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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!

Looking for CVC words? Print this free CVC word list for easy reference!

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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 cvc word 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

P.S. Have you seen all of our free printables for teaching CVC words? 

Printable CVC word list

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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92 Comments

    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      Hello Danielle! If you scroll to the bottom of the post (or just up a bit from this comment section) you will see a box with a green outline that contains a yellow button saying “Click to Download”. When you click that button, you should see a pop-up asking for your name and email address. After you fill in the information, the link to download the CVC Word List will be sent directly to the email that you entered!

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  5. Gilbert

    This is Gilbert.X from Puducherry, South part of India.

    Hi Anna, just wanted to say thanks so much for all your resources, they have been a great blessing to me and for our School (Sharon Kids Primary School).
    Email:sharonkidspdy@yahoo.com
    Mob:+919894405004

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  6. Karen

    Hi Anna, just wanted to say thanks so much for all your resources, they have been a great blessing to me for homeschooling.

    Unfortunately I’ve not been able to download this file – I’m using Google Chrome, the adblocker is turned off, and my hubby is an IT guy, so we’ve covered everything we can at this end…?

    Thanks for your help 🙂

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    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Allison! This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Please be sure your adblocker is turned off, and you might want to try using Google Chrome. This website works best with Google Chrome. Thanks for giving it another try!

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    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Heather!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. There was a problem with this, and now Anna has fixed it. Thanks for letting us know about it! Please give it another try and let us know if you still have trouble.

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  11. Stephanie

    Thanks for these lists. I am eager to use many of these lists, but want to point out that -am and -an do not make the short a sound. They are welded sounds, and presenting them as short a words can definitely cause phonemic confusion and is inaccurate when decoding text.

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  19. Kan

    Love the list, thank you.

    When will version2 come out?

    After knowing the children can read the words, I hope they will understand what the words mean. If a picture is made available next to the word, the children will be able to better understand what they are reading. Almost like their “first readable dictionary”.

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Tiffany! I think the best thing is to start simple and keep taking him as far as he’s ready to go. Different kids are ready for different words in first grade. If he’s reading to read CVC words, start with these, and eventually add words with blends and digraphs (chip, snap, etc.) and then start with simple long vowel words, like silent e words (sake, bike, etc.). Does that help?

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  25. Gina

    Thanks so much for all that you publish on this site. I ‘m currently doing Reading Mama’s Reading the Alphabet as well and your little readers have been so amazing. My daughter loves them and is so proud when she reads them.
    I wanted to ask if there was an order to teaching cvc site words and if so do you happen to have that list?
    Thanks in advance,
    Gina

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Gina! First let me distinguish between CVC and sight words. “Sight words” usually refers to words that we see a lot when reading and may or may not be easy to read phonetically. For example, the words the, my, at, and, what, etc. are all sight words.

      In contrast, CVC words are easy to sound out and may or may not be words we read often. You might call them phonetic words.

      I wouldn’t say there’s a specific order you need to follow, but for most kids this is an order that is from easy to hard:

      short a words, short o words, short i words, short e words, short u words

      The particular word families you choose to do within each short vowel really doesn’t matter. I hope that helps!

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  27. Amy

    A god send for homeschooling and conventional educating parents desiring to prepare their children for their next educational challenge in life. Thank you!

    P.S. The link for the .pdf list appears to not be functioning, at least via Chrome browser anyway.

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