tray.
  • charter The club wrote a charter with five rules.
  • dartboard The dartboard hangs behind the garage door.
  • department The fire department visited our school.
  • partly The afternoon sky stayed partly cloudy.
  • partner Choose a partner for the three-legged race.
  • party The surprise party fooled nobody.
  • starter The starter waved a checkered flag.

List 5: ends in -art, another sound (quart) 6

  • athwart A fallen log lay athwart the path.
  • braggart Nobody enjoys a braggart at the lunch table.
  • quart Pour one quart of milk into the pot.
  • stalwart A stalwart oak shaded the old barn.
  • thwart A locked gate will thwart the hungry goats.
  • wart The witch puppet has a wart on its chin.

How this list was compiled: Words chosen and sorted into 5 lists for Homeroom Tools. The choice, the sorting and the sentences are ours; no published list, program or workbook was opened or copied. SOUND AND SPELLING: every word was looked up on 14 October 2026 in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q= plus the word) for the sound of its ending and for a second spelling on the headword line, and each has an English entry in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). The dictionary writes the ending of all 20 words on Lists 1 and 2 as ärt; in the longer words of List 2 it carries a stress mark, the main one in apart, depart, impart, restart and outsmart. List 3 is spelled from the same dictionary's inflection lines (started, starting; darted; smarter, smartest), which keep one t; its lines for sit and admit double the t (sitting, admitted). On List 4 the same ärt sounds stand inside the word (party, pär-tē; apartment). On List 5 the letters art end words with other sounds: wart (wôrt), quart (kwôrt), thwart and athwart with the vowel of sort, and braggart (brăg-ərt) and stalwart (stôl-wərt) with a weak vowel and no stress mark. The meaning of hart, the two entries for tart, the ending -art (entered as a form of -ard), the word history of kindergarten and the pronunciations of heart, sweetheart, war, warm and quarter are from the same dictionary's entries; that a rhyme needs the same stressed vowel is from Wikipedia's Perfect and imperfect rhymes article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_and_imperfect_rhymes). A WORD FAMILY here is a set of words that share a rime, which Wikipedia's Phonics article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonics) gives as the vowel and the consonant sounds that follow it. SOUND-ALIKES: hart (heart): the dictionary gives both words one pronunciation, and Wiktionary lists heart as a homophone of hart. LEFT OUT: rampart (also said with a weak last vowel), flowchart (entered first as flow chart), cartwheel (also said with hw), and a few words by our choice for a list young children use. SENTENCES are ours, name no person, and none repeats a sentence in another list of this site (checked on 14 October 2026). Spellings are American. Licence: own work

How it works

A cart, a dart, a chart: ten one-syllable words here end in -art with the ar of car. Ten longer ones end the same way, from depart and restart to counterpart.

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Art word family words in five lists

List 1 has one syllable: art, cart, dart, hart, mart, part, tart, chart, smart, start. List 2 is longer: apart, depart, impart, restart, outsmart, upstart, handcart, pushcart, counterpart, underpart. List 4 has art inside the word: party, artist, partner, carton, apartment. List 5 ends in -art with another sound: wart, quart, thwart, athwart, braggart, stalwart.

Started and smarter: the t stays single

List 3 adds an ending. The American Heritage Dictionary spells started, starting, darted, smarter and smartest with one t. Its lines for sit and admit double the t before the same endings: sitting, admitted.

  • A hart is a male deer. The word sounds the same as heart.
  • Tart is two words in the dictionary: sharp or sour to the taste, and a pastry shell with no top crust.
  • Kindergarten holds the letters art. The dictionary gives it as German: Kinder, of children, and Garten, garden.

Questions and answers

Do wart and quart rhyme with cart?

No. The American Heritage Dictionary writes wart (wôrt) and quart (kwôrt), with the vowel of sort, and cart (kärt), with the vowel of car. Thwart goes with wart, and so do war, warm and quarter.

Is heart an art word family word?

In sound, yes: the dictionary writes heart (härt), the same as hart. In spelling it ends in -eart, as sweetheart does, so neither word is on these lists.

Does braggart rhyme with art?

No. The dictionary writes braggart (brăg-ərt), with a weak vowel and no stress on the ending. It enters -art as a form of -ard, an ending for one who does a thing habitually or too much. Stalwart (stôl-wərt) has the same weak ending.

Can I print art word family worksheets?

Yes. Open List 1 for the ten one-syllable words, art to start, then print it as a Word list, a Test sheet, an ABC order sheet or a Missing letters sheet. The other four lists print in the same four forms.

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