Looking for a big list of spelling words for 7th grade? Here are 535 spelling words, a bunch of challenge words, and fun activities!
Hello fellow teachers! I hope you’re doing well.
I’ve typed up a bunch of great spelling words for you to use throughout the school year. These words are perfect for spelling activities, worksheets, spelling tests, and even a spelling bee.
After the regular list of words, I’ve added a ton of 8th grade spelling words to challenge your brightest students.
Let me know in the comments if you’d like me to separate the giant list of spelling words to have a weekly spelling list! I’m happy to do whatever will be more helpful.
I’ve also typed lists of 9th grade spelling words, 10th grade spelling words, and 12th grade spelling words. I hope you find them helpful too!
I’ve also written posts on the best classroom procedures, classroom jobs, attention grabbers, classroom reward party ideas, and classroom names!
7th Grade Spelling Words
Here are a bunch of spelling words for your seventh graders!
- abandon
- abbreviation
- abound
- absence
- absolutely
- absorb
- abundant
- accept
- accessible
- accommodate
- accompanied
- accomplishment
- accumulate
- accurate
- achievement
- acquaintance
- acres
- address
- adequate
- adjustable
- admit
- admittance
- adolescent
- advantage
- advantageous
- advice
- advise
- afghan
- against
- alternate
- alternative
- amusement
- amusing
- analysis
- analyze
- ancestor
- annex
- anniversary
- apparent
- appreciate
- arch
- artificial
- assignment
- assistance
- association
- athlete
- atmostphere
- attendance
- attention
- attractive
- authority
- bachelor
- bacteria
- badge
- bagel
- baggage
- bampaign
- bankruptcy
- because
- beginning
- believable
- belittle
- beneficial
- benefited
- benefiting
- bias
- bicycle
- biscuit
- bizarre
- bliss
- blossoming
- bonafide
- boulevard
- bound
- boundary
- bouquet
- breath
- brilliant
- brochure
- bulletin
- bureau
- business
- calendar
- campaign
- cancel
- cancellation
- candidate
- capable
- capital
- capitol
- catalog
- category
- catsup
- caught
- ceaseless
- celery
- cemetery
- cereal
- challenge
- changeable
- chaperone
- character
- characteristic
- chocolate
- chrysanthemum
- cinnamon
- civilize
- colonel
- column
- commercial
- committed
- committee
- commotion
- companion
- competent
- competition
- complement
- complex
- compliment
- compressor
- computers
- concentrate
- concentration
- conductor
- confetti
- confident
- congratulations
- consequently
- consumer
- content
- control
- controlling
- controversy
- convict
- copies
- courage
- courtesy
- cousin
- cringe
- crypt
- culminate
- culprit
- damage
- daughter
- deceive
- deficiency
- delayed
- delicious
- delightful
- deliver
- democracy
- deny
- deodorant
- descendant
- description
- desirous
- desperate
- destroyed
- diameter
- diamond
- dictionary
- digest
- discipline
- discourage
- discouraged
- disgraceful
- dismissal
- dispersal
- dispose
- distinguished
- doubt
- dreadful
- drummer
- economics
- economy
- either
- elementary
- embarrass
- emotion
- emphasize
- employ
- employed
- encircle
- enclosing
- encounter
- encyclpedia
- endurance
- engineer
- enough
- envelope
- envious
- environment
- episode
- equal
- equip
- equipped
- erosion
- eruption
- especially
- ethics
- ethnic
- every
- evident
- excellent
- exchange
- executive
- exhibit
- expensive
- extinct
- extinguish
- extortion
- extraordinary
- extremely
- fabricate
- failure
- familiar
- fascinating
- fatigue
- favorite
- fiasco
- flagrant
- flamboyant
- flavoring
- foreign
- forfeit
- fossilize
- frayed
- frequently
- friendly
- frightful
- fundamental
- gauge
- genuine
- ghetto
- ghostly
- glamorous
- glaze
- gossiping
- government
- gradual
- graffiti
- grammar
- grievance
- guarantee
- habitat
- harass
- haven
- havoc
- heavily
- heroic
- hesitate
- honestly
- horrify
- hospital
- humid
- humility
- hygiene
- hygienic
- identical
- idle
- idol
- ignorant
- illegal
- illustration
- imaginary
- imitative
- immediately
- immobilize
- impossibility
- impressive
- inanimate
- inconvenient
- incredible
- independent
- individual
- infamous
- influence
- informant
- inhabit
- inherit
- innocence
- innocent
- instructior
- insure
- intelligent
- interfere
- interruption
- introduction
- involvement
- irate
- irresistible
- itinerant
- jealousy
- judgment
- justice
- juvenile
- kettle
- knitting
- laboratory
- lampoon
- landmark
- language
- laughter
- legibly
- legion
- leisure
- lightning
- liquidation
- longevity
- manage
- management
- maneuver
- marvel
- mathematics
- measure
- media
- memory
- mercy
- merrily
- message
- mileage
- miniature
- misbehaved
- miscellaneous
- morale
- mortgage
- motivate
- movement
- multiple
- murmur
- musical
- musician
- mysterious
- mystery
- neglect
- negotiate
- neighbor
- nervous
- nuisance
- nurture
- oases
- oasis
- obedient
- obituary
- obligation
- oblige
- obstacle
- obviously
- occasion
- optimistic
- ordinarily
- ordinary
- organization
- original
- overt
- pamphlet
- panic
- panicked
- panicky
- parallel
- paralysis
- paralyze
- pardon
- partial
- patient
- pedestrian
- penicillin
- percent
- permanent
- persuade
- pertinent
- peruse
- phantom
- pheasant
- phrase
- physical
- pinciple
- pledge
- poison
- politely
- political
- popular
- possible
- potent
- preacher
- precipitation
- pressure
- principal
- privilege
- procedure
- produce
- profit
- pronunciation
- psychology
- puny
- qualifications
- qualified
- qualifying
- questionnaire
- quotation
- quote
- rampage
- raspberry
- reasonable
- rebel
- rebelling
- receieve
- receipt
- receiving
- recipe
- recognition
- recognize
- recommend
- recruit
