Spelling Games for Kindergarten to 6th Grade

Pick a grade, tap the mixed-up letters into the right order and beat the 3 minute clock.

Word 1 of 100 solved

Hint: Not right or equal for everyone.

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Spelling Scramble

Unscramble each word and write it on the line.

  1. F N A R U I.Hint: Not right or equal for everyone.
  2. M U A F S O.Hint: Known by many people.
  3. E C L B Y I C.Hint: You pedal it, and it has two wheels.
  4. Y E A X C T L.Hint: Just right, with nothing more and nothing less.
  5. F P U E A L C E.Hint: Calm and quiet.
  6. E V E B M S I A H.Hint: To act badly.
  7. R R E N F I U U T.Hint: Tables, chairs and beds.
  8. P I O I S P A T D N.Hint: To let someone down.
  9. H E D O H R I G B N O O.Hint: The streets and homes around where you live.
  10. P I I A M H N H C S O P.Hint: The final contest that decides the winner of a season.

Sheet 567488

10 of 30 words from the Grade 4 list.

Answer key: Spelling Scramble

  1. FNARUIUNFAIR
  2. MUAFSOFAMOUS
  3. ECLBYICBICYCLE
  4. YEAXCTLEXACTLY
  5. FPUEALCEPEACEFUL
  6. EVEBMSIAHMISBEHAVE
  7. RRENFIUUTFURNITURE
  8. PIOISPATDNDISAPPOINT
  9. HEDOHRIGBNOONEIGHBORHOOD
  10. PIIAMHNHCSOPCHAMPIONSHIP

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Kindergarten 30

  • box You pack things in it, and it has flat sides.
  • bug A small insect.
  • can A metal tin that holds soup or beans.
  • cub A baby bear or a baby lion.
  • cup You drink from it.
  • fan It spins to blow cool air on you.
  • fin A fish swims with it.
  • fog A cloud that sits on the ground.
  • fox A wild animal with a bushy red tail.
  • fun What you have when you play.
  • hen A mother chicken.
  • hog A big pig.
  • jam A sweet fruit spread for toast.
  • jet A very fast plane.
  • job The work that someone does.
  • jog To run slowly.
  • kid A child, or a baby goat.
  • kit A set of things for one job, such as first aid.
  • lid The top of a jar or a pot.
  • lip The soft edge of your mouth.
  • men More than one man.
  • mix To stir things together.
  • mom A short word for mother.
  • pet An animal that lives with you at home.
  • pop The sound a balloon makes when it bursts.
  • vet A doctor for animals.
  • web A spider spins one.
  • wig Pretend hair you can put on.
  • win To come first in a game.
  • zip To close a coat with a slider.
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Grade 1 30

  • bell It rings.
  • brick A hard block for building walls.
  • cake A sweet baked treat for a birthday.
  • cube A solid shape with six square faces.
  • duck A bird that quacks.
  • fish It swims and breathes through gills.
  • fishing Trying to catch something in a lake with a rod and a hook.
  • flag Cloth on a pole that stands for a country.
  • flute A thin instrument you hold sideways and blow across.
  • frog A green animal that hops and croaks.
  • gift A present.
  • helped Gave someone a hand.
  • hill Land that goes up, smaller than a mountain.
  • home The place where you live.
  • joke Something you say to make people laugh.
  • jump To push off the ground with both feet.
  • kite It flies on a string in the wind.
  • lunch The meal in the middle of the day.
  • math The school subject with numbers and adding.
  • milk A white drink that comes from cows.
  • neck It holds up your head.
  • nine The number after eight.
  • path A narrow trail to walk on.
  • pink The color you get from red and white.
  • plant It grows in soil and needs light.
  • pond A small body of still water.
  • quick Fast.
  • quiz A short test.
  • wing A bird flaps it to fly.
  • wish What you make before you blow out the candles.

