5th Grade Spelling Bee Words

Are you a teacher looking for some 5th grade spelling bee words to use in your next classroom competition? Or perhaps you're a parent or student trying to "study ahead" on some typical fifth grade spelling words. Either way, this list should help! 

We also have spelling bee lists for lots of other grades, too

More than half of the words come from our list of 300 fifth grade spelling words. The remaining words are more challenging. We've arranged the words from easiest to most difficult.

Printable list of 5th grade spelling bee words

state	repay	grasp	few	gold
soil	shelter	rising	trail	type
agreed	constant	forward	daytime	members
length	melody	exact	include	human
happily	details	paid	music	perhaps
permit	rarely	raise	quietly	single
notice	pause	solve	puzzle	trouble
understood	women	warn	action	yesterday
carefully	captain	enjoyment	equation	determine
different	language	mammal	dessert	favorite
express	thoughtful	surprise	stomach	pattern
pleasure	probably	numeral	neither	million
message	section	actor	annual	beginning
except	laughter	island	inventor	journey
suitcase	squeeze	southern	receive	protection
period	possible	president	natural	slippery
sweater	syllable	tornado	sandal	represent
shoulder	separate	business	chocolate	chemical
schedule	necessary	weight	whisper	weird
constitution	ambulance	successful	scissors	rehearse

Important Tips

Give students lots of practice in oral spelling before competitions. Ask students to spell words frequently aloud, even from their seats, for a bit of "performance" practice.

Be sure to use spelling bee words in sentences when quizzing students. For instance, pause, should be clarified so it won't be confused with paws:  The officials decided to pause the game while they reviewed the last play.

More 5th Grade Spelling Bee Words & Helps

Need more words with sentences, rules, award certificates, and lots of organizational tips? Please consider purchasing our exclusive Spelling Bee Toolbox, for grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. Each one contains 600 grade-appropriate bee words, used in sentences, and all the resources you need for a successful spelling bee! Learn more.

Or use our brand new Colossal Spelling Bee Word Lists, if you're holding a competition in which you require definitions, parts of speech and sentences. In each eBook, you'll find 600 all-new words!

Reward your spelling bee winners or your hard-working spellers anytime with our own Spelling Words Well mugs!

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