Silent E Word Search

Twenty silent e words on one sheet, five each for a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e, with the answer key.

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ZUKIYYMEIFIGLGY

LSIIUBSTGRAPEHI

ATTRNOMPHOMEDBT

RGEUGLIIIAQADHU

QODRPFLUTEDSIRD

NITNTBECSFWIEUA

RKRILBIKEUHSMBS

WHMNEHNYNTASNSY

MULEYCEPBULWSTI

URHRAAGLOBESOOO

NMSNAKEAMENEDND

ODROPEJTLDCUBEG

EFISLIDESRECOSG

SPRUNEHHDOVLNNR

AZALEWWLERLEEON

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CakeCAKE
SnakeSNAKE
PlatePLATE
WhaleWHALE
GrapeGRAPE
BikeBIKE
KiteKITE
SmileSMILE
SlideSLIDE
NineNINE
HomeHOME
BoneBONE
RopeROPE
StoneSTONE
GlobeGLOBE
CubeCUBE
MuleMULE
FluteFLUTE
TubeTUBE
PrunePRUNE

20 words from the Silent E list.

Write three words you found. Circle the long vowel in each and cross out the silent e.

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Answer key: Silent E Word Search

ZUKIYYMEIFIGLGY

LSIIUBSTGRAPEHI

ATTRNOMPHOMEDBT

RGEUGLIIIAQADHU

QODRPFLUTEDSIRD

NITNTBECSFWIEUA

RKRILBIKEUHSMBS

WHMNEHNYNTASNSY

MULEYCEPBULWSTI

URHRAAGLOBESOOO

NMSNAKEAMENEDND

ODROPEJTLDCUBEG

EFISLIDESRECOSG

SPRUNEHHDOVLNNR

AZALEWWLERLEEON

CAKE, SNAKE, PLATE, WHALE, GRAPE, BIKE, KITE, SMILE, SLIDE, NINE, HOME, BONE, ROPE, STONE, GLOBE, CUBE, MULE, FLUTE, TUBE, PRUNE

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Long A Silent E 26

Brave Ready to face danger without giving in to fear.
Cake A soft, sweet baked dessert, often iced.
Calculate To find an answer by adding, multiplying or other math.
Cave A large hollow in the side of a hill or under the ground.
Celebrate To honor a happy day with cake, songs or a party.
Crane A machine with a long arm for lifting; also a tall wading bird.
Earthquake A sudden, strong trembling of the land under your feet.
Escape To get away from a place that held you.
Evaporate To turn from liquid into vapor, as water does when a wet towel dries.
Flame The hot, bright tongue of a fire.
Game Something you play, with rules and a winner.
Gate The part of a fence that opens.
Grape A juicy little fruit that hangs in a bunch.
Hibernate To pass the cold months in a long, deep rest.
Lake Water with land on every side, bigger than a pond.
Lemonade A sweet-sour drink of squeezed lemons, sugar and water.
Maze A tangle of paths where the puzzle is to find the way out.
Name The word people call you.
Parade Bands, floats and marchers moving down a street.
Plate The flat round dish under your dinner.
Shade A cool, darker spot under a tree on a bright day.
Shape A circle, a square or a triangle, for example.
Skate A boot fitted with wheels or a steel blade.
Snake A reptile with scales, a forked tongue and no legs.
Wave A moving ridge of water at the beach; also a hello with your hand.
Whale An ocean mammal with a blowhole on top of its head.

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Long I Silent E 26

Bike A two-wheeled ride with pedals.
Bride A woman on her wedding day.
Crocodile A large reptile with a long snout and strong jaws.
Drive To steer a car along the road.
Five The number after four.
Hive Where a colony of bees lives and stores honey.
Inside Within; not out in the open air.
Invite To ask a friend to join you at a party or a meal.
Kite Add e to kit. It flies on a string in the wind.
Knife A blade with a handle, used for cutting.
Lime A sour green citrus fruit.
Nine One less than ten.
Pipe A hollow line that carries water through a house.
Porcupine An animal protected by a coat of sharp quills.
Prize The reward for winning.
Satellite An object that orbits a planet, such as the Moon or a spacecraft.
Shine To give off bright light; to gleam.
Slide A smooth slope to zoom down at the playground.
Smile What your mouth does when you are pleased.
Stripe One of the bands of color on a zebra or a flag.
Sunrise The start of the day, when the sky first turns light.
Surprise A thing nobody told you was coming.
Time What a clock measures.
Valentine A card given to someone you love on February 14.
Vine A climbing plant with a long twisting stem.
White The color of clean snow, salt and cotton balls.

