Grade 6 Word Scramble Worksheets
Unscrambling a word is a spelling exercise disguised as a puzzle. The child has to hold the letters in mind and test arrangements against the patterns English actually allows, which is exactly the skill that makes spelling stick.
Grade 6 Standard L.6.2
Grade 6 Word Scramble
Name:Date:Score:
- 1D R T R R O X I A Y N E A
- 2X G G E E E A R T A
- 3E S H P S T H Y O I
- 4O R Y C A A B V U L
- 5N S E M R T T D O E A
- 6I N A M D E M R O C N T O E
- 7C N G M I T F E I A N
- 8R V E E C S A E P E N R
- 9S C M L O M E I A T N C P H
- 10E E N D N E D I N E P C
- 11U U T R A A M N C E F
- 12E S T O D A S I I T H P C
- 13B N S U T A T A I S L
- 14E E A T N V S I I G T
- 15F C N A G T S N I I I
- 16A E Y G C H O R L O A
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Answer key (16 answers)
- 1. extraordinary
- 2. exaggerate
- 3. hypothesis
- 4. vocabulary
- 5. demonstrate
- 6. recommendation
- 7. magnificent
- 8. perseverance
- 9. accomplishment
- 10. independence
- 11. manufacture
- 12. sophisticated
- 13. substantial
- 14. investigate
- 15. significant
- 16. archaeology
What to watch for when you grade this sheet
- Working letter by letter from the left rather than looking for a familiar chunk like -ing, -tion or a consonant blend.
- Producing a real word that uses only some of the letters.
- Giving up on longer words before trying the vowels in different positions.
One thing that helps
Tell the child to find the vowels first and count them. A six-letter word with two vowels has far fewer possible arrangements than it looks, and spotting that turns guessing into reasoning.