Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianoo(/oo/)Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yoo(/u/)Adding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yHomophonesor near-homophonesEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Adding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/Wordsendingin -tionI beforeE, exceptafter CWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyThe /i:/soundspelt -eyThe /ʌ/soundspelt owordsending-yThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsow, ow,ue, uwAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsWordscontainingthe letterstring oughThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianoo(/oo/)Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yoo(/u/)Adding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yHomophonesor near-homophonesEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Adding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/Wordsendingin -tionI beforeE, exceptafter CWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyThe /i:/soundspelt -eyThe /ʌ/soundspelt owordsending-yThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsow, ow,ue, uwAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto words

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