Everyday words 3: word list
267 words for grade 3. Everyday words beyond the Dolch lists, from open frequency lists.
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Adapted from Wiktionary's contemporary fiction frequency list and Simple English Wikipedia's list of 1000 basic words, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Word | Syllables | Estimated grade |
|---|---|---|
| heel | 1 | 3 |
| charge | 1 | 3 |
| whenever | 3 | 3 |
| metal | 2 | 3 |
| likely | 2 | 3 |
| prove | 1 | 3 |
| aware | 2 | 3 |
| lack | 1 | 3 |
| princess | 2 | 3 |
| detail | 2 | 3 |
| backward | 2 | 3 |
| crush | 1 | 3 |
| faint | 1 | 3 |
| belong | 2 | 3 |
| stranger | 2 | 3 |
| everywhere | 3 | 3 |
| history | 3 | 3 |
| widen | 2 | 3 |
| beyond | 2 | 3 |
| palm | 1 | 3 |
| amuse | 2 | 3 |
| guest | 1 | 3 |
| exit | 2 | 3 |
| reality | 4 | 3 |
| wince | 1 | 3 |
| announce | 2 | 3 |
| alarm | 2 | 3 |
| dollar | 2 | 1 |
| paid | 1 | 1 |
| pizza | 2 | 3 |
| choke | 1 | 3 |
| protest | 2 | 3 |
| sleeve | 1 | 3 |
| movement | 2 | 3 |
| loose | 1 | 3 |
| bare | 1 | 2 |
| frame | 1 | 3 |
| fake | 1 | 3 |
| understood | 3 | 3 |
| decision | 3 | 3 |
| heavily | 3 | 3 |
| insist | 2 | 3 |
| soul | 1 | 3 |
| random | 2 | 3 |
| urge | 1 | 3 |
| startle | 2 | 3 |
| bunch | 1 | 3 |
| muscle | 2 | 3 |
| accident | 3 | 3 |
| bow | 1 | 2 |
| echo | 2 | 3 |
| bury | 2 | 2 |
| system | 2 | 3 |
| spirit | 2 | 3 |
| row | 1 | 2 |
| forth | 1 | 3 |
| nearby | 2 | 3 |
| nowhere | 2 | 3 |
| separate | 3 | 3 |
| honest | 2 | 2 |
| cough | 1 | 2 |
| underneath | 3 | 3 |
| process | 2 | 3 |
| somebody | 3 | 2 |
| presence | 2 | 3 |
| whose | 1 | 3 |
| hidden | 2 | 3 |
| unable | 3 | 2 |
| reaction | 3 | 3 |
| angrily | 3 | 2 |
| basically | 3 | 3 |
| impossible | 4 | 3 |
| disappoint | 3 | 3 |
| relieve | 2 | 3 |
| confusion | 3 | 3 |
| bill | 1 | 2 |
| address | 2 | 3 |
| cast | 1 | 3 |
| personal | 3 | 3 |
| spun | 1 | 3 |
| grasp | 1 | 3 |
| fully | 2 | 3 |
| indeed | 2 | 3 |
| vision | 2 | 3 |
| innocent | 3 | 3 |
| swung | 1 | 3 |
| driveway | 2 | 2 |
| spill | 1 | 3 |
| respect | 2 | 3 |
| inform | 2 | 3 |
| excitement | 3 | 3 |
| surface | 2 | 3 |
| feature | 2 | 3 |
| calmly | 2 | 3 |
| hesitate | 3 | 3 |
| hint | 1 | 3 |
| law | 1 | 3 |
| magazine | 3 | 3 |
| among | 2 | 3 |
| boss | 1 | 3 |
| file | 1 | 1 |
| leather | 2 | 3 |
| thrown | 1 | 3 |
| local | 2 | 3 |
| project | 2 | 3 |
| won | 1 | 2 |
| otherwise | 3 | 3 |
| effort | 2 | 3 |
| elevator | 4 | 3 |
| mate | 1 | 3 |
| entirely | 4 | 3 |
| strength | 1 | 3 |
| exchange | 2 | 3 |
| cafeteria | 5 | 3 |
| beam | 1 | 3 |
| exist | 2 | 3 |
| faith | 1 | 3 |
| remark | 2 | 3 |
| content | 2 | 3 |
| flick | 1 | 3 |
| mall | 1 | 3 |
| cannot | 2 | 3 |
| replace | 2 | 3 |
| style | 1 | 3 |
| court | 1 | 1 |
| previous | 3 | 3 |
| balance | 2 | 3 |
| particular | 4 | 3 |
| social | 2 | 3 |
| appearance | 3 | 3 |
| manner | 2 | 3 |
| roof | 1 | K |
| schedule | 2 | 3 |
| dine | 1 | 3 |
| difference | 3 | 3 |
| bounce | 1 | 3 |
| sneak | 1 | 3 |
| leader | 2 | 2 |
| argument | 3 | 3 |
| discuss | 2 | 3 |
| statement | 2 | 3 |
| ticket | 2 | 3 |
| built | 1 | 2 |
| sidewalk | 2 | 3 |
| curtain | 2 | 3 |
| whom | 1 | 3 |
| fifty | 2 | 3 |
| clothing | 2 | 3 |
| ugly | 2 | 3 |
| soldier | 2 | 3 |
| struck | 1 | 3 |
| opinion | 3 | 3 |
| awesome | 2 | 3 |
| desire | 3 | 3 |
| opportunity | 5 | 3 |
| outfit | 2 | 3 |
| beauty | 2 | 3 |
| chose | 1 | 3 |
| roar | 1 | 1 |
| friendship | 2 | 3 |
| worn | 1 | 3 |
| golden | 2 | 3 |
| sofa | 2 | 3 |
| master | 2 | 3 |
| throughout | 2 | 3 |
| damage | 2 | 3 |
| natural | 3 | 3 |
| claim | 1 | 3 |
| prefer | 2 | 3 |
| purpose | 2 | 3 |
| merely | 2 | 3 |
| sadly | 2 | 2 |
| uniform | 3 | 3 |
| direct | 2 | 3 |
| character | 3 | 3 |
| pure | 1 | 3 |
| various | 3 | 3 |
| cabin | 2 | 3 |
| puzzle | 2 | K |
| principal | 3 | 3 |
| forty | 2 | 3 |
| sandwich | 2 | 3 |
| challenge | 2 | 3 |
| command | 2 | 3 |
| fought | 1 | 3 |
| passenger | 3 | 3 |
| drawn | 1 | 3 |
| scary | 2 | 3 |
| unlike | 2 | 2 |
| constantly | 3 | 3 |
| marriage | 2 | 3 |
| bound | 1 | 3 |
| fancy | 2 | 3 |
| warmth | 1 | 3 |
| awhile | 2 | 3 |
| copy | 2 | 3 |
| favor | 2 | 3 |
| mental | 2 | 3 |
| bush | 1 | 3 |
| fairly | 2 | 3 |
| froze | 1 | 3 |
| option | 2 | 3 |
| spoken | 2 | 3 |
| instant | 2 | 3 |
| pressure | 2 | 3 |
| service | 2 | 3 |
| briefly | 2 | 3 |
| dash | 1 | 3 |
| stress | 1 | 3 |
| connect | 2 | 3 |
| language | 2 | 3 |
| ache | 1 | 3 |
| habit | 2 | 3 |
| necessary | 4 | 3 |
| dial | 2 | 3 |
| painful | 2 | 2 |
| display | 2 | 3 |
| tend | 1 | 3 |
| powerful | 3 | 2 |
| video | 3 | 1 |
| occur | 2 | 3 |
| anybody | 4 | 3 |
| corridor | 3 | 3 |
| whoever | 3 | 3 |
| chapter | 2 | 3 |
| surely | 2 | 3 |
| fashion | 2 | 3 |
| garage | 2 | K |
| bark | 1 | 2 |
| engine | 2 | 3 |
| frozen | 2 | 3 |
| background | 2 | 3 |
| adult | 2 | 3 |
| quarter | 2 | 1 |
| spare | 1 | 3 |
| awful | 2 | 3 |
| fate | 1 | 3 |
| agreement | 3 | 3 |
| dull | 1 | 3 |
| snatch | 1 | 3 |
| sometime | 2 | 3 |
| ability | 4 | 3 |
| campus | 2 | 3 |
| recently | 3 | 3 |
| topic | 2 | 3 |
| luckily | 3 | 2 |
| eaten | 2 | 3 |
| mid | 1 | 3 |
| owner | 2 | 3 |
| afterward | 3 | 3 |
| closely | 2 | 3 |
| feather | 2 | 3 |
| handsome | 2 | 3 |
| pity | 2 | 3 |
| sniff | 1 | 3 |
| drawer | 1 | 3 |
| leap | 1 | 3 |
| major | 2 | 3 |
| peek | 1 | 3 |
| tour | 1 | 3 |
| begun | 2 | 3 |
| customer | 3 | 3 |
| design | 2 | 3 |
| pride | 1 | 3 |
| interview | 3 | 3 |
| rode | 1 | 2 |
| bubble | 2 | 3 |
Grades are estimates of when a word is first taught. Source: Mined from two open lists (CC BY-SA): Wiktionary 'Frequency lists/Contemporary fiction' ( and Wiktionary 'Appendix:1000 basic English words' ( copied from Simple English Wikipedia). Words already in other lists were removed, and words unsuitable for children were filtered out by hand.
Related lists
- Everyday words 1 (most common) (149 words)
- Everyday words 2 (432 words)