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Fourth Grade No Excuse Words (first 25)

1. more

2. they

3. were

4. their

5. about

6. would

7. out

8. than

9. people

10. when

11. said

12. how

13. other

14. could

15. first

16. down

17. water

18. then

19. many

20. make

21. who

22. only

23. little

24. where

25. after

Fourth Grade No Excuse Words (second 25)

1. use

2. very

3. know

4. write

5. around

6. does

7. great

8. might

9. that

10. through

11. our

12. another

13. different

14. between

15. thought

16. with

17. what

18. because

19. again

20. while

21. each

22. from

23. too

24. new

25. which

Lesson 1 Regular Words:

1. throat

2. through

3. screen

4. scratch

5. scream

6. strange

7. street

8. strike

9. square

10. squeeze

11. threat

12. thrown

13. thrill

14. scrub

15. skyscraper

16. strawberry

17. strength

18. squeal

19. squirm

20. squirt

Lesson 1 Challenge Words:

1. arthritis

2. description

3. instrument

4. astronaut

5. squeezable

Lesson 2 Regular Words:

1. knot

2. unknown

3. know

4. sign

5. design

6. writing

7. wrist

8. wreck

9. climb

10. thumb

11. knit

12. knob

13. kneel

14. assign

15. wreath

16. wrench

17. wren

18. limb

19. comb

20. lamb

Lesson 2 Challenge Words:

1. bologna

2. lasagna

3. align

4. cologne

5. wrestler

Lesson 3 Regular Words:

1. care

2. because

3. brake

4. track

5. pocket

6. stiff

7. enough

8. laughed

9. photo

10. alphabet

11. cover

12. record

13. Kansas

14. snack

15. attack

16. muffin

17. giraffe

18. rough

19. dolphin

20. elephant

Lesson 3 Challenge Words:

1. cuckoo clock

2. freckles

3. sheriff

4. autograph

5. headphones

Lesson 4 Regular Words:

1. happened

2. happening

3. opened

4. opening

5. danced

6. dancing

7. studied

8. studying

9. stopped

10. stopping

11. chased

12. chasing

13. worried

14. worrying

15. dried

16. drying

17. robbed

18. robbing

19. slipped

20. slipping

Lesson 4 Challenge Words:

1. skied

2. skiing

3. argued

4. arguing

5. occurred

6. occurring

Lesson 5 Regular Words:

1. smaller

2. smallest

3. larger

4. largest

5. happier

6. happiest

7. hotter

8. hottest

9. sadder

10. saddest

11. deeper

12. deepest

13. closer

14. closest

15. scarier

16. scariest

17. funnier

18. funniest

19. fatter

20. fattest

Lesson 5 Challenge Words:

1. weirder

2. weirdest

3. gentler

4. gentlest

5. angrier

6. angriest

Lesson 7 Regular Words:

1. shown

2. short

3. punish

4. March

5. chapter

6. watch

7. kitchen

8. whatever

9. anywhere

10. whenever

11. shelter

12. flashlight

13. trash

14. chocolate

15. church

16. pitcher

17. catcher

18. wheat

19. awhile

20. somewhere

Lesson 7 Challenge Words:

1. squash

2. champion

3. touchdown

4. crutches

5. wherever

Lesson 8 Regular Words:

1. tomorrow

2. borrow

3. different

4. supper

5. matter

6. written

7. bottle

8. ridden

9. odd

10. bubble

11. offer

12. suffer

13. slippers

14. grasshopper

15. worry

16. current

17. lettuce

18. paddle

19. shudder

20. hobby

Lesson 8 Challenge Words:

1. Mississippi

2. recess

3. impossible

4. antennas

5. allowance

Lesson 9 Regular Words:

1. them

2. went

3. fence

4. speak

5. reason

6. beat

7. money

8. valley

9. honey

10. monkey

11. credit

12. engine

13. contest

14. least

15. steal

16. treat

17. season

18. hockey

19. alley

20. donkey

Lesson 9 Challenge Words:

1. escaped

2. celery

3. squeaked

4. bleachers

5. jersey

Lesson 10 Regular Words:

1. band

2. cash

3. into

4. river

5. with

6. pond

7. block

8. forgot

9. trouble

10. young

11. January

12. blanket

13. backpack

14. finger

15. window

16. closet

17. chop

18. cousin

19. couple

20. tough

Lesson 10 Challenge Words:

1. package

2. Pilgrims

3. ignored

4. o’clock

5. southern

Lesson 11 Regular Words:

1. station

2. danger

3. April

4. wild

5. behind

6. whole

7. broke

8. drove

9. hide

10. decide

11. vacation

12. cable

13. bacon

14. pint

15. lion

16. smoke

17. remote

18. stole

19. invite

20. arrive

Lesson 11 Challenge Words:

1. operation

2. behavior

3. private

4. Rhode Island

5. apologize

Lesson 13 Regular Words:

1. able

2. ability

3. sign

4. signal

5. mean

6. meant

7. deal

8. dealt

9. soft

10. soften

11. relate

12. relative

13. heal

14. health

15. meter

16. metric

17. compose

18. composition

19. crumb

20. crumble

Lesson 13 Challenge Words:

1. direct

2. personal

3. invade

4. direction

5. personality

6. invasion

Lesson 14 Regular Words:

1. change

2. village

3. edge

4. except

5. excited

6. explain

7. expect

8. Texas

9. quick

10. equal

11. charge

12. bridge

13. fudge

14. excellent

15. relax

16. extra

17. queen

18. quart

19. liquid

20. quilt

Lesson 14 Challenge Words:

1. advantage

2. pledge

3. excess

4. explosion

5. question

Lesson 15 Regular Words:

1. monkeys

2. flowers

3. friends

4. supplies

5. enemies

6. eyelashes

7. beaches

8. circuses

9. classes

10. taxes

11. tigers

12. holidays

13. delays

14. hobbies

15. memories

16. mysteries

17. ashes

18. bunches

19. glasses

20. suffixes

Lesson 15 Challenge Words:

1. accidents

2. skis

3. injuries

4. libraries

5. couches

Lesson 16 Regular Words:

1. coming

2. always

3. almost

4. didn’t

5. upon

6. wasn’t

7. until

8. during

9. want

10. father

11. hamster

12. a lot

13. ugly

14. washed

15. hotel

16. missed

17. eleven

18. crazy

19. lazy

20. feelings

Lesson 16 Challenge Words:

1. delivery

2. magnet

3. replied

4. drowned

5. mustard

Lesson 17 Regular Words:

1. we’ll

2. I’m

3. I’d

4. you’d

5. I’ll

6. we’ve

7. it’s

8. that’s

9. what’s

10. doesn’t

11. he’ll

12. she’ll

13. they’ll

14. they’d

15. he’d

16. would’ve

17. could’ve

18. wouldn’t

19. shouldn’t

20. let’s

Lesson 17 Challenge Words:

1. it’ll

2. who’ll

3. might’ve

4. mustn’t

5. we’d

Lesson 19 Regular Words:

1. piece

2. friend

3. field

4. said

5. again

6. asked

7. only

8. brought

9. heard

10. build

11. believe

12. heart

13. weird

14. height

15. weight

16. neighbor

17. rattle

18. pickle

19. toes

20. hospital

Lesson 19 Challenge Words:

1. interview

2. poetry

3. sword

4. tongue

5. unusual

Lesson 20 Regular Words:

1. fourth

2. course

3. storm

4. morning

5. forest

6. serve

7. herself

8. certain

9. dirty

10. first

11. pour

12. fourteen

13. court

14. Florida

15. form

16. nerve

17. perfect

18. girlfriend

19. thirsty

20. skirt

Lesson 20 Challenge Words:

1. resources

2. unfortunately

3. commercial

4. determine

5. whirl

Lesson 21 Regular Words:

1. stood

2. took

3. wood

4. bush

5. July

6. power

7. however

8. loud

9. house

10. outside

11. cushion

12. butcher

13. pudding

14. football

15. brook

16. shower

17. crowd

18. mountain

19. cloud

20. proud

Lesson 21 Challenge Words:

1. barefoot

2. jury

3. coward

4. thousand

5. announced

Lesson 22 Regular Words:

1. huge

2. excuse

3. few

4. usual

5. pupil

6. cool

7. mood

8. fruit

9. suit

10. juice

11. confuse

12. nephew

13. curfew

14. fuel

15. menu

16. shoot

17. school

18. shampoo

19. bruise

20. cruise

Lesson 22 Challenge Words:

1. commute

2. universe

3. reunion

4. fireproof

5. pursuit

Lesson 23 Regular Words:

1. wood

2. would

3. too

4. to

5. two

6. there

7. their

8. they’re

9. your

10. you’re

11. beat

12. beet

13. break

14. brake

15. clothes

16. close

17. piece

18. peace

19. thrown

20. throne

Lesson 23 Challenge Words:

1. guessed

2. guest

3. aisle

4. isle

5. waist

6. waste

Lesson 25 Regular Words:

1. often

2. might

3. they

4. remember

5. finally

6. really

7. several

8. everyone

9. interesting

10. everybody

11. known

12. caught

13. surprised

14. island

15. swimming

16. cameras

17. December

18. evening

19. beginning

20. February

Lesson 25 Challenge Words:

1. broccoli

2. kindergarten

3. cabinet

4. serious

5. temperature

Lesson 26 Regular Words:

1. baseball

2. basketball

3. upstairs

4. myself

5. highway

6. classroom

7. anyway

8. newspaper

9. something

10. sometimes

11. chalkboard

12. earrings

13. nighttime

14. motorcycle

15. downstairs

16. softball

17. weekend

18. classmate

19. doorbell

20. driveway

Lesson 26 Challenge Words:

1. courtroom

2. ourselves

3. heartbroken

4. teammate

5. skateboard

Lesson 27 Regular Words:

1. powerful

2. peaceful

3. beautiful

4. slowly

5. safely

6. daily

7. suddenly

8. carefully

9. action

10. location

11. cheerful

12. painful

13. thoughtful

14. weekly

15. lately

16. truthfully

17. hopefully

18. invention

19. correction

20. pollution

Lesson 27 Challenge Words:

1. grateful

2. suspenseful

3. completely

4. exactly

5. separation

Lesson 28 Regular Words:

1. helpless

2. careless

3. hopeless

4. payment

5. statement

6. movement

7. goodness

8. softness

9. brightness

10. business

11. spotless

12. breathless

13. worthless

14. useless

15. pavement

16. treatment

17. punishment

18. greatness

19. fairness

20. darkness

Lesson 28 Challenge Words:

1. assignment

2. appointment

3. announcement

4. homelessness

5. consciousness

Lesson 29 Regular Words:

1. dislike

2. disappear

3. incomplete

4. independent

5. incorrect

6. misplace

7. misspell

8. misled

9. rebuild

10. reuse

11. distrust

12. dishonest

13. disagree

14. invisible

15. inactive

16. mistreat

17. misbehave

18. react

19. replace

20. recall

Lesson 29 Challenge Words:

1. disobedience

2. incredible

3. inconvenient

4. misfortune

5. recycling

Lesson 31 Regular Words:

1. machine

2. especially

3. usually

4. probably

5. giant

6. moment

7. animals

8. iron

9. support

10. suppose

11. buffalo

12. Canada

13. canoe

14. relatives

15. stomach

16. cement

17. yesterday

18. favorite

19. welcome

20. August

Lesson 31 Challenge Words:

1. dictionary

2. separate

3. multiplication

4. salmon

5. recognize

Lesson 32 Regular Words:

1. other

2. number

3. color

4. doctor

5. people

6. simple

7. model

8. broken

9. sudden

10. common

11. October

12. another

13. motor

14. angle

15. title

16. barrel

17. angel

18. oven

19. gallon

20. button

Lesson 32 Challenge Words:

1. receiver

2. counselor

3. article

4. citizen

5. cinnamon

Lesson 33 Regular Words:

1. Memorial Day

2. Christmas

3. Sun.

4. May

5. June

6. September

7. Dec.

8. Dr.

9. Mrs.

10. Rd.

11. Hanukkah

12. Kwanzaa

13. Chinese New Year

14. Valentine’s Day

15. November

16. Feb.

17. Wed.

18. Ms.

19. Mr.

20. Ave.

Lesson 33 Challenge Words:

1. Fourth of July

2. St. Patrick’s Day

3. English

4. Blvd.

5. etc.

Lesson 34 Regular Words:

1. Dad’s

2. friend’s

3. girl’s

4. girls’

5. teacher’s

6. teachers’

7. baby’s

8. babies’

9. family’s

10. families’

11. grandma’s

12. grandpa’s

13. brother’s

14. brothers’

15. boy’s

16. boys’

17. aunt’s

18. aunts’

19. lady’s

20. ladies’

Lesson 34 Challenge Words:

1. someone’s

2. boss’s

3. James’s

4. grandparent’s

5. grandparents’

Lesson 35 Regular Words:

1. set

2. sit

3. off

4. of

5. when

6. win

7. our

8. are

9. than

10. then

11. lose

12. loose

13. were

14. we’re

15. where

16. quiet

17. quite

18. quit

19. whose

20. who’s

Lesson 35 Challenge Words:

1. recent

2. resent

3. pedal

4. petal

5. diary

6. dairy