Long O Silent E 26

Alone With nobody else around.
Antelope A fast, graceful grazing animal with horns.
Bone One hard piece of a skeleton.
Cone A shape with a round base and a point, like an ice cream holder.
Envelope A folded paper pocket for mailing a letter.
Explode To burst apart with a loud bang.
Globe A ball-shaped map of the whole Earth.
Home Where you live and keep your things.
Hose A long bendy line of rubber for watering the garden.
Joke A short story or question told to make people laugh.
Microphone What a singer sings into on stage.
Microscope An instrument whose lenses make tiny things look large.
Mole A small furry animal that digs tunnels under lawns.
Nose The part of your face you smell with.
Remote The handheld control for a TV, used from the couch.
Rope A thick, strong cord for tying or pulling.
Rose A flower with a sweet smell and thorns on its stem.
Saxophone A curved metal horn with a reed, heard in jazz bands.
Smoke The gray haze that drifts up from a campfire.
Stone A hard lump of rock small enough to hold.
Stove The kitchen appliance you cook on.
Telephone A device for talking with someone far away.
Telescope A tool for looking at stars and planets.
Throne The seat a king or queen sits on at court.
Vote To mark your choice on a ballot.
Xylophone Rows of wooden bars that ring when hit with mallets.

Long U Silent E 26

Altitude How high something is over the level of the ocean.
Amuse To make someone smile or laugh.
Compute To work something out with numbers.
Confuse To mix someone up so they cannot think clearly.
Cube Add e to cub. A solid shape with six square sides.
Cute Add e to cut. Sweet to look at, like a kitten.
Duke A nobleman of very high rank.
Dune A mound of sand shaped by the wind, at a beach or in a desert.
Excuse A reason given for a mistake or for being late.
Flute A thin wind instrument held sideways to play.
Gratitude A thankful feeling toward someone who helped you.
Include To let in as part of the whole; not leave out.
Introduce To tell two people each other's names when they first meet.
Longitude A measure of how far east or west a place is on the globe.
Molecule A tiny bit of matter made of atoms joined together.
Mule The offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
Mute Silent; also the button that turns the sound off.
Parachute A cloth canopy that slows a fall through the air.
Perfume A sweet-smelling liquid dabbed on the skin.
Prune A dried plum.
Rude Not polite.
Rule Something you must or must not do in a game or a classroom.
Salute A soldier's greeting, with a hand raised to the forehead.
Substitute A person or thing that takes the place of another.
Tube Add e to tub. A long hollow container; toothpaste is squeezed from one.
Tune A string of notes you can hum.

Long E Silent E 16

Athlete A person trained in a sport.
Centipede A crawling creature with one pair of legs on each body segment.
Compete To try to win against others.
Complete Whole, with nothing missing; also to finish.
Concrete A hard building material made from cement, sand, gravel and water.
Delete To remove or erase, as with a key on a keyboard.
Eve The day or night before a big day.
Extreme Very great; far beyond the usual.
Millipede A crawling creature with two pairs of legs on each body segment.
Scene A short section of a play or film that happens in one place.
Scheme A clever plan, often a sneaky one.
Stampede A sudden rush of frightened animals all running together.
Supreme Highest of all in rank or power.
Theme The main idea or subject of a story or a party.
These The word for more than one of this.
Trapeze A swinging bar high in a circus tent.

Add an E Words 24

Bite Add e to bit. To cut into with your teeth.
Cane Add e to can. A walking stick.
Cape Add e to cap. A cloak that hangs from the shoulders.
Code Add e to cod. A secret way of writing; also what programmers write.
Dime Add e to dim. A coin worth ten cents.
Fade Add e to fad. To slowly lose color.
Hide Add e to hid. To get out of sight.
Hope Add e to hop. To wish for something good to happen.
Huge Add e to hug. Very, very big.
Made Add e to mad. Built or put together.
Mane Add e to man. The long hair on the neck of a horse or a lion.
Mate Add e to mat. A friend or partner.
Note Add e to not. A short written message; also one musical sound.
Pane Add e to pan. One sheet of glass in a window.
Pine Add e to pin. An evergreen tree with needles and cones.
Plane Add e to plan. A flying machine with wings.
Rate Add e to rat. How fast something happens; also to give a score.
Ride Add e to rid. To sit on a horse or a bicycle and go.
Ripe Add e to rip. Ready to pick and eat.
Robe Add e to rob. A long loose gown.
Scrape Add e to scrap. To rub with something rough or sharp.
Slope Add e to slop. Ground that slants up or down.
Tape Add e to tap. A sticky strip that holds paper together.
Twine Add e to twin. Strong string for tying parcels.

