Word Search Maker / Word Lists / Dolch Primer Words
The 52 primer words that come after pre-primer. Mostly kindergarten and early grade 1 — still sight words, but with a few longer forms such as pretty and please.
The generator opens with up to 16 words filled in — add or remove any you like before printing.
This level is where children stop sounding out and start recognising whole words. A word search gives them the shape of the word over and over without a flashcard drill.
Pair it with a 12 × 12 grid for a five-minute filler, or a 20 × 20 for a full lesson starter. Every puzzle prints on one A4 or Letter sheet, with the answer key on the page behind it.
52 words. They are listed in the order the source list uses, not alphabetically, so you can work through them a level at a time.
Yes — select the text, or use your browser's print command. If you want the words in a puzzle instead, the button above loads the first 16 of them into the generator, where you can paste the rest.
A 12 × 12 grid takes the whole list comfortably; the longest word here is PLEASE (6 letters). Bigger grids (20 × 20) suit fast finishers.