Ut Word Family

Words that rhyme with cut, from nut and shut to shortcut, with put and shout kept apart.

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List 1: -ut, three letters (cut)

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  1. 1.butI knocked, but nobody came to the door.
  2. 2.cutCut the ribbon along the dotted line.
  3. 3.gutA gut feeling told me to look again.
  4. 4.hutThe hut had a roof of palm leaves.
  5. 5.jutTwo big rocks jut out of the pond.
  6. 6.nutTwist the nut onto the bolt by hand.
  7. 7.rutThe wagon wheel sank into a deep rut.

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List 1: -ut, three letters (cut) 7

  • but I knocked, but nobody came to the door.
  • cut Cut the ribbon along the dotted line.
  • gut A gut feeling told me to look again.
  • hut The hut had a roof of palm leaves.
  • jut Two big rocks jut out of the pond.
  • nut Twist the nut onto the bolt by hand.
  • rut The wagon wheel sank into a deep rut.

List 2: more letters before -ut (shut, rebut) 6

  • abut The two backyards abut along a low wall.
  • glut A glut of zucchini filled every basket.
  • rebut She stood up to rebut the other team's point.
  • shut Shut the gate so the goats stay in.
  • strut Peacocks strut across the lawn at noon.
  • uncut The lawn stayed uncut all through July.

List 3: cut and nut in longer words (haircut, peanut) 9

  • beechnut A chipmunk stuffed a beechnut in its cheek.
  • crosscut The carpenter sharpened an old crosscut saw.
  • haircut His new haircut made his ears look bigger.
  • hazelnut She cracked a hazelnut between two stones.
  • peanut A blue jay grabbed the peanut and flew.
  • precut Precut squares of fabric filled the quilting basket.
  • shortcut The shortcut through the orchard saved us time.
  • undercut The stream began to undercut the muddy bank.
  • woodcut The artist pressed a woodcut onto damp paper.

List 4: ends in ut, another sound (put, shout) 12

  • about The puppy weighs about as much as a melon.
  • gamut The crayons run the gamut from pink to black.
  • halibut The halibut lay flat on the sandy bottom.
  • input The coach asked for input from every player.
  • out Take the trash out before the truck comes.
  • output The printer's output tray was full.
  • put Put the lids back on the paint jars.
  • scout The scout tied a knot around the pole.
  • shout Do not shout near the sleeping baby.
  • snout The piglet poked its snout through the gate.
  • sprout Bean seeds sprout in a wet paper towel.
  • trout A speckled trout rose to the surface.

How it works

Cut, hut, nut and shut end in -ut and say the short u of sun: they are the ut word family. Three lists hold 22 rhyming words, and a fourth has put, shout and ten more that do not rhyme.

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Ut word family spelling practice for kindergarten

List 1 is the place to begin: seven three-letter words, but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut and rut. List 2 puts more letters in front (shut, strut, glut, abut, rebut, uncut), and List 3 joins cut and nut to other words, as in haircut, shortcut and peanut.

Cut, shut and put stay the same in the past

The American Heritage Dictionary gives cut and shut one form for now and for the past: today I cut, yesterday I cut. Put, on List 4, does the same. Before an ending the t doubles: cutting, shutting, jutted, strutted, rebutted, abutted.

  • Three rarer words: a glut is an oversupply, to abut is to touch along one side, and to rebut is to refute with opposing arguments.

Questions and answers

Can I print ut word family worksheets?

Yes. Any one of the four lists prints as a Word list with sentences, a Test sheet, an ABC order sheet or a Missing letters sheet. For a first sheet take List 1: cut, hut, nut and four more.

Do walnut and coconut rhyme with cut?

Not always. For walnut, chestnut, coconut and doughnut the American Heritage Dictionary gives a second pronunciation with a weak vowel in the last syllable, so they are left off. Peanut, hazelnut and beechnut have the full short u only and are on List 3.

Does put rhyme with cut?

No. Put has the vowel of book, so it stands on List 4 with input and output. Putt, the golf stroke, does rhyme with cut. It is spelled with two t's, as mutt is, so neither is on the rhyming lists.

Do out and shout belong to the ut word family?

They end in the letters u and t, but ou spells another sound: out, about, shout, scout, trout, snout and sprout rhyme with each other, not with cut. They are on List 4 with halibut and gamut, whose last syllable is weak.

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