Every reading educator needs cvc word lists to prepare phonics lessons. Do you ever find yourself scouring the web for these lists? Now you can find thorough cvc word lists in one place. To help kids practice reading cvc words, check out our printable cvc phonics books in our shop. Here’s the printable cvc word lists:
Print the above cvc word lists to help you plan lessons for your k-1 student. Our list includes consonant digraph words and consonant blends words too.
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Our printable books help beginners learn to read short vowel cvc words.
cvc Short a Words
-Short vowels a, e, i, o, u correlates with Reading Elephant printable phonics books Series 1-5
-ad
bad, dad, fad, had, mad, pad, sad, wad, rad, tad, lad
-ag
bag, hag, lag, gag, rag, sag, tag, wag, zag, Mag, nag
-am
dam, bam, Pam, jam, ram, ham yam, Sam
-an
ban, tan, van, Dan, fan, can, pan, ran, man
–at
bat, hat, fat, mat, cat, rat, vat, sat, pat
-ab
jab, tab, dab, nab, lab
-ap
cap, map, nap, tap, yap, sap, gap, zap
cvc Short e Words
-ed
bed, fed, led, red Ted, wed, zed
-eg
beg, leg, Meg, peg
–en
Ben, hen, men, pen, ten, Zen, den
-et
get, let, net, pet, set, wet, yet, bet, met, vet
-ell
yell, sell, well, tell, bell, fell
-ess
mess, less
cvc Short i Words
-id
bid, lid, rid, did, hid, kid
-im
rim, him, Tim, Jim, dim
–ig
big, dig, fig, pig, gig, jig, zig, rig, wig
-ix
mix, six, fix
-it
bit, fit, hit, kit, pit, wit, sit, lit
-in
bin, fin, kin, pin, tin, win
–ip
dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip
–ill
bill, fill, mill, till, ill
-iss
miss, kiss
cvc Short o Words
-ob
Bob, mob, Rob, sob, cob, job
-od
cod, nod, pod, rod, odd
-og
jog, hog, log, fog, bog, cog, dog
-op
cop, hop, mop, pop, top
-oss
boss, loss
–oll
doll
-off
off
-ox
box, fox, pox
cvc Short u Words
-ut
shut, but, cut, rut, hut, nut, jut, gut
-um
gum, hum, sum
-un
bun, fun, nun, pun, run, sun
-ug
bug, hug, lug, rug, tug, dug, mug, pug, jug
-up
cup, pup, sup
–uzz
fuzz, buzz
-uff
puff, buff
-ull
dull, gull
-ub
tub, hub, cub, sub, rub
-ud
bud, dud, mud

Consonant Digraphs
-Correlates with Reading Elephant printable phonics books Series 6
sh
Cash, bash, lash, stash, gash, hash, mash, dash, rush, shut, sham, shun, shot, shay, shop, ship, shin, sash shed, shush, shog (to move in jerky manner), shiv (sharp weapon), swish, wish, fish, brush, dish, shad (kind of fish), rush, shed, shell, thrash, shock, gush, lush, hush, blush, crush, flush
th
This, thud, bath, math, them, thin, thug, that, then, thus, thick, thrill, thrash, Beth, Seth, truth, tenth, sloth, cloth
ch
Chad, chap, chat, chip, chop, chit, which, chill, chub (fish), chin, rich, chug, check, bunch, munch, lunch, Grinch, pinch, finch (bird), chuck
_tch
match, patch, latch, fetch, catch, batch, botch, ditch, fetch, hitch, witch, itch, glitch, stretch
_ck
back, pack, sack, lack, shack, tack, rack, jack, black, snack, track, hack, quack, tick, thick, kick, lick, Rick, Vick, dock, lock, rock, tick, tock, luck, buck, duck, tuck, yuck, Beck, deck, heck, neck, peck, check, sock, block, clock, flock, shock, smock, stock, Nick, sick, pick wick, quick, brick, click, slick, trick, muck, truck, cluck, pluck, stuck
_ng
bang, long, ping pong, song, rung, sung, king, sing, ding, sling, ring, wing, fang, sang, rang
wh_
when, whim (sudden desire or change of mind), whet (noun, thing that stimulates appetite), whick, whip, whiff, whisk, wham, whid (to move quickly and with little noise), whap, whig (an American supporter of independence from Great Britain), whiz (to move swiftly), whew (used to express relief), whit (a very small part or amount), whop (to strike with a heavy blow), whup (beat, thrash)
_nk
rank, sank, bank, tank
junk, punk, hunk, sunk, gunk, bunk, trunk
rink, sink, wink, pink, link
qu_
quest, quack, quick

Consonant Blends
-Correlates with Reading Elephant printable phonics books Series 7
clan, camp, scan, cast, clam, clap, class, ant, ask, band, black, brass, calf, crab, crack, crash, damp, drag, fact, act, fast, flag, flap, flat, gasp, glad, glass, grab, gram, hand, lack, lamp, land, last, mask, pack, pact, past, plan, slab, brat, blab, raft, ramp, ranch, rasp, scab, slag, slam, slap, scam, snap, stab, track, crack, snack, staff, spat, stag, Stan, swam, gnat, swan, tact, tank, taps, task, track, trap, blast, clasp, spam, craft, cramp, draft, gland, tram, gramp, grand, grasp, plant, stack, thrash, scalp, stamp, stand, strap, cram,
slid, clip, list, crip, flip, brim, mist, grip, trim, lift, drum, trip, grin, drip, skid, skin, still, snip, swim, strip, twin, Swiss, spill, twig, silk, wind, skill, fist, milk, gift, twist, split, crisp, swift, slit, spit, grim, skim, trim, slim, skip, slip, brick, click, flick, slick, stick, trick, swish, spin, crib
plop, fond, smog, lost, flop, trot, clop, frog, drop, cost, spot, frost, stop, pond, cross, plot, blot, clog, blog, snob, slob, knob, knot, slot, blob, glob, block, clock, flock, smock, stock
club, rust, plum, plug, drum, spun, lump, just, scrub, dust, jump, bump, stuff, slump, crust, stump, clump, crust, stunt, trust, stub, grub, snub, drug, slug, snug, slum, scum, glum, stun, stud, truck, cluck, pluck, stuck, blush, crush, flush, brush
end, lent, sled, felt, dress, press, bent, nest, bend, dent, wept, rest, step, sent, lend, rent, send, smell, best, spell, stem, mend, swell, test, grill, bled, yelp, sped, melt, desk, held, help, belt left, kept, speck, swept, crept, slept, spent, blend, bred, fled, pled, sled, fret, dwell, smell, fleck, speck, wreck

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