Soft C and Soft G 18

Advice A helpful suggestion about what to do.
Cage A box of bars or wire for a pet bird or hamster.
Dice Small cubes with dots, rolled in board games.
Face Eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks and chin together.
Grace Smooth, easy beauty in the way someone moves.
Mice The plural of mouse.
Nice Kind and pleasant.
Page One side of a sheet in a book.
Place A spot or location; where something belongs.
Price The amount of money a thing sells for.
Rage Very great anger.
Slice A thin flat piece cut from a loaf or a pizza.
Space Where the stars and planets are; also an empty gap.
Spice Cinnamon, pepper or ginger, for example.
Stage The platform in a theater where the play happens.
Trace To copy a picture by drawing over its lines.
Twice Two times over; double.
Wage Money paid for work.

Silent E Rule Breakers 18

Above Higher than; over.
Come To move toward the speaker, as in "___ here".
Done Finished and over with.
Engine The part of a car that makes it go.
Give To hand something over as a present.
Glove A covering for the hand with a part for each finger.
Gone No longer here.
Have To own or hold, as in "I ___ two cats".
Lose To fail to win; also to be unable to find.
Machine A device with moving parts that does work.
Move To change place; to go from here to there.
None Not any; not one.
Police Officers whose job is to keep order and enforce the law.
Promise To give your word that you will do a thing.
Prove To show that something is true.
Shove To push hard.
Some More than zero, fewer than all.
Whose The question word that asks who owns something.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word lists and every meaning were written for this page. The sound of every word was checked on 2026-10-09 in its entry at Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/. All but one (Millipede, which it does not list) were checked again that day in the Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary, https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict, a record of General American pronunciation. The silent e rule, its work on c and g and its exceptions were read on 2026-10-09 at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_e. Licence: own work

How it works

This silent e word search opens in vowel order: Cake, Snake and Plate for a_e, Bike, Kite and Smile for i_e, Home, Bone and Rope for o_e, Cube, Mule and Flute for u_e.

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A list for each long vowel

Under Start from a list, Long A Silent E has 26 words, from Gate and Whale to Lemonade. Long I Silent E has Hive, Prize and Crocodile; Long O Silent E has Nose, Throne and Telescope; Long U Silent E has Tune, Dune and Parachute. Long E Silent E is the shortest, with 16 such as These, Theme and Athlete.

Add an e, soft c and g, rule breakers

Add an E Words holds 28 that start as a short-vowel word. Under More options, tick Show clues, not words and pupils read "Add e to cap. A cloak that hangs from the shoulders" and find Cape. Soft C and Soft G has Face, Mice and Cage. Silent E Rule Breakers has Have, Give and Come.

Short Silent E Words keeps to five letters or fewer, such as Gate, Lime and Tune.
Silent E in Long Words has 22 of nine letters or more, such as Telescope, Crocodile and Parachute.

Questions and answers

What is a silent e word?

A word that ends in an e you do not say. Mostly the e makes the vowel before it long: rid becomes ride, cap becomes cape. Phonics lessons also call it magic e, sneaky e or bossy e.

What are the five silent e patterns?

a_e as in cake, i_e as in bike, o_e as in home, u_e as in cube and e_e as in these. In each, a vowel letter, one consonant and a final e spell a long vowel.

Which silent e words break the rule?

Common words such as come, done, give and love: the e is silent, yet the vowel before it does not say its name. Compare come with cone. Silent E Rule Breakers has 18, among them Have, Move and Police.

Does silent e change c and g?

Yes. After c or g a silent e also marks the soft sound: c says s in face, g says j in stage. Soft C and Soft G has 19 such words, from Mice to Cage.

All 180 words

Long A Silent E 26

Long I Silent E 26

Long O Silent E 26

Long U Silent E 26

Long E Silent E 16

Add an E Words 24

Soft C and Soft G 18

Silent E Rule Breakers 18

How it works

A list for each long vowel

Add an e, soft c and g, rule breakers

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