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10 English Word Games for Kids – Fun Vocabulary Games

Fun English Word Games for Kids

A list of fun English word games for kids to help improve children’s spelling, reading, and vocabulary. This list of word games for kids includes word games that encourage conversation and early literacy that you can play on the spot or prepare yourself with just some paper and pencil.

Why are Word Games Good For Kids?

Word games and vocabulary games for kids are great because they get kids talking and using language while having fun. When you make a learning activity fun, kids don’t realise they are learning.

For reluctant learners, playing these word games can help and motivate them to want to play and learn more.

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10 Fun Word Games for Kids

Many of these word games for kids can be prepared easily at home with materials you already have. However if you don’t have time to prepare your own, you can also purchase a range of fun word games for kids HERE.

1. Hang Man

Probably one of the most popular word games for kids is the popular Hang Man. Player 1 thinks of a word and Player 2 has to guess it before they get “hung.”

Player 1 writes spaces for letters are written on the page so they know how many letters there are in the word. Player 2 proceeds to choose a letter they think may be in the word.

If it is correct Player 1 writes the letter down where it goes. If it is incorrect Player 1 draws part of the “hangman”. If the drawing is complete by the time Player 2 guesses, then Player 1 wins.

2. I spy

A really easy and fun word game for kids is I spy. You don’t need anything for this game except your imagination.

Player 1 thinks of a word and tells the others the first letter. “I spy with my little eye, something beginning with __” The other players need to guess the word. Whoever wins gets to be the spy!

This is a really great car game for kids too and helps to build vocabulary.

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Such an easy word game to prepare for kids. There are some really good versions on Amazon HERE. You can purchase the game, or use it as an example to make your own.

Draw a square grid on a page and choose a theme. Write out some words using the theme. Eg, beach: swimming, sand castles, water, sea shells, dolphin, sunbeds, picnic etc.

Make an extra copy of the words ensuring there are a few extra than the amount on the page. Cut them up into squares and put in a bowl scrunched up.

Take turns in pulling out a word and reading it out loud, then finding it on your page. The first person to find all of the words calls out Bingo and is the winner.

This fun word game for kids helps with reading and talking aloud.

4. Word Family Game

This game requires children to rhyme. Select one word and everyone needs to write as many words as they can that rhyme with that word. Eg. If the word is “Cat”, answers could be: hat, bat, rat, sat etc.

This is a great word game to help build kids vocabulary and help their language skills.

5. Word Search

Another fun but challenging word game for kids is a word search. Draw a grid of 10 x 10 squares and place as many words as you can within the grid. Words can go up, down, or diagonal, and letters can overlap to be used more than once.

Create a list on the side or bottom of the page of the words you have entered. Then once you cannot fit anymore words in, fill the blank boxes with random letters.

Kids will need to find the words as quick as possible. This can be a fun word game to do individually or as a team. For kids who like to compete, you can make identical grids and see who finishes first.

This word game encourages persistence and helps to improve their literacy skills.

6. Unscramble the words

A simple word game for children that will get them really thinking! Write a list of words down on paper but scramble the letter order while writing. Kids will need to look at the letters and try to work out what the word is and guess it.

This can be quite a competitive word game, but it helps to really get their mind ticking.

7. Scategories

While this is also an official board game, (which you can find online here) you can also make it yourself quite easily. Each player has a piece of paper and pencil.

Select 10-15 categories. These can be anything you like but remember they should be popular enough that you can guess something with most letters. Eg. Country, Movie, Body Part, Actor or Actress etc.

Once you have your categories it is time to choose a letter. Without a dice, the easiest way is to write the letters randomly on a piece of paper.

Then one person closes their eyes and points to a letter. When the letter has been chosen, players have 2 minutes to fill in the gaps with something in each category starting with that letter.

Winner is the one with the most filled in at the end, or the first to finish.

This is a really fun and competitive word game for kids that helps to improve their vocabulary, spelling, and conversation skills.

8. Words within a word

This word game requires kids to create their own words. Choose one really long word with at least 8-10 letters. The longer the better.

The aim of this word game is for kids to try to make a list of small words out of the letters of the long word. So for example the word COMPUTER includes: put, cot, term, core, mop, top, pet. Etc.

This is a really fun word game to help children’s spelling skills.

9. I am going on a picnic

A fun word game to help with your child’s memory and to get them talking.

One person starts and says “I am going on a picnic and I will bring some… fruit”

The next person says what the first person said, and adds something of their own. “I am going on a picnic and I will bring some fruit, and some sandwiches.

The next person says what the first, and second person said, and adds something of their own. “I am going on a picnic and I will bring some fruit, some sandwiches and some ice-cream.

You continue on and on and it gets more difficult to remember everything. We usually can get to at least seven or eight, and surprisingly my pre-schooler can often remember more than me!

This conversational game helps with memory, and also learning new vocabulary.

10. Story prompts

This word game involves making up a story by taking turns in saying sentences. One person starts the story, and says the first sentence. The second person continues the story with another sentence, and so on.

The stories can become very interesting as each person has different ideas. Bilingual flashcards are great for this or you can find a great version online HERE.

This conversation activity helps kid’s imagination, as well as building their vocabulary.

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Which English word games do you play with your kids?

These fun English word games for kids can be played with children of all ages and also with adults just by adapting certain aspects of the game to suit the age of the player.

This list of word games for kids will keep kids entertained for hours on end without feeling like they are actually learning.

English wordgames for all levels

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Listed below are a large number of online word games and exercises arranged in four levels for learners of English.
They are designed to help learners improve their vocabulary. Choose one below and enjoy revising your English!

See also: PRINTABLE WORD GAMES

ONLINE WORDGAMES:

JUMBLED SENTENCES (Drag the words onto a line to form a correct sentence. )
EASY	MEDIUM	MORE DIFFICULT	CHALLENGING
Apple	Good things	Bird in hand	Appearance
Food	Incident	Breeze	Book
Friends	Japanese	Compliment	Circumstances
Girlfriend	Law	Dogs	City life
Health	Life	Hospital	Crowd
Music	Lights	India	Environment award
Parking	Morocco	Lobsters	Fools
Police	Morning	Pilot	Law-breaking
Singer 1	Poverty	Standing ovation	Memories
Station	Questions	Sun	Mind
Revising	Reward	Thunder	Objectives
Town	Rooms	Voice	Offenders
Video	Singer 2	Wall	Rebel-forces
Work	Taxi	Water	Seabirds

MISSING WORDS (Fill in the gaps with a suitable word. )
EASY	MEDIUM	MORE DIFFICULT	CHALLENGING
Friends 1	Friends 2	The Internet	Sightseeing
Prepositions 1	Prepositions 2	Prepositions 3	Brexit
Tourist Guide	Shaggy Dog	International Etiquette	Quinoa text
First woman doctor	Learning Russian	Today's World	Scott Joplin

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It's time to put aside the boring work and have some fun. In this section you will find free online games related to the English language, which will not only help you have an interesting time, but also remind you of the basic rules of the English language, refresh your vocabulary and test your wit.

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  Check how well you know the meanings of English words. For a limited period of time, indicate whether the proposed translation is correct for the given words.

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  Select the most appropriate picture for the given English word. Find the maximum correct matches in the allotted time.

• Gallows

  Guess the hidden word in English by choosing the letters it consists of.

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• Clothes Game

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• Colors Game

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• Construct a Word

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• Word Match

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• Face Maker Game

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• Face Match

  For a few minutes, feel like a detective investigating an incident. Read or listen to the description of the person and find the one who matches it. Check how good you are...

• Family Vocabulary Game

  Test your knowledge of family relationships in English. Arrange the names in their respective portraits following the prompts in the left column.

• Food Game

  Following the list on the left side of the screen, find and mark the corresponding items. The game allows you to test your knowledge of vocabulary related to food and cuisine.

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Unusual crossword game without hints and definitions. Using the available letters, you need to fill in the empty fields in such a way that you get related words. Challenge yourself by completing the game through five difficulty levels.

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• Christmas Vocabulary Game

  Find and mark the items in the picture following the list provided (in order). The game will help you test your knowledge of vocabulary related to Christmas.

• Insect World

  Explore the world of insects with this entertaining game. Listen to fascinating stories and find bugs, spiders and ants in a variety of places: in the forest, in the desert, in the pond and garden.

• Clothes Game

  Dress up your character before it rains! The game will allow you to practice your vocabulary related to clothing (trousers, jeans, shoes, sweater, raincoat, gloves, underpants, socks, belt,. ..

• Bank Robber

  A variant of the classic hangman game in which you have to prevent a bank robbery. You will be given a word that will need to be spelled out before the robber...

• Face Match

  For a few minutes, feel like a detective investigating an incident.

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