All 96 words are listed below. In the game above, type each word as it comes up: twelve words a lap, in a new order every time.
The 96 noun sight words
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 goat grass ground hand head hill home horse house kitty leg letter man men milk morning mother name nest night paper party picture pig rabbit rain ring robin Santa Claus school seed sheep shoe sister snow song squirrel stick street sun table thing time top toy tree watch water way wind window woman women wood
This is the separate list of nouns that Dolch kept beside his five levels. The source lists 97; 1 is left out here because our vocabulary rules for children do not allow it.
The same words by length
| Length | How many | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | 18 | bed box boy car cat cow day dog egg eye leg man men pig sun top toy way |
| 4 letters | 37 | baby back ball bear bell bird boat cake coat corn doll door duck farm feet fire fish game girl goat hand head hill home milk name nest rain ring seed shoe snow song time tree wind wood |
| 5 letters | 20 | apple bread chair floor grass horse house kitty night paper party robin sheep stick table thing watch water woman women |
| 6 letters | 12 | farmer father flower garden ground letter mother rabbit school sister street window |
| 7 letters | 4 | brother chicken morning picture |
| 8 letters | 3 | birthday children squirrel |
| 9 letters | 1 | Christmas |
| 10 letters | 1 | Santa Claus |
The game uses 95 of the words. The game leaves out "Santa Claus", which is not typed as a plain small word.
Where the list comes from
Edward William Dolch published a list of frequently used words in 1936, in an article called "A Basic Sight Vocabulary" in The Elementary School Journal, and again in 1948 in his book Problems in Reading. The list is usually given in five levels, from pre-primer to third grade, with the nouns as a separate list. We read the lists in the Wikipedia article Dolch word list on 3 October 2026.
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Questions
How many noun sight words are there?
96 on this page, from the Dolch list. The source lists 97.
Is this the same list my school uses?
It may not be. Schools choose their own sight word lists. Ask the teacher for the class list.
How does the practice game work?
Each word appears as tiles on a road. Type the lit key, and the hands show which finger to use. A lap is twelve words, and every lap is in a new order.