Halloween ABC order worksheet for kids to practice alphabetizing words related to Halloween themes.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given 20 Halloween-themed words, and we need to put them in alphabetical order — that means from A to Z, like how words appear in a dictionary.

First, let’s list all the words clearly:

From column 1:
- bat
- costume
- haunted
- witch
- vampire

From column 2:
- pumpkin
- candy
- black
- brew
- orange

From column 3:
- monster
- ghost
- scary
- moon
- night

From column 4:
- zombie
- candle
- broom
- spider
- party

Now, let’s write them all together in one list:

bat, costume, haunted, witch, vampire, pumpkin, candy, black, brew, orange, monster, ghost, scary, moon, night, zombie, candle, broom, spider, party

Next, we sort them alphabetically.

Let’s go letter by letter.

Start with “b” words:
- bat
- black
- brew
- broom

Alphabetical order among these:
→ bat (b-a-t)
→ black (b-l-a-c-k) — ‘a’ comes before ‘l’, so bat first
Wait — actually, let’s compare properly:

bat → b-a-t
black → b-l-a-c-k
brew → b-r-e-w
broom → b-r-o-o-m

Compare second letters:
- bat: a
- black: l
- brew: r
- broom: r

So “a” comes first → bat is first.

Then between black (l), brew (r), broom (r) — l comes before r → so black next.

Then brew vs broom — both start with “br”, so look at third letter:
- brew: e
- broom: o → e comes before o → brew before broom

So “b” group: bat, black, brew, broom

Now “c” words:
- costume
- candy
- candle

Compare:
candy → c-a-n-d-y
candle → c-a-n-d-l-e
costume → c-o-s-t-u-m-e

First, compare candy and candle — both start with “can”, then:
candy: d-y
candle: d-l-e → after “d”, y vs l → l comes before y → so candle before candy? Wait no:

Actually, let’s spell out:

candy: c-a-n-d-y
candle: c-a-n-d-l-e → so up to “cand”, same. Then next letter: y vs l → l comes before y → so candle comes before candy.

But wait — that’s not right. Let’s think again.

After “cand”, candy has “y”, candle has “l” — but “l” comes before “y” in alphabet → so candle should come before candy? No — that’s incorrect.

Wait — let’s write them side by side:

candy: c - a - n - d - y
candle: c - a - n - d - l - e

So positions 1-4 are same: c,a,n,d

Position 5: candy = y, candle = l → l comes before y → so candle comes before candy.

But that contradicts common sense? Let me check dictionary order.

Actually, yes — “candle” comes before “candy” because after “cand”, “l” comes before “y”.

Is that true? Let me confirm:

In real dictionaries:
- candle
- candy

Yes! Because “candle” is spelled c-a-n-d-l-e, and “candy” is c-a-n-d-y — so when comparing character by character, at position 5, ‘l’ (from candle) vs ‘y’ (from candy) — ‘l’ is earlier in alphabet → so candle comes before candy.

But wait — that doesn’t feel right. Let me double-check with actual alphabet:

Alphabet: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

So l is before y → yes.

Therefore: candle, then candy.

Then costume: c-o-s-t-u-m-e — after “c”, ‘o’ comes after ‘a’, so costume comes after both candle and candy.

So “c” group: candle, candy, costume

Wait — no: candle and candy both start with “can”, costume starts with “co” — ‘a’ comes before ‘o’, so candle and candy come before costume.

And between candle and candy: as above, candle before candy.

So: candle, candy, costume

But let’s list all words again and sort them properly.

Better approach: write all 20 words and sort them manually.

List:

1. bat
2. black
3. brew
4. broom
5. candle
6. candy
7. costume
8. ghost
9. haunted
10. monster
11. moon
12. night
13. orange
14. party
15. pumpkin
16. scary
17. spider
18. vampire
19. witch
20. zombie

Wait — I missed some? Let’s count original:

Original had 5 per column × 4 columns = 20 words.

I have:

From above sorting attempt:

b: bat, black, brew, broom → 4
c: candle, candy, costume → 3
g: ghost → 1
h: haunted → 1
m: monster, moon → 2
n: night → 1
o: orange → 1
p: party, pumpkin → 2
s: scary → 1
sp: spider → 1
v: vampire → 1
w: witch → 1
z: zombie → 1

That’s 4+3+1+1+2+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1 = let’s add: 4+3=7, +1=8, +1=9, +2=11, +1=12, +1=13, +2=15, +1=16, +1=17, +1=18, +1=19, +1=20. Good.

Now, let’s sort them fully in order.

Start with B:

bat, black, brew, broom

As established:
- bat (b-a)
- black (b-l) — a before l → bat first
- brew (b-r) — l before r → black before brew
- broom (b-r-o) — brew vs broom: brew is b-r-e, broom is b-r-o → e before o → brew before broom

So B: bat, black, brew, broom

C: candle, candy, costume

candle: c-a-n-d-l-e
candy: c-a-n-d-y
costume: c-o-s-t-u-m-e

candle vs candy: first 4 letters same “cand”, then 5th: l vs y → l before y → candle before candy

costume: after “c”, “o” — which is after “a”, so after both candle and candy.

So C: candle, candy, costume

G: ghost → only one

H: haunted → only one

M: monster, moon

monster: m-o-n-s-t-e-r
moon: m-o-o-n

Compare: both start with “mo”

Third letter: monster = n, moon = o → n before o → monster before moon

So M: monster, moon

N: night → only one

O: orange → only one

P: party, pumpkin

party: p-a-r-t-y
pumpkin: p-u-m-p-k-i-n

After “p”, party has “a”, pumpkin has “u” → a before u → party before pumpkin

So P: party, pumpkin

S: scary → only one

Sp: spider → only one — but “spider” starts with “s”, same as “scary”

scary: s-c-a-r-y
spider: s-p-i-d-e-r

After “s”, scary has “c”, spider has “p” → c before p → scary before spider

V: vampire → only one

W: witch → only one

Z: zombie → only one

Now, let’s compile the full alphabetical list:

1. bat
2. black
3. brew
4. broom
5. candle
6. candy
7. costume
8. ghost
9. haunted
10. monster
11. moon
12. night
13. orange
14. party
15. pumpkin
16. scary
17. spider
18. vampire
19. witch
20. zombie

Wait — did I miss any word? Let’s check against original list.

Original words:

Column 1: bat, costume, haunted, witch, vampire → all present
Column 2: pumpkin, candy, black, brew, orange → all present
Column 3: monster, ghost, scary, moon, night → all present
Column 4: zombie, candle, broom, spider, party → all present

In my sorted list, I have:

bat, black, brew, broom, candle, candy, costume, ghost, haunted, monster, moon, night, orange, party, pumpkin, scary, spider, vampire, witch, zombie

That’s 20 words. Perfect.

Now, assign numbers 1 to 20 as per the worksheet.

The worksheet has two columns: left column 1-10, right column 11-20.

So:

Left column (1-10):
1. bat
2. black
3. brew
4. broom
5. candle
6. candy
7. costume
8. ghost
9. haunted
10. monster

Right column (11-20):
11. moon
12. night
13. orange
14. party
15. pumpkin
16. scary
17. spider
18. vampire
19. witch
20. zombie

Double-check the order:

After monster (10), next is moon (11) — yes, m-o-o-n after m-o-n-s-t-e-r? Wait no:

monster: m-o-n-s-t-e-r
moon: m-o-o-n

Compare: first two letters same “mo”

Third letter: monster = n, moon = o → n comes before o → so monster before moon → correct.

Then night: n-i-g-h-t → after moon? moon ends with n, night starts with n — but moon is m, night is n → m before n → so moon before night → correct.

Then orange: o-r-a-n-g-e → after night (n) → n before o → correct.

Then party: p-a-r-t-y → after orange (o) → o before p → correct.

Then pumpkin: p-u-m-p-k-i-n → after party? party: p-a, pumpkin: p-u → a before u → party before pumpkin → correct.

Then scary: s-c-a-r-y → after pumpkin (p) → p before s → correct.

Then spider: s-p-i-d-e-r → after scary? scary: s-c, spider: s-p → c before p → scary before spider → correct.

Then vampire: v-a-m-p-i-r-e → after spider (s) → s before v → correct.

Then witch: w-i-t-c-h → after vampire (v) → v before w → correct.

Then zombie: z-o-m-b-i-e → after witch (w) → w before z → correct.

All good.

Final Answer:

1. bat
2. black
3. brew
4. broom
5. candle
6. candy
7. costume
8. ghost
9. haunted
10. monster
11. moon
12. night
13. orange
14. party
15. pumpkin
16. scary
17. spider
18. vampire
19. witch
20. zombie