All 220 Dolch sight word bingo cards
All 220 Dolch sight words: 220 words for Pre-K–Grade 3. A 5x5 card with a free center shows 24 of them (card 1 starts with "wish", "yes" and "goes"), so a class of 30 gets 30 different cards; 83 words have 4 letters and 22 start with the letter T.
| B | I | N | G | O |
|---|---|---|---|---|
wish | yes | goes | so | after |
will | came | read | if | ran |
one | some | FREE | little | done |
did | sleep | old | make | these |
soon | warm | go | us | or |
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Every call in a shuffled order. Tick each one as you read it out; the same share link always gives the same order.
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About this list: All 220 Dolch sight words
All 220 Dolch sight words is a combined list built from the Dolch levels (40 pre-primer, 52 primer, 41 first grade, 46 second grade, 41 third grade). Its 220 words average 3.8 letters, from "a" to "together", and 45 of them start with a vowel.
Source: Dolch's published lists, 220 service words and 95 nouns (Dolch, E. W. "A Basic Sight Vocabulary." The Elementary School Journal 36(6), 1936, pp. 456-460; Dolch, E. W. Problems in Reading. Garrard Press, 1948). The words are taken from revision 1094285022 (June 21, 2022) of the Wikipedia "Dolch word list" article, checked against those published totals on 2026-10-23.
All 220 words, A to Z
From "a" to "your", grouped by first letter (23 letters used); all 220 are loaded in the generator above.
- A: a, about, after, again, all, always, am, an, and, any, are, around, as, ask, at, ate, away
- B: be, because, been, before, best, better, big, black, blue, both, bring, brown, but, buy, by
- C: call, came, can, carry, clean, cold, come, could, cut
- D: did, do, does, don't, done, down, draw, drink
- E: eat, eight, every
- F: fall, far, fast, find, first, five, fly, for, found, four, from, full, funny
- G: gave, get, give, go, goes, going, good, got, green, grow
- H: had, has, have, he, help, her, here, him, his, hold, hot, how, hurt
- I: I, if, in, into, is, it, its
- J: jump, just
- K: keep, kind, know
- L: laugh, let, light, like, little, live, long, look
- M: made, make, many, may, me, much, must, my, myself
- N: never, new, no, not, now
- O: of, off, old, on, once, one, only, open, or, our, out, over, own
- P: pick, play, please, pretty, pull, put
- R: ran, read, red, ride, right, round, run
- S: said, saw, say, see, seven, shall, she, show, sing, sit, six, sleep, small, so, some, soon, start, stop
- T: take, tell, ten, thank, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, think, this, those, three, to, today, together, too, try, two
- U: under, up, upon, us, use
- V: very
- W: walk, want, warm, was, wash, we, well, went, were, what, when, where, which, white, who, why, will, wish, with, work, would, write
- Y: yellow, yes, you, your
Word lengths in All 220 Dolch sight words
"a" and "I", the 1-letter words, are the easiest to spot; 83 of the 220 have 4 letters, and the longest, "together", "because", "yellow" and "pretty", are the ones to pre-teach.
| Letters | Words | Share | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 letter | 2 | 0.9% | a, I |
| 2 letters | 24 | 11% | go, in, is, it, me, my |
| 3 letters | 58 | 26% | and, big, can, for, not, one |
| 4 letters | 83 | 38% | away, blue, come, down, find, help |
| 5 letters | 42 | 19% | funny, three, where, black, brown, there |
| 6 letters | 9 | 4% | little, yellow, please, pretty, always, around |
| 7 letters | 1 | 0.5% | because |
| 8 letters | 1 | 0.5% | together |
Most common first letters
"the", "three", "to" and "two" all start with the letter T: call them far apart.
| First letter | Words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| T | 22 | the, three, to, two, that, there |
| W | 22 | we, where, want, was, well, went |
| S | 18 | said, see, saw, say, she, so |
| A | 17 | a, and, away, all, am, are |
| B | 15 | big, blue, be, black, brown, but |
| F | 13 | find, for, funny, four, fly, from |
| H | 13 | help, here, have, he, had, has |
| O | 13 | one, on, our, out, of, old |
All 220 Dolch sight word bingo at a glance
| Words | 220, from "a" to "your" in A-Z order |
|---|---|
| Grade | Pre-K–Grade 3 |
| Card | 5x5 card with a free center: 24 of the 220 words |
| Different cards possible | about 4.50 × 10⁵⁵ (order matters) |
| Different word selections | about 7.25 × 10³¹ sets of 24 words |
| Average word length | 3.8 letters ("a" to "together") |
| Expected calls to fill one card | 212.2 of 220 |
Overlap with other lists
"a" and 219 more of these words also appear in Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns). Every list that shares words with this one, largest share first:
| List | Shared words | Share of these 220 | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) | 220 | 100% | a, and, away, big, blue |
| Dolch kindergarten (pre-primer and primer) | 92 | 42% | a, and, away, big, blue |
| Four-letter Dolch sight words | 84 | 38% | away, blue, come, down, find |
| Three-letter Dolch sight words | 58 | 26% | and, big, can, for, not |
| Dolch primer | 52 | 24% | all, am, are, at, ate |
| Dolch sight words with five or more letters | 52 | 24% | funny, little, three, where, yellow |
How long a round takes
150 shuffled orders of the 220 words, played on this set's first 30 cards. With 20 children the first line usually comes on call 65 ("been" in this set's order), about 16 minutes at one word every 15 seconds.
| Class size | First line (median) | First line, 80% of games | First full card (median) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 children | 76 calls | 53-95 | 199 calls |
| 20 children | 65 calls | 40-84 | 193 calls |
| 30 children | 58 calls | 38-76 | 190 calls |
How to play 220 Dolch sight word bingo
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Pre-teach the long words
Read "together", "because", "yellow" and "pretty" together before the game; they are the longest of the 220.
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Print one card per child
Card 1 starts with "wish", "yes", "goes", "so" and "after"; every other card mixes the 220 words differently, so no two children share a card.
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Call, say and use each word
Say "bring", use it in a short sentence, then spell it if needed; this set continues with "laugh", "said", "play" and "wash".
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Check the winning line
With these calls, card 17 wins first on call 62 with the I column: "must", "if", "again", "does" and "write". Ask the winner to read the words back.
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Review the words that were not called
When card 17 wins on call 62, 158 words are still uncalled, such as "which", "eat" and "been"; read them together or put them on the next review list. 45 of the 220 start with a vowel ("a", "and" and "away").
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Frequently asked questions
How many words are in the 220 Dolch sight words list?
220 words for Pre-K–Grade 3, from "a" to "your". Each card uses 24, so 196 stay off every card; the shortest word is "a" and the longest is "together".
Are all 220 Dolch sight word bingo cards the same?
No. About 4.50 × 10⁵⁵ different cards are possible (about 7.25 × 10³¹ different selections of 24 words). Card 1 and card 2 of this set share 5 of their 24 words, and no card repeats inside one set.
How long does a round of 220 Dolch sight word bingo take?
With 20 children, 220 Dolch sight word bingo reaches its first line after about 65 calls (40-84 in 80% of simulated games), roughly 16 minutes at one word every 15 seconds; a full card takes about 193 of the 220 calls.
Can I print 220 Dolch sight word bingo cards for a whole class for free?
Yes. A free set prints up to 30 different cards from the 220 words, one per child for a class of 30: Print cards sends them to your printer and Download PDF saves one card per page (30 pages plus the caller sheet). With 30 children the first line comes after about 58 calls, with 10 after about 76.
Can I mix the 220 Dolch sight words list with another list?
Yes: paste both lists into the generator and duplicates are removed automatically. Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) is the closest match: it shares 220 of these 220 words (100%) and adds 95 new words, for 315 in total.