Word Building Challenge worksheet for kids to create new words using letters from given words.

Let’s work through this step by step.

The task is to create new words using the letters from each given word. You can reuse letters as many times as they appear in the original word, and you don’t have to use all the letters — just make real English words.

We’ll go one by one:

1. cat → Letters: c, a, t
Possible 2-letter or 3-letter words:
- at (uses a, t) ✔
- ta (informal for “thank you”, sometimes accepted) ✔
- cat itself (but we want *new* words, so skip if possible)
Let’s pick “at” — simple and common.

2. hat → Letters: h, a, t
Similar to above:
- at ✔
- ha (as in “ha-ha”) ✔
Pick “at” again — it works!

3. frog → Letters: f, r, o, g
Try combinations:
- fog (f, o, g) ✔
- gor (not a word)
- fro (slang for “from”, maybe too informal)
Best choice: “fog”

4. bed → Letters: b, e, d
Words:
- be (b, e) ✔
- ed (abbreviation, not ideal)
- deb (slang for debutante — too advanced?)
Simplest: “be”

5. fish → Letters: f, i, s, h
Words:
- his (h, i, s) ✔
- ifs (if + s — plural of “if”? Not really a word)
- fis (no)
Good one: “his”

6. ball → Letters: b, a, l, l
Note: two L’s! So we can use “l” twice.
Words:
- all (a, l, l) ✔
- lab (l, a, b) ✔
- bal (short for balance? Not standard)
Great choices: “all” or “lab”. Let’s pick “all” — very common.

Now let’s write them neatly:

Final Answer:
cat – at
hat – at
frog – fog
bed – be
fish – his
ball – all