Homophonesor near-homophonesAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Words withthe /ee/sound speltei after cThe /i:/soundspelt -eyWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsEndingswhichsound like/shal/oo(/oo/)oo(/u/)Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughow, ow,ue, uwEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferThe /ʌ/soundspelt oAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyWordsendingin -tionwordsending-yAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferI beforeE, exceptafter CThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llHomophonesor near-homophonesAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yWords withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Words withthe /ee/sound speltei after cThe /i:/soundspelt -eyWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsEndingswhichsound like/shal/oo(/oo/)oo(/u/)Wordscontainingthe letterstring oughow, ow,ue, uwEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferThe /ʌ/soundspelt oAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyWordsendingin -tionwordsending-yAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferI beforeE, exceptafter CThe /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. Homophones or near-homophones
  2. Adding -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y
  3. Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/
  4. Words with the /ee/ sound spelt ei after c
  5. The /i:/ sound spelt -ey
  6. Words ending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency
  7. The /aɪ/ sound spelt -y at the end of words
  8. Endings which sound like /shal/
  9. oo (/oo/)
  10. oo (/u/)
  11. Words containing the letter string ough
  12. ow, ow, ue, uw
  13. Endings which sound like /shus/ spelt -cious or -tious
  14. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
  15. The /ʌ/ sound spelt o
  16. Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y
  17. The suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly
  18. Words ending in -tion
  19. words ending -y
  20. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words
  21. Endings which sound like /ʃən/ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
  22. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
  23. I before E, except after C
  24. The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll