Type a list of words or pick a built-in spelling or sight word list: each word is printed with its letters mixed up in tiles, next to handwriting lines to write it on, and an answer page follows.
Class set
One copy for every student: type the first names and get one PDF, with each name on that student's own pages. Every student's pages use the same settings.
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Words shorter than 3 letters are left out.
This is the sheet as it prints. Change any option and it updates.
The scramble rule
A scramble is never the word itself. It is also checked against a blocklist of common words (the words on this site's sight word and spelling lists and a list of common short words) and never spells one of them when any other order of the letters is left, so stop is not turned into pots, tops, spot or post. If a word has no order left that avoids the blocklist, the notice says how many words that happened to. Of the orders that remain, the one with the fewest letters still in their own places is used, so the first letter is rarely where it belongs. Mix 1, 2 and 3 choose different scrambles; the same words with the same mix always print the same sheet, so the answer page matches.
Three examples
The 1920 speller's lessons 11 to 15, ten words to a page.
Dolch primer words in lowercase, with the first letter dotted as a hint.
Eight typed words, Mix 2, on A4 paper.
Ready-made word scrambles
Three sheets made by the maker above from the site's word lists, each with its answer pages, to print in one tap.
Dolch pre-primer The pre-primer words of 3 letters or more, ten to a page.Download the PDF
Dolch first grade First grade words with the dotted first letter hint.Download the PDF
1920 speller, lessons 6 to 10 The speller's lessons 6 to 10 in lowercase, Mix 3.Download the PDF
Questions and answers
Can a scrambled word come out as the word itself or another word?
Never the word itself. Another word is avoided whenever the letters allow it: each scramble is checked against a blocklist made of the Dolch lists, the 1920 speller's lists and a list of common short words. A word that is not on the blocklist can still turn up by chance in a long word's scramble. When a word has no order left that avoids the blocklist, the message above the sheet counts it.
How many words fit on a page?
Ten. Up to 20 typed words make two pages; a built-in list makes up to five pages (words of one or two letters are left out), each followed by its answer page when answer pages are on.
What does the hint do?
With the dotted first letter switched on, the first letter of each answer is drawn in dots at the start of its writing lines, to trace before writing the rest of the word.
Why is there a choice of Mix 1, 2 and 3?
Each mix scrambles the same words a different way, so the same list can be printed again as a new sheet. The same mix always gives the same scrambles, so a sheet printed on another day still matches its answer page.
Are the words I type kept anywhere?
No. The words go with the request that draws the sheet and are discarded after it is drawn; they are not in the page address, the server's logs or database, or this browser's storage.
