Dolch Sight Words Game

Word Warp is a free Dolch sight words typing game for grades 1-3, played in a web browser on a desktop or laptop, with no account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Every Dolch list, one click each. Word Warp opens with the list already loaded: the word appears on the warp gate, vanishes, and the student types it from memory before the gate closes. Typing a sight word from memory is a harder check than reading it off a flash card.

Pick a list, press play

Pre-primer (38 of 40)

and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

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Primer (52)

all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes

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Grade 1 (41)

after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

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Grade 2 (45 of 46)

always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

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Grade 3 (41)

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

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Nouns (first 47 of 95)

apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, goodbye, grass, ground, hand, head

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Nouns (last 47 of 95)

hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood

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Four Dolch entries cannot go in a typing link, so they are left out and listed here to practise on paper: "a" and "I" (one letter), "don't" (apostrophe) and "Santa Claus" (two words).

Tip: for a first pass at new words, open Teacher Setup in the game and switch the mode to Unscramble. Flash & Recall (the default) is the real test.

Word Warp showing a Dolch sight word on the warp gate
Word Warp with a Dolch list loaded.

Your own list, one link for the class

Works for any week. Up to 60 words.

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Questions teachers ask

Is it free?
Yes. Word Warp is one of the 12 games on the Arcade Deck, which is free to play with no account and nothing to install. The ten rooms on the Promenade are for members; nothing on this page needs one.
What do students need?
A desktop or laptop computer with a keyboard and an up-to-date browser. In Word Warp, students type every word.
Can I use our own spelling list?
Yes. Type or paste it into the box above and you get one link that opens Word Warp with your words. The words live in the link itself; we do not store them.
Do students sign in, or does it collect anything?
No sign-in and no student accounts. There are no ad trackers. See the privacy page for the details. Privacy.
What are the Dolch words?
The Dolch list is 220 "service words" plus 95 nouns, gathered by Edward Dolch in the 1930s and 40s as the words children meet most often in early books. They are mostly words that are hard to sound out, which is why they are learned by sight.
Is this for kindergarten?
Not really. Students need to type each word, so it fits best in grades 1 to 3, and for older students who are still shaky on sight words. Younger readers can start in Unscramble mode (Teacher Setup in the game).
Who makes Starship Arcade?
Starship Arcade is a small independent studio in Ontario. The games are built with AI and tested before they ship.