Missing Letters Worksheet Generator
Paste a word list and every word comes back as letter boxes with a few missing — fill-in practice that targets spelling recall instead of recognition. Choose which letters disappear: random spots, the vowels, or the first letters for beginners.
Like every generator here, the worksheet lives at its own link: the same URL always rebuilds the same blanks, so a practice page can be assigned, lost, and reprinted identical next week.
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Ways teachers use this sheet
- Spelling test prep: hide two random letters in this week's words the day before the quiz.
- Vowel focus: hide vowels only — the single most common short-vowel spelling error becomes the whole exercise.
- Sound-out scaffolding: hide the first letter for beginners still blending onset and rime.
Ready-made sight word pages
- Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words
- Dolch Primer Sight Words
- Dolch First Grade Sight Words
- Dolch Second Grade Sight Words
- Dolch Third Grade Sight Words
- Dolch 95 Common Nouns
- Animal Words
- Food Words
- Weather Words
- Space Words
- Ocean Words
- Community Helper Words
- Back-to-School Words
- Halloween Words
- Thanksgiving Words
- Christmas Words
FAQ
How many letters can be hidden per word?
One, two or three — and never so many that the word stops being guessable. Short words automatically hide fewer letters.
What is the vowels mode for?
English spelling is hardest where the vowel is. Hiding only A, E, I, O, U turns the worksheet into focused vowel discrimination — the standard intervention for 'invented spelling' that runs out of vowels.
Is there an answer key?
Yes — the key prints the same rows with the missing letters filled in and highlighted, so checking a page takes seconds.
Can I use my own word list?
That is the whole point: paste any words into the box. The Dolch lists on the Word lists pages also come with ready-made missing-letters pages.