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title: "Word wheels for kids: free printable with word list"
description: "Free printable word wheels for kids with the full word list. Short words count, so every child finds plenty. No sign-up."
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Free printable

# For kids word wheel

New to word wheels? Start here. Short words count, so there is always something to find, and the full word list on the back turns it into a game you can check together.

PuzzleDesign

Difficulty

Harder grades raise the shortest word that counts. Every wheel prints its full word list.

Centre letter A. 47 words to find, one using all eight letters.

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Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid.

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Two pages: the eight-letter wheel, and its complete word list. Every word uses the centre letter, with one word using all eight, read from a dictionary by the same engine as our KDP studio.

## Want the whole book?

This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn it into a full Word Wheel book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs.

[Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/word-wheel/edit?from=word-wheel&v=2&s=eyJkaWZmaWN1bHR5IjoiRUFTWSIsImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0)

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The letter wheel, and the full list of words you can make.

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- Word Wheel Easy

  Make words of 3 letters or more. Every word must use the centre letter, and each letter only once. One word uses all 8 letters.

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  Puzzle
- Word Wheel Easy · Solution

  47 words, 8-letter word in bold

  - ZWIEBACK
  - BACKIE
  - AKEBI
  - BAIZE
  - BAKIE
  - CEIBA
  - WACKE
  - ABIE
  - BACK
  - BAKE
  - BAZE
  - BEAK
  - BIWA
  - CAKE
  - CAWK
  - EZBA
  - KAZI
  - WABE
  - WABI
  - WACE
  - WACK
  - WAIK
  - WAKE
  - WEAK
  - WEKA
  - ABE
  - ACE
  - AKE
  - AWE
  - BAC
  - BAE
  - BAW
  - BEA
  - CAB
  - CAW
  - IBA
  - IWA
  - KAI
  - KAW
  - KEA
  - WAB
  - WAC
  - WAE
  - WEA
  - ZAC
  - ZAK
  - ZEA

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  Solution

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## How to solve a word wheel

Eight letters sit on the wheel, one in the centre. Make as many words as you can, each using the centre letter and only the wheel letters, each letter once. One word uses all eight.

### The method

1. Start with the centre letter. Every word must include it, so write it down and try the outer letters around it one at a time.
2. Work up by length. Find the short words first, then stretch them: add a letter, swap an ending, and keep the ones that read.
3. Hunt for the long one. One word uses all eight letters. Look for a common prefix or suffix, then fit the rest around the centre.
4. Check against the list. The answer page prints every word you could have found, so you can see how close you came.

**The one rule**

Every word uses the centre letter and only the wheel letters, each letter at most once.

**What the answer page shows**

The complete word list is printed at the back, with the eight-letter word in bold.

**How the grades differ**

Harder grades raise the shortest word that counts.

**Good for**

Solvers who like word building and a target to beat.

## Making a whole word wheel book?

This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP word wheel maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-word-wheel-maker) generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.

## More printable word wheels

- [Large print word wheels](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-wheel/large-print)
- [Easy word wheel](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-wheel/easy)
- [Medium word wheel](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-wheel/medium)
- [Hard word wheel](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-wheel/hard)
- [Expert word wheel](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-wheel/expert)

[See every printable word wheel](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-wheel)

## Questions

**Are these word wheels for kids free to print?**

Yes. Generate the puzzle above and print it with its word list, at no cost and with no sign-up.

**Is the word list complete?**

Yes. The answer is every word in our dictionary you can build from the wheel at the chosen length, not a sample. It is printed on the second page.

**Can I make a word wheel book to sell on KDP?**

Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. The KDP word wheel maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.