Pagine6th Grade spelling lists
Practise online161 words in four lists, from warm-up to challenge.
- purge
- strange
- talon
- abrupt
- eclair
- hamper
- jackal
- lagoon
- mosaic
- pitons
- plasma
- bathtub
- cargoes
- defense
- garnish
- mopping
- naivete
- nudging
- pension
- pithy
- rapture
- reunion
- sailors
- salvage
- shadows
- studios
- transit
- abstract
- bookcase
- concrete
- crackers
- creature
- deceit
- downpour
- headlong
- lamppost
- landlord
- locale
- nickname
- obstruct
- opaque
- outdoors
- pantheon
- pinwheel
- printing
- shortage
- shoulder
- speckled
- spending
- sprained
- sprinkle
- starting
- amiable
- animate
- cabinet
- caravan
- collide
- comical
- conquer
- delayed
- inquire
- lengthy
- mineral
- musical
- orchids
- pitched
- premier
- profile
- science
- vertigo
- adjusted
- ambition
- ancestor
- arguable
- birthday
- biscuits
- bothered
- bracelet
- cardinal
- carnival
- charcoal
- childish
- choosing
- comrades
- congress
- criminal
- declared
- diameter
- diminish
- dispatch
- dissuade
- employed
- engraved
- enlisted
- envelope
- evaluate
- fabulous
- festered
- festival
- forecast
- frighten
- furlough
- generate
- hastened
- incident
- lemonade
- manacled
- manifest
- menacing
- mitigate
- musician
- oblivion
- officers
- pastrami
- pavilion
- playmate
- porridge
- punished
- reckless
- register
- relative
- remedial
- reminded
- repeated
- research
- scramble
- shepherd
- skeleton
- squiggle
- underdog
- unduly
- utensils
- vineyard
- warriors
- wondered
- yourself
- clarify
- cypress
- dignity
- equator
- barrette
- contrary
- elevated
- epidemic
- exchange
- farewell
- followed
- holidays
- hurrying
- hydrogen
- magazine
- peroxide
- salaries
- slovenly
- smallpox
- terrible
- wireless
- psychic
- assessor
- disarray
- veracity
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6th Grade words to know
Spelling sticks when you know what a word means. Here are 15 from these lists, with a sentence for each.
- equatornoun
- The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth.
- “Countries near the equator are warm all year.”
- diameternoun
- A straight line across a circle through its center.
- “The diameter of the pizza is twelve inches.”
- hydrogennoun
- The lightest gas and the most common element in the universe.
- “Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen.”
- mosaicnoun
- A picture made from small pieces of tile or glass.
- “The floor had a mosaic of a dolphin.”
- opaqueadjective
- Not letting light pass through.
- “The curtains are opaque, so the room stays dark.”
- vertigonoun
- A dizzy, spinning feeling.
- “Looking down from the tower gave him vertigo.”
- ancestornoun
- A family member who lived long ago.
- “My ancestors came from Ghana.”
- epidemicnoun
- A disease that spreads to many people quickly.
- “Doctors worked hard to stop the flu epidemic.”
- dispatchverb
- To send off quickly.
- “The station will dispatch a fire truck.”
- abstractadjective
- About ideas rather than real objects.
- “Fairness is an abstract idea.”
- oblivionnoun
- The state of being forgotten or unaware.
- “The old song faded into oblivion.”
- mitigateverb
- To make something less harmful.
- “Trees mitigate the heat in cities.”
- veracitynoun
- Truthfulness.
- “Reporters check the veracity of a story.”
- diminishverb
- To become smaller or less.
- “The noise diminished as the train left.”
- amiableadjective
- Friendly and pleasant.
- “Our new neighbor is very amiable.”
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More spelling practice
These 161 sixth grade spelling words are for spelling practice, weekly tests and class or school bees. Easier: 5th Grade. Harder: 7th Grade. For a daily routine, see how to prepare for a spelling bee, and brush up on the spelling rules.
Lists are written by Pagine for practice; they are not an official national bee study list.
Frequently asked questions
How many 6th grade spelling words are there?
161 words, split into four lists: List 1 warm-up, List 2 core, List 3 stretch and List 4 challenge.
How should we practise these words?
Say the word, spell it aloud, then write it. Practise five or six words a day, and keep a pile of missed words to review more often. The online practice reads each word aloud, and some words come with a sentence.
Can I print these lists?
Yes. Each list has its own printable page, plus a spelling test, a vocabulary sheet and a look-cover-write-check sheet. Printing asks for a free Pagine account.
What comes after the 6th grade list?
Move on to the 7th grade list when List 4 feels easy.
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