| VC & CVC | VCC, CVCC, CCVC | Up to CCCVCCC | With consonant digraphs and trigraphs | Final syllable -ic (2 syllables) | Longer words with final syllable -ic | Rarely after other sounds |
| cab cam can cap cat cob cog con cop cot pic sic cad cod doc vac rec cox cuff cuss cull (but k as in kale) Column 7 | act clad clag clam clan clap clef cliff clip clod clog clop clot club crab crag cram crass cred cress crib crop cross crux duct fact pact sect tact | bract clamp cleft clomp clops clots clubs clump cramp crept crest crimp crisp croft crust strict tract | clack clang clash click cling clock cloth cluck clung crack crash crick crock crush | antic arctic attic basic caustic chronic civic classic cleric clinic colic comic cosmic critic cryptic cubic cyclic cynic cystic drastic epic ethic ethnic fabric frolic Gallic garlic gastric gothic graphic hectic logic lyric magic manic medic metric mimic music mystic mythic nitric Nordic optic panic pelvic peptic physic picnic public relic rubric rustic scenic sceptic (UK) skeptic (US) seismic septic sonic static tactic tonic toxic traffic tragic tunic But k as in sputnik (Column 6) | academic aerodynamic alcoholic algebraic alphanumeric altruistic anachronistic analgesic antagonistic anthropomorphic antibiotic antiseptic apathetic apocalyptic apologetