Spelling Rules Word Search

Find spelling patterns and rules, from silent letters and vowel teams to suffixes and syllable types.

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About the Spelling Rules Word Search

This puzzle covers common English spelling patterns and the rules students use when reading and writing unfamiliar words. Look for ideas such as I Before E, the Floss Rule, Silent Letters, vowel teams, and adding suffixes. It is suited to classroom practice, spelling review, or anyone who wants a word search focused on how English words are spelled.

All 39 words in this puzzle

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  • Adding Suffixes
  • Bossy R
  • Change Y To I
  • Ck Rule
  • Closed Syllable
  • Compound Word
  • Consonant Blend
  • Dge Rule
  • Digraph
  • Double Consonant
  • Doubling Rule
  • Drop The E
  • Final Y
  • Floss Rule
  • Hard C
  • Hard G
  • I Before E
  • Long Vowels
  • Magic E
  • Open Syllable
  • Past Tense Ed
  • Plural Es
  • Plural S
  • Prefix
  • Rabbit Rule
  • Root Word
  • Schwa
  • Short Vowels
  • Silent E
  • Silent Letters
  • Soft C
  • Soft G
  • Suffix
  • Syllable
  • Tch Rule
  • Trigraph
  • Vowel Consonant E
  • Vowel Digraph
  • Vowel Team

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