Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo cards
Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns): 315 words for Pre-K–Grade 3. A 5x5 card with a free center shows 24 of them (card 1 starts with "letter", "that" and "floor"), so a class of 30 gets 30 different cards; 119 words have 4 letters and 30 start with the letter S.
| B | I | N | G | O |
|---|---|---|---|---|
letter | that | floor | picture | nest |
were | big | pig | hand | rabbit |
time | wash | FREE | yes | bird |
night | so | goes | men | too |
write | chair | grass | sister | no |
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About this list: Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns)
Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) is a combined list built from the Dolch levels (40 pre-primer, 52 primer, 41 first grade, 46 second grade, 41 third grade, 95 nouns). Its 315 words average 4.1 letters, from "a" to "Santa Claus", and 48 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 315 words, A to Z
From "a" to "your", grouped by first letter (23 letters used); all 315 are loaded in the generator above.
- A: a, about, after, again, all, always, am, an, and, any, apple, are, around, as, ask, at, ate, away
- B: baby, back, ball, be, bear, because, bed, been, before, bell, best, better, big, bird, birthday, black, blue, boat, both, box, boy, bread, bring, brother, brown, but, buy, by
- C: cake, call, came, can, car, carry, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, clean, coat, cold, come, corn, could, cow, cut
- D: day, did, do, does, dog, doll, don't, done, door, down, draw, drink, duck
- E: eat, egg, eight, every, eye
- F: fall, far, farm, farmer, fast, father, feet, find, fire, first, fish, five, floor, flower, fly, for, found, four, from, full, funny
- G: game, garden, gave, get, girl, give, go, goes, going, good, good-bye, got, grass, green, ground, grow
- H: had, hand, has, have, he, head, help, her, here, hill, him, his, hold, home, horse, hot, house, how, hurt
- I: I, if, in, into, is, it, its
- J: jump, just
- K: keep, kind, kitty, know
- L: laugh, leg, let, letter, light, like, little, live, long, look
- M: made, make, man, many, may, me, men, milk, money, morning, mother, much, must, my, myself
- N: name, nest, never, new, night, no, not, now
- O: of, off, old, on, once, one, only, open, or, our, out, over, own
- P: paper, party, pick, picture, pig, play, please, pretty, pull, put
- R: rabbit, rain, ran, read, red, ride, right, ring, robin, round, run
- S: said, Santa Claus, saw, say, school, see, seed, seven, shall, she, sheep, shoe, show, sing, sister, sit, six, sleep, small, snow, so, some, song, soon, squirrel, start, stick, stop, street, sun
- T: table, take, tell, ten, thank, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, thing, think, this, those, three, time, to, today, together, too, top, toy, tree, try, two
- U: under, up, upon, us, use
- V: very
- W: walk, want, warm, was, wash, watch, water, way, we, well, went, were, what, when, where, which, white, who, why, will, wind, window, wish, with, wood, work, would, write
- Y: yellow, yes, you, your
Word lengths in Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns)
"a" and "I", the 1-letter words, are the easiest to spot; 119 of the 315 have 4 letters, and the longest, "Santa Claus", "Christmas", "together" and "squirrel", are the ones to pre-teach.
| Letters | Words | Share | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 letter | 2 | 0.6% | a, I |
| 2 letters | 24 | 8% | go, in, is, it, me, my |
| 3 letters | 76 | 24% | and, big, can, for, not, one |
| 4 letters | 119 | 38% | away, blue, come, down, find, help |
| 5 letters | 61 | 19% | funny, three, where, black, brown, there |
| 6 letters | 21 | 7% | little, yellow, please, pretty, always, around |
| 7 letters | 5 | 2% | because, brother, chicken, morning, picture |
| 8 letters | 5 | 2% | together, birthday, children, good-bye, squirrel |
| 9 letters | 1 | 0.3% | Christmas |
| 11 letters | 1 | 0.3% | Santa Claus |
Most common first letters
"said", "see", "saw" and "say" all start with the letter S: call them far apart.
| First letter | Words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| S | 30 | said, see, saw, say, she, so |
| B | 28 | big, blue, be, black, brown, but |
| T | 28 | the, three, to, two, that, there |
| W | 28 | we, where, want, was, well, went |
| F | 21 | find, for, funny, four, fly, from |
| C | 19 | can, come, came, could, call, cold |
| H | 19 | help, here, have, he, had, has |
| A | 18 | a, and, away, all, am, are |
Complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo at a glance
| Words | 315, from "a" to "your" in A-Z order |
|---|---|
| Grade | Pre-K–Grade 3 |
| Card | 5x5 card with a free center: 24 of the 315 words |
| Different cards possible | about 3.71 × 10⁵⁹ (order matters) |
| Different word selections | about 5.98 × 10³⁵ sets of 24 words |
| Average word length | 4.1 letters ("a" to "Santa Claus") |
| Expected calls to fill one card | 303.4 of 315 |
Overlap with other lists
"a" and 219 more of these words also appear in All 220 Dolch sight words. Every list that shares words with this one, largest share first:
| List | Shared words | Share of these 315 | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| All 220 Dolch sight words | 220 | 70% | a, and, away, big, blue |
| Dolch nouns | 95 | 30% | apple, baby, back, ball, bear |
| Dolch kindergarten (pre-primer and primer) | 92 | 29% | a, and, away, big, blue |
| Four-letter Dolch sight words | 84 | 27% | away, blue, come, down, find |
| Three-letter Dolch sight words | 58 | 18% | and, big, can, for, not |
| Dolch primer | 52 | 17% | all, am, are, at, ate |
How long a round takes
150 shuffled orders of the 315 words, played on this set's first 30 cards. With 20 children the first line usually comes on call 86 ("father" in this set's order), about 22 minutes at one word every 15 seconds.
| Class size | First line (median) | First line, 80% of games | First full card (median) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 children | 102 calls | 66-134 | 284 calls |
| 20 children | 86 calls | 59-114 | 277 calls |
| 30 children | 78 calls | 56-104 | 272 calls |
How to play complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo
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Pre-teach the long words
Read "Santa Claus", "Christmas", "together" and "squirrel" together before the game; they are the longest of the 315.
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Print one card per child
Card 1 starts with "letter", "that", "floor", "picture" and "nest"; every other card mixes the 315 words differently, so no two children share a card.
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Call, say and use each word
Say "top", use it in a short sentence, then spell it if needed; this set continues with "own", "no", "be" and "egg".
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Check the winning line
With these calls, card 19 wins first on call 89 with row 5: "no", "this", "be", "those" and "cake". Ask the winner to read the words back.
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Review the words that were not called
When card 19 wins on call 89, 226 words are still uncalled, such as "head", "hot" and "brown"; read them together or put them on the next review list. 48 of the 315 start with a vowel ("a", "and" and "away").
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Frequently asked questions
How many words are in the complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns)?
315 words for Pre-K–Grade 3, from "a" to "your". Each card uses 24, so 291 stay off every card; the shortest word is "a" and the longest is "Santa Claus".
Are all complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo cards the same?
No. About 3.71 × 10⁵⁹ different cards are possible (about 5.98 × 10³⁵ different selections of 24 words). Card 1 and card 2 of this set share 1 of their 24 words, and no card repeats inside one set.
How long does a round of complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo take?
With 20 children, complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo reaches its first line after about 86 calls (59-114 in 80% of simulated games), roughly 22 minutes at one word every 15 seconds; a full card takes about 277 of the 315 calls.
Can I print complete Dolch list (220 words and 95 nouns) sight word bingo cards for a whole class for free?
Yes. A free set prints up to 30 different cards from the 315 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 78 calls, with 10 after about 102.