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Soft c and g, dge and tch: spelling bee words

Words where c says s and g says j, and the endings that go with them: city, giant, badge, catch, duck.

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Soft c and g

C says s and g says j before e, i or y (city, gem). After a short vowel, the j sound is spelled dge and the ch sound tch (badge, catch).

duck
back
sock
kick
neck
pick
rock
lock
sick
luck
city
face
nice
race
ice
cent
page
cage
gem
giant
large
stage
badge
bridge
edge
fudge
judge
ledge
catch
match
watch
kitchen
pitch
sketch

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Also on Peabody: the Words place, words that start with each letter, spelling games and the Daily Word. Teachers: the weekly lists these come from are on Peabody Teach.

How this list was made: The soft c and g weeks of the K–8 teachers' lists, with their dge and tch, and ck, weeks.

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