Grade 2 30

  • afraid Scared.
  • between In the middle of two things.
  • birthday The day each year that marks when you were born.
  • branch An arm of a tree.
  • breakfast The first meal of the day.
  • bright Full of light.
  • catch To grab a ball out of the air.
  • city A very large town.
  • comb You pull it through your hair to tidy it.
  • enjoy To like doing something.
  • feather One of the soft, light things that cover a bird.
  • grew Got bigger.
  • house A building where a family lives.
  • jumped Pushed off the ground and into the air.
  • knife A tool with a blade for cutting.
  • knock To tap on a door with your hand.
  • mouth You eat and speak with it.
  • people More than one person.
  • pilot The person who flies a plane.
  • playground A place outside with slides and swings.
  • queen A woman who rules a country.
  • spring The season after winter.
  • strong Able to lift heavy things.
  • think To use your mind.
  • third It comes after second.
  • Thursday The day after Wednesday.
  • voice The sound you make when you talk or sing.
  • window Glass in a wall that lets in light.
  • yellow The color of a lemon.
  • yesterday The day before today.

Grade 3 30

  • astronaut A person who travels into space.
  • author The person who writes a book.
  • autumn The season when leaves fall.
  • beautiful Very pretty.
  • careful Paying attention so nothing goes wrong.
  • caught Took hold of something that was thrown.
  • chalk A soft white stick for writing on a board.
  • children Boys and girls who are not yet adults.
  • different Not the same.
  • dinosaur A giant reptile that lived long ago.
  • enough As much as you need.
  • explore To travel through a new place to learn about it.
  • families Groups of parents and their kids.
  • February The shortest month.
  • fourth It comes after third.
  • guitar An instrument with six strings.
  • happiness The feeling of joy.
  • laugh The sound you make when something is funny.
  • piece One part of a whole, like a slice of pie.
  • potatoes Vegetables that grow underground and become fries.
  • puppies Young dogs.
  • rhyme Cat and hat do this.
  • shopping Buying things at a store.
  • thieves People who steal.
  • thought An idea in your mind.
  • through In one side and out the other.
  • twelve The number of months in a year.
  • weight How heavy something is.
  • whistle A high sound you make by blowing air between your lips.
  • worried Afraid that something bad may happen.

Grade 4 30

  • adventurous Eager to try new and daring things.
  • apartment A home that is one part of a larger building.
  • bicycle You pedal it, and it has two wheels.
  • championship The final contest that decides the winner of a season.
  • collection A group of things gathered and kept, like stamps.
  • darkness What is left when there is no light.
  • disappoint To let someone down.
  • disobey To refuse to follow a rule or an order.
  • exactly Just right, with nothing more and nothing less.
  • famous Known by many people.
  • forgiveness Letting go of anger at someone who said sorry.
  • fraction A part of a whole, such as one half.
  • frozen Turned to ice.
  • furniture Tables, chairs and beds.
  • harmless Not able to hurt anyone.
  • impatient Not willing to wait.
  • independent Able to do things without help.
  • inventor A person who makes something nobody has made before.
  • midnight Twelve o'clock in the dark.
  • misbehave To act badly.
  • neighborhood The streets and homes around where you live.
  • peaceful Calm and quiet.
  • prehistoric From the time before people wrote things down.
  • preview A short look at something before it comes out.
  • subway A city train that runs in tunnels.
  • suddenly All at once, with no warning.
  • underground Below the surface of the earth.
  • unfair Not right or equal for everyone.
  • unicorn A make-believe horse with one horn.
  • unusual Not common, out of the ordinary.

Grade 5 30

  • ambulance It rushes sick or hurt people to the emergency room.
  • ancient Very, very old.
  • anniversary The date each year that marks a past event, such as a wedding.
  • capacity The amount a container can hold.
  • centipede A long crawling animal with many pairs of legs.
  • chocolate A sweet brown treat made from cacao beans.
  • comfortable Soft and cozy, like a good chair.
  • continent Africa is one, and so is Asia.
  • eventually In the end, after some time.
  • experience Something that happened to you, or skill you gain by doing.
  • experiment A test a scientist runs to find out what happens.
  • explosion A sudden loud blast.
  • favorite The one you like best.
  • government The group of people who run a country or a state.
  • hilarious Extremely funny.
  • hospital A building where doctors and nurses care for sick people.
  • interrupt To break in while someone else is speaking.
  • invisible Impossible to see.
  • magician A performer who does tricks.
  • manufacture To make goods in a factory.
  • manuscript A book or paper written by hand, before it is printed.
  • mystery A puzzle, or a story where you hunt for clues.
  • opposite Hot is this to cold.
  • prevent To stop something before it happens.
  • structure Something that has been built, like a bridge or a tower.
  • subject A topic you study in school, like science.
  • subtract To take one number away from another.
  • transport To carry people or goods from one place to another.
  • uniform Matching clothes worn by a team or a school.
  • vocabulary All the words a person knows.

Grade 6 30

  • accompany To go along with someone.
  • achieve To reach a goal through hard work.
  • apologize To say you are sorry.
  • appreciate To be thankful for something.
  • architect A person who designs buildings.
  • artificial Made by people, not by nature.
  • business A company, or the work of buying and selling.
  • committed Promised to see something through.
  • community The people who live in one area.
  • competition A contest with a winner.
  • convenient Easy to reach or use, so it saves you trouble.
  • courageous Brave.
  • exaggerate To make something sound bigger than it really is.
  • excellent Extremely good.
  • forgotten No longer remembered.
  • grammar The rules for putting words into sentences.
  • irregular Not even, or not following the usual pattern.
  • laboratory A room where scientists run tests.
  • neighbor The person who lives next door.
  • niece The daughter of your brother or sister.
  • noticeable Easy to see or spot.
  • occasion A special event or time, such as a wedding.
  • parachute A cloth canopy that slows a fall from a plane.
  • patience The ability to wait calmly.
  • permanent Lasting forever.
  • seize To grab suddenly and hold tight.
  • suspicious Feeling that something is not right or not to be trusted.
  • temporary Lasting only a short time.
  • thermometer It measures temperature.
  • vegetable A carrot or a bean is one.

How this list was compiled: Own work. Every word also sits on one of this site's own grade spelling lists (kindergarten-spelling-words and 1st-grade-spelling-words to 6th-grade-spelling-words), 30 a grade, spread across that grade's spelling patterns. The grade is our suggestion and follows no one school's scheme. Spellings are American and were checked for those lists against the macOS word list and Wiktionary. Picked for an unscramble game on 2026-09-20: a word went in only when no other arrangement of its letters is a word in the macOS word list (about 236,000 entries) or a plain s, es, ed, ing, er or ly form of one, so each scramble has one answer; that is why common list words such as stop, felt and listen are left out. No two words on the page share the same letters. Every hint is our own wording, gives a meaning and never contains the word. Licence: own work

How it works

These spelling games open on Grade 4 with 10 mixed-up words and a 3 minute clock. Read the meaning, then tap the letter tiles into order. Switch to any list from Kindergarten to Grade 6, or play your own words.

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The page opens as one of our spelling games for 4th graders. A meaning shows under the tiles, so you know which word to spell. Tap the letters in order. A right word moves on by itself, and a wrong one hands the tiles back. The clock starts with your first tile. At the end you see your score, your time and the words that got away.

Change the grade, or customize it with your own list

Under Start from a list, pick Kindergarten or Grade 1 to Grade 6, then press New scramble for 10 fresh words. For this week's list, open More options, press Worksheet and type the words on the sheet, then press Play. Add a meaning after a colon, like zebra: a striped horse.

  • Skip a hard word and it comes back at the end of the round. Show answer counts the word as missed.
  • Type the words that got away on the Worksheet, in More options, and play them again the next day.
  • Words whose letters also spell another word, such as stop and listen, are left out, so every scramble has 1 answer.

Questions and answers

What do the spelling games for 1st graders practice?

Short words with one pattern each: sh, ch, th and ck, blends such as frog and plant, silent e words such as kite, and the endings of helped and fishing. The kindergarten spelling games are simpler still: 30 three-letter words such as fox and cup.

What is in the spelling games for 2nd grade?

Vowel teams and tricky consonants: afraid, queen and bright, the silent letters of knife and comb, and longer words such as playground, breakfast and yesterday.

Are the spelling games for 3rd graders harder?

Yes. Grade 3 brings plurals that change, such as puppies and thieves, the gh of laugh, enough and caught, the silent letters of whistle and guitar, and February. The spelling games for 2nd graders stay with shorter words.

Which words are in the 4th grade spelling games?

30 words built with prefixes and suffixes, among them unfair, disobey, prehistoric, underground, harmless, darkness and neighborhood. The grade is our suggestion, so a younger or older student can play it too. The whole list is on 4th grade spelling words.

Do you have spelling games for 6th graders?

Yes. Grade 6 holds 30 hard words, such as exaggerate, accompany, committed, seize, noticeable and thermometer. Grade 5 is built on Latin roots, as in transport, interrupt and manufacture.

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