- reddest
- regret
- replenish
- reprimand
- resigned
- restaurant
- revert
- rhyme
- rhythm
- ridge
- ridiculous
- ritual
- roster
- rotten
- rough
- rubbish
- rustic
- salvation
- sandwich
- sanitary
- saturate
- scarcity
- scenery
- schedule
- scheme
- schism
- secretary
- securing
- sedate
- seize
- serial
- sheriff
- shipment
- shipped
- shutters
- siege
- significance
- simile
- simply
- sincerely
- sincerity
- sinister
- situation
- skeptical
- slumber
- smudge
- solemn
- sophomore
- souvenir
- spacious
- specific
- spite
- splurge
- spotless
- spotty
- starred
- stationary
- stationery
- statistics
- stripped
- stunned
- subscription
- substitute
- suffrage
- sunny
- superintendent
- supervisor
- supply
- supposedly
- susceptible
- suspicious
- swimmer
- symphathy
- tainted
- terrify
- therapy
- thinnest
- thorough
- threatening
- tolerate
- tongue
- tournament
- tragedy
- traitor
- transferred
- transmitted
- traveled
- traveling
- treaty
- truly
- undernourished
- unfortunately
- uniform
- university
- unnecessary
- unsanitary
- vaccinate
- valuable
- various
- vehicle
- version
- vertical
- victim
- victory
- vigorously
- violation
- visible
- visualize
- volcano
- voyage
- wealth
- wealthy
- weapon
- weary
- wedge
- weird
- wheeze
- wilderness
- wreck
- yield
- youth
Challenge Words
Here are a bunch of 8th grade spelling words. You can give this word list to your students as challenge words! Or you could add one or two at the end of each weekly list.
- accommodate
- belligerent
- circumference
- deficiency
- equilibrium
- fiasco
- grotesque
- malicious
- obesity
- predecessor
- snobbery
- taboo
- unique
- adolescent
- asterisk
- catastrophe
- continuous
- dilemma
- extricate
- frostbitten
- inconvenience
- luncheon
- miscellaneous
- obstinate
- permeate
- questionnaire
- sacrificial
- undernourished
- vitamin
- withhold
- acquisition
- antidote
- bachelor
- cameos
- characteristic
- confiscation
- hazardous
- longevity
- meticulous
- newsstand
- pageant
- plaintiff
- procrastinate
- scholar
- surmise
- accustomed
- applicant
- brilliance
- considerable
- detterent
- endeavor
- excessive
- schedule
- studious
- vacillate
- voracious
- amateur
- architect
- colleague
- critique
- flamboyant
- insufficient
- legitimate
- optimism
- protein
- religious
- tyranny
- vessel
- annoyance
- biannual
- counsel
- inevitable
- mercenary
- parliament
- potential
- shrine
- unsanitary
- apology
- discrepancy
- horrific
- internally
- necessity
- personification
- recurrent
Fun Activities
Here are 14 spelling activities for your 7th graders! Your students will have so much fun doing these different activities.
- Colored Words: Write the spelling words using different colored pencils, crayons, or markers.
- Scrambled Words: Unscramble the spelling words!
- Spelling Word Pictures: Draw a picture, like a house or anything they’d like, using the spelling words. So instead of using lines to draw the object, they’ll write the spelling words.
- Alphabetical Order: Write all of the spelling words in alphabetical order. Make sure they are in the correct order.
- Sentences: Write each spelling word in a sentence. Bonus points if there’s more than one word in a sentence.
- Definitions: Write as many definitions of the words as they know. This will help their vocabulary skills!
- Rainbow Letters: Use a different colored pencil or crayon to write each letter of the word.
- Spelling Word Pictures: Choose some words to draw pictures of. You get to choose how many pictures you’d like them to draw. Your students can draw the pictures at their own pace. Encourage them to use their imagination!
- Invisible Words: Write the spelling words on a piece of paper with a white crayon. Then use markers to color over the spelling words. The spelling words will appear out of nowhere! Your students will love it.
- Dice Spelling Words: List six of these activities on a piece of paper. Then have students roll the dice for each word and do what they rolled. For example, if they roll a three and three is rainbow letters, they get to write that word with rainbow letters.
- Fun Letters: Have the students write their spelling words with tall letters, tiny letters, zigzag letters, swirly letters, and any other fun letters they can think of!
- Crossword Puzzles: Have your students make up their own crossword puzzle for the spelling words. They’ll love it!
- Word Search Puzzles: Let your students make their own word search puzzle. You can even have the students solve each other puzzles!
- Online Spelling Games: There are a whole bunch of spelling games online your kids can do to practice too!
All of these activities will help students practice their new words!
FAQs
What spelling words should a 7th grader know?
There are just too many words 7th grade students should know to list here. I’ve listed 535 above!
What words should a 12 year old be able to spell?
Visualize, volcano, voyage, wealth, traveling, treaty, truly, undernourished, unfortunately, uniform, wealthy, and weapon are a few spelling words seventh graders should know.
How can I improve my 7th grade spelling?
Have your students practice spelling their words by doing different activities with the words. That will help them improve their spelling and get them ready for the spelling test.
How do you spell seventh grader?
You spell seventh grader s-e-v-e-n-t-h g-r-a-d-e-r.
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Final Thoughts On Spelling Words For Seventh Grade Students:
I hope you like these spelling words and activities! They should give your students a strong foundation of English language arts and spelling. Let me know what you think in the comments!