Find the Spelling Bee Word List You Need Here!

Whether you're a parent preparing a spelling bee word list for your student to study at home,  or if you're a teacher looking for a word list to use in our next classroom competition, we think you'll like the handy lists of grade-level words we've compiled.

A Spelling Bee Word List by Grade Level

Each spelling bee list contains 100 - 120 words, arranged generally from easiest to most difficult. 

Here are a few words from our longer lists of 100 grade-level spelling bee words. Find the web page and full, printable version for each one by clicking on the link.

Here's a sample from our 2nd grade spelling bee list.

bake	must	fried	rip	sea
chase	bee	seven	counting	meet
write	steer	tenth	nose	surfing
they	fight	tooth	awake	birthday

Here's a sample from our 3rd grade spelling bee list.

flies	crawl	happen	I've	build
raised	smiling	lose	stairs	merry
voice	finish	tenth	heard	Saturday
suit	school	stretch	threw	trouble

This is a sample from our 4th grade bee list.

earth	fever	follow	useful	zebra
cottage	couch	evening	copying	select
usual	remind	pioneer	noise	terrible
surprise	vacation	libraries	quarter	discover

This sample comes from our 5th grade spelling bee list.

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

These are words from our 6th grade bee word list.

especially	league	ancient	nationality
patient	vault	honorable	struggling
intermission	acquire	vacuum	persuade
mechanic	requirement	accidentally	performance
disastrous	scissors	vegetable	appearance

Our 7th grade word list contains these 20 words, plus 80 more.

authority	consequently	quotation	celery
phantom	adjustable	statistics	endurance
spacious	resigned	competent	influence
emphasize	misbehaved	compressor	courtesy
phrase	undernourished	havoc	parallel

Finally, here's a sampling from our 8th grade spelling bee word list.

outrageous	rectangular	honorary	minimize
contrary	passageway	vertigo	malady
lucrative	extraordinary	abstain	procrastinate
serviceable	parliament	necessity	recurrent
ominous	permeate	religious	occurred

Try this new list of 25 Hard Spelling Bee Words and Definitions. How many of these do you know?

The Spelling Bee Toolboxes

Our Spelling Bee Toolbox eBooks are comprehensive resources for anyone who wants a simple way to put together a classroom, all-school or multi-school spelling bee.

Each eBook contains 600 words and sentences, rules, award certificates, organizational tips, student helps and much more.

100 Difficult Spelling Bee Words

Our eBook of 100 Difficult Spelling Bee Words contains brand new words, not used in our other resources. It includes pronuncations, languages of origin, parts of speech, definitions, and sentences. Great for the final rounds of your spelling bees or for adult bees. Learn more here>>>.

Try our Mammoth Spelling Bee Word Lists. Available for grades 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8. Each list has 400 words plus definitions, parts of speech, sentences and language of origin. Each list contains words not found in any of our other eBooks.

Spelling Bee Prizes

Reward your best spellers with one of these fantastic prizes!

• "I can spell well!" award button

• "I earned this mug by spelling words well!" mug

• "I'm the Spelling Bee Champ!"  T-shirt
  

These make a great prizes for spelling bee winners or any good spellers!  Prices vary by style and quantity. Products often go on sale, and we sometimes add new products, so check back often at our Zazzle store.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee

Did you ever wonder how those brave spellers make it the final round and spell in front of millions of viewers on national television? Read our summary of The Scripps Spelling Bee to learn more.

For more information on grade-level spelling, click on the appropriate nav bar at the left. For each of these grades, we have longer lists of spelling words, classroom practice ideas, games and spelling worksheets.

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