Word Family Lists
Browse curated word-family and CVC word lists by vowel, filter to simple words, and print a clean reference sheet.
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11 words · short-vowel CVC family
Simple words first, then blends and digraphs.
1
bat
2
cat
3
fat
4
hat
5
mat
6
pat
7
rat
8
sat
9
chat
10
flat
11
that
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How to use this tool
Word families let early readers use one known chunk to read many words, which makes them a staple of phonics small groups, word sorts, and decodable practice. The hard part is usually having a clean, trustworthy list for the exact family you are teaching.
This tool includes the 37 most common rime families that many teachers know from the Wylie and Durrell list, plus common short-vowel CVC families. Each list is curated by hand, ordered from simple single-consonant words to blends and digraphs, so you can match the list to where your students are.
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