Addingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsHomophonesor near-homophonesAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Wordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyWordscontainingthe letterstring oughAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/I beforeE, exceptafter CEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianThe /ʌ/soundspelt oow, ow,ue, uwWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cWordsendingin -tionoo(/u/)Endingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyThe /i:/soundspelt -eyAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -ywordsending-yoo(/oo/)Addingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsHomophonesor near-homophonesAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Wordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyWordscontainingthe letterstring oughAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/I beforeE, exceptafter CEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianThe /ʌ/soundspelt oow, ow,ue, uwWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cWordsendingin -tionoo(/u/)Endingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyThe /i:/soundspelt -eyAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -ywordsending-yoo(/oo/)

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