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What is a missing letters worksheet?

Words with some letters removed. The solver reconstructs the spelling from what remains.

Choose how many letters to hide and where, and the generator builds a spelling worksheet matched to your class level — from first-letter phonics practice to tricky vocabulary gaps. A quick win for homeschool parents, ESL tutors and TPT sellers building spelling resource packs. Missing-letter sheets can also be played in the browser, with answers checked as you type.

How to make one

  1. Enter your words, one per line.
  2. Set the ratio of letters to remove. Around 30% keeps it a recall exercise.
  3. Generate and export, or play it on screen.

How to solve one

The settings that matter

Missing ratio
About 30% suits new vocabulary. Past 50% it becomes guessing, and a guessed wrong spelling gets practised.

What people use it for

Questions

What ratio should I use?

Around 30% of letters removed keeps it a spelling-recall exercise. Past about half the learner cannot reconstruct the word and starts guessing — and a wrong spelling written by hand is more durable than a right one read.

Should I remove vowels specifically?

It is a good next step once a class handles the standard version, and noticeably harder than removing letters at random.

Is this better than a word scramble?

For new words, yes. Missing letters shows a correct partial spelling; a scramble shows an incorrect complete one.

Print it or play it

Export as a US Letter PDF for print, or as PNG/JPG for image-based layouts. Amazon KDP supports multiple trim sizes, including 8.5 × 11 inches for applicable books; build the final interior to the trim size you selected and keep raster artwork at 300 DPI. There is also a grid-only export if you are dropping the puzzle into your own page layout.

This one can also be played in the browser: press Play above to solve it on screen, or Share to send a link that opens playable for whoever receives it — no account and no app at their end.

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