CVC Word List

CVC Word Lists for preschool, kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade. Our free printable PDF CVC word lists provide you with colorful CVC word charts for easy reference and assessment. Teach your child to read CVC words using our full-size word lists to build literacy skills with phonics and word family rhyming words. For more early learning fun, check out our R.E.A.D Curriculum Notebook which will provide you with a complete 36-Week reading and language arts program!

CVC Word Lists:

(180 Word List)

Short A: cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab, bad, dad, fad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad, bag, gag, hag, lag, mag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag, bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam, ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, cap, gap, lab, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat, max, tax, wax, pal, gal, gas
Short E: bed, fed, red, wed, zed, beg, keg, leg, beg, den, hen, men, pen, ten, bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, web, gem, hem, yes
Short I: bid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid, big, dig, fig, gig, pig, rig, wig, zig, dim, him, rim, bin, din, fin, sin, tin, win, dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip, bit, fit, hit, kit, sit, wit, fix, mix, six
Short O: cob, gob, job, mob, rob, sob, bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, bop, cop, hop, mop, pop, top, cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, box, fox, pox, rod, sod, mom
Short U: dud, cud, dud, mud, bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug, bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, tum, bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut, bus, cup, pup

CVC Word List PDF

This is a free printable list of CVC words featuring the above short vowel sound words. Each column is organized by medial vowel sound for easy reference. Use these words to help your students learn to read. You can plug these words into your favorite spelling program, or print the individual PDF lists below for your students to use as reference guides.

CVC Short O Word List

(35 Word List)

-ob: cob, gob, job, mob, rob, sob
-og: bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log
-ot: cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot
-ox: box, fox, pox
other: rod, sod, mom

CVC Short U Word List

(36 Word List)

-ud: bud, cud, dud, mud
-ug: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug
–um: bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, tum
-un: bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun
-ut: but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut
other: bus, cup, pup

What are CVC Words?

CVC words are one-syllable, three-letter words that contain the letter pattern consonant/vowel/consonant. Learning CVC word patterns will improve students’ reading fluency, phonemic awareness, and writing/spelling skills.

CVC Word List PDF

Here are quick copy-and-paste word lists for all of our included short vowel sound CVC words. Highlight the word list, hit CTRL-C to copy and then and CTRL-V to paste into your document. These are great spelling lists for young students in kindergarten and first grade as they’ll quickly identify the word family patterns with each ending sound.

CVC Short A Word List

-ab: cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab
-ad: bad, dad, fad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad
-ag: bag, gag, hag, lag, mag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag
-am: bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam
-an: ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van
-ap: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap
-at: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat
-ax: max, tax, wax
other: pal, gal, gas

CVC Short E Word List

-ed: bed, fed, red, wed, zed
-eg: beg, keg, leg, peg
-en: den, hen, men, pen, ten
-et: bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet
other: web, gem, hem, yes

CVC Short I Word List

-id: bid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid
-ig: big, dig, fig, gig, pig, rig, wig, zig
-im: dim, him, rim
-ip: dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip
-it: bit, fit, hit, kit, sit, wit
-ix: fix, mix, six

CVC Short O Word List

-ob: cob, gob, job, mob, rob, sob
-og: bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log
-ot: cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot
-ox: box, fox, pox
other: rod, sod, mom

CVC Short U Word List

-ud: bud, cud, dud, mud
-ug: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug
–um: bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, tum
-un: bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun
-ut: but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut
other: bus, cup, pup

Here are some additional helpful resources you can use to teach your students to read CVC words:

Kindergarten CVC Worksheets

Kindergarten Reading Worksheets

Rhyming Worksheets For Kindergarten

Kindergarten Phonics Worksheets