CVC word lists

Do you ever find yourself stuck when you’re trying to think of short vowel words for your beginning reader?  I’m sharing a free printable CVC word list!

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Lately my Four’s reading ability has taken a big leap.  No more slooow sounding out of CVC words… he’s got them down!  At bedtime when we’re waiting for my husband to finish our youngest son’s Bible story, he likes to bring me his magnetic drawing board and have me write words for him to read.

• hen
• cat
• pit

My brain starts to freeze after just a few words.  There are a gazillion CVC words; why can’t I think of them?

That’s where this freebie comes in.  Print the list and keep it on hand when you’re designing activities for your early reader.

Or just browse this blog post for what you need!

Oh, and by the way.  CVC stands for consonant-vowel-consonant.  HAT would be a CVC word.  But I’m also including short vowel words with beginning blends and digraphs (FLAT or CHIP) as well as short vowel words with double consonants at the end (HILL) or the -ck ending (PACK).

CVC Words (and more) for Short a

ab: cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab, blab, crab, grab, scab, stab, slab

at: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat, brat, chat, flat, gnat, spat

ad: bad, dad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad, glad

an: ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, clan, plan, scan, than

ag: bag, gag, hag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag, brag, drag, flag, snag, stag

ap: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap, chap, clap, flap, slap, snap, trap

am: bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam, clam, cram, scam, slam, spam, swam, tram, wham

ack: back, hack, jack, lack, pack, rack, sack, tack, black, crack, shack, snack, stack, quack, track

ash: bash, cash, dash, gash, hash, lash, mash, rash, sash, clash, crash, flash, slash, smash

Other: gal, pal, gas, yak, wax, tax, bath, math

CVC Words (and more) for Short e

ed: bed, fed, led, red, wed, bled, bred, fled, pled, sled, shed

eg: beg, keg, leg, peg

et: bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet, fret

en: den, hen, men, pen, ten, then, when

eck: beck, deck, neck, peck, check, fleck, speck, wreck

ell: bell, cell, dell, jell, sell, tell, well, yell, dwell, shell, smell, spell, swell

Other: yes, web, gem, hem, pep, step

CVC Words (and more) for Short i

it: bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit, wit, knit, quit, slit, spit

id: bid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid, skid, slid

ig: big, dig, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig, twig

im: dim, him, rim, brim, grim, skim, slim, swim, trim, whim

ip: dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip, chip, clip, drip, flip, grip, ship, skip, slip, snip, trip, whip

ick: kick, lick, nick, pick, sick, tick, wick, brick, chick, click, flick, quick, slick, stick, thick, trick

ish: fish, dish, wish, swish

in: bin, din, fin, pin, sin, tin, win, chin, grin, shin, skin, spin, thin, twin

Other: him, this, mix, six, fix, crib

CVC Words (and more) for Short o

ot: cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, blot, knot, plot, shot, slot, spot

ob: cob, gob, job, lob, mob, rob, sob, blob, glob, knob, slob, snob

og: bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, blog, clog, frog

op: cop, hop, mop, pop, top, chop, crop, drop, flop, glop, plop, shop, slop, stop

ock: dock, lock, rock, sock, tock, block, clock,  flock, rock, shock smock, stock

Other: box, fox, pox, rod, sod, mom

CVC Words (and more) for Short u

ut: but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut, shut

ub: cub, hub, nub, rub, sub, tub, grub, snub, stub

ug: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug, drug, plug, slug, snug

um: bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, chum, drum, glum, plum, scum, slum

un: bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, spun, stun

ud: bud, cud, dud, mud, spud, stud, thud

uck: buck, duck, luck, muck, puck, suck, tuck, yuck, chuck, cluck, pluck, stuck, truck

ush: gush, hush, lush, mush, rush, blush, brush, crush, flush, slush

Other: pup, cup, bus

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