Spelling Test Buddy offers a comprehensive list of Sixth Grade Spelling word lists. Use these words in your 6th grade spelling curriculum or to build custom Worksheets.
Our Sixth Grade spelling words are broken down into a scope and sequence across 23 lists to take you from the first day of school, through the whole school year.
Each list contains approximately 20 spelling words.
These words align with the following standards:
- CCSS ELA: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2.e
- Next Generation Learning Standards: NGLS ELA.6.L.2
Generate custom spelling and phonics worksheets with these words
Do you want to generate worksheets for definition match, word hunt, cloze (fill in the blank), flash cards, sound sorts, Morphology word matrices, and more?
Simply find the word list you want to use below, then tap on “Generate Worksheet” to get started. This will take you to Worksheet Creator.
You then pick the worksheet template you want to use, edit your list of words, and generate your worksheet.
Then, print, download, or share your worksheet.
Create a spelling test that reads Sixth Grade spelling words out loud to my students
Any Sixth Grade list on this page can become a spoken online test with Spelling Test Buddy. The platform reads the target word and an accompanying sentence aloud, so students hear both its pronunciation and its meaning in context.
Students may replay either recording whenever necessary before typing their spelling. This keeps the testing experience consistent and allows more independent practice. Begin with a Sixth Grade list below or create one from your own words and example sentences. Teach Me, Digital Sorts, and spelling games help students practice the same material in different ways.
Try this sample test from the first Word List below.
Word Lists
| List | Words | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | fantastic, property, honesty, mustard, glimpse, dignity, cottage, message, dungeon, damage, modify, fender, gentle, ruffle, injury, legend, palace, clumsy, strict, cannon | |
| 2 | porch, margin, ignore, corridor, servant, worth, purchase, attorney, artistic, disturb, kernel, barge, particle, market, perhaps, detergent, nervous | |
| 3 | fierce, weird, piece, perceive, perfume, preserve, soldier, model, multiple, fuel, briefcase, retrieve, deceit, perception, vegetable, preferable, rectangle, bushel, pinnacle, preliminary | |
| 4 | country's, countries', countries, its, ours, theirs, hers, library's, libraries', libraries, niece's, nieces', nieces, crow's, crows, witness's, witnesses', witnesses, secretary's, secretaries' | |
| 5 | answered, qualified, traveled, skied, magnified, honesty, gentle, glimpse, palace, cottage, corridor, ornament, attorney, particle, detergent, preserve, retrieve, model, perception, perfume | |
| 6 | possibility, linear, ridiculous, artificial, calculator, competitive, curiosity, organization, individual, encyclopedia, peony, tarantula, correspondent, cauliflower, optimistic, enthusiastic, sophisticated, satisfactory, irritable, simultaneously | |
| 7 | suspend, pendant, conductor, novel, productive, numeral, reserve, numerous, preserve, pending, pendulum, deduction, novelty, numerator, reservoir, conservatory, appendix, impending, induct, innovative | |
| 8 | ancestor, hospital, grumble, sponsor, superior, escalator, encounter, shoulder, skeleton, forbidden, appetizer, identical, abandon, governor, endeavor, outspoken, durable, lengthen, cinnamon, interior | |
| 9 | different, sentence, American, brilliant, substitute, opinion, material, complete, jewelry, dramatic, instance, communicate, hesitate, elementary, vitamin, ingredients, invitation, discipline, lasagna, desperate | |
| 10 | ingredients, invitation, jewelry, dramatic, sentence, material, musician, soloist, patient, novelist, descendant, merchant, specialist, peony, enthusiastic, curiosity, optimistic, sophisticated, artificial | |
| 11 | suspend, reserve, induct, preserve, reservoir, ancestor, abandon, sponsor, cinnamon, superior, participant, scientist, historian, resident, resident, opinion, discipline, communicate, American, brilliant | |
| 12 | crescent, language, vehicle, exhibit, examine, Michigan, parachute, unique, conquer, rhyme, penguin, exertion, exotic, brochure, symptom, antique, exhausted, heirloom, rhinoceros, bureau | |
| 13 | international, prehistoric, untrustworthy, constellation, honorary, disagreement, preparation, Philadelphia, promotional, constitution, unbreakable, biodegradable, coordination, compassionate, impossibility, entirety, executive, companionship, unthinkable, predicament | |
| 14 | nuclear, helicopter, anxious, appreciate, plastic, familiar, athletic, escape, apologize, Washington, pastime, exquisite, lantern, fulfill, souvenir, tragedy, sherbet, algebra, icicles, escort | |
| 15 | heel, heal, symbol, cymbal, herd, heard, patients, patience, capitol, capital, straight, strait, aisle, isle, stationery, stationary, sheer, shear, bread, bred | |
| 16 | Michigan, rhyme, exotic, heirloom, crescent, familiar, exquisite, appreciate, icicles, souvenir, solar, system, someone, snowflakes, polka, dot, masterpiece, international, preparation, companionship | |
| 17 | hydrant, chronic, archive, synonym, antonym, democracy, hydrogen, aristocrat, dehydrated, chronicle, hydroplane, chronology, archaic, homonym, synchronize, hydraulic, archaeology, anarchy, hydroelectric, bureaucracy | |
| 18 | discontent, destruction, outrageous, unconscious, decline, disintegrate, defensive, outskirts, outward, outstanding, unappetizing, unfasten, dispatch, uncommon, disillusioned, disenchanted, unwavering, outburst, disarray, decompose | |
| 19 | precious, commercial, especially, ancient, gracious, position, question, suggestion, friction, lotion, potion, digestion, artificial, glacier, cautious, efficient, sensational, vicious, official, ration | |
| 20 | poem, poetic, direct, direction, origin, original, combine, combination, repeat, repetition, critic, criticize, history, historic, academy, academic, inspire, inspiration, depart, departure | |
| 21 | electricity, equality, society, specialty, celebrity, recognition, description, reduction, tradition, loyalty, security, clarity, popularity, certainty, cruelty, subscription, reputation, intention, deception, penalty | |
| 22 | precious, question, glacier, gracious, lotion, cautious, sensational, poem, original, inspire, departure, academic, direction, electricity, society, specialty, loyalty, security, subscription, clarity | |
| 23 | activate, negative, friendship, objective, representative, attractive, creative, membership, partnership, compassionate, fortunate, considerate, secretive, scholarship, restrictive, affectionate, cooperative, originate, township, relationship |