The /ʌ/soundspelt oWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughHomophonesor near-homophoneswordsending-yoo(/u/)The suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousWordsendingin -tionWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianoo(/oo/)Adding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/Wordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyI beforeE, exceptafter CAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferThe /i:/soundspelt -eyow, ow,ue, uwThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llThe /ʌ/soundspelt oWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughHomophonesor near-homophoneswordsending-yoo(/u/)The suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousWordsendingin -tionWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianoo(/oo/)Adding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/Wordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyI beforeE, exceptafter CAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferThe /i:/soundspelt -eyow, ow,ue, uwThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land ll

Spelling Rules - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. The /ʌ/ sound spelt o
  2. Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/
  3. Words containing the letter string ough
  4. Homophones or near-homophones
  5. words ending -y
  6. oo (/u/)
  7. The suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly
  8. Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y
  9. Adding -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y
  10. Endings which sound like /shus/ spelt -cious or -tious
  11. Words ending in -tion
  12. Words with the /ee/ sound spelt ei after c
  13. Endings which sound like /ʃən/ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
  14. oo (/oo/)
  15. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
  16. Endings which sound like /shal/
  17. Words ending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency
  18. I before E, except after C
  19. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words
  20. The /aɪ/ sound spelt -y at the end of words
  21. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
  22. The /i:/ sound spelt -ey
  23. ow, ow, ue, uw
  24. The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll