Wordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyEndingswhichsound like/shal/The /ʌ/soundspelt oHomophonesor near-homophonesWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yoo(/u/)Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/ow, ow,ue, uwoo(/oo/)Adding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianI beforeE, exceptafter CEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiouswordsending-yWordsendingin -tionThe /i:/soundspelt -eyAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyEndingswhichsound like/shal/The /ʌ/soundspelt oHomophonesor near-homophonesWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yoo(/u/)Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/ow, ow,ue, uwoo(/oo/)Adding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianI beforeE, exceptafter CEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiouswordsending-yWordsendingin -tionThe /i:/soundspelt -eyAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-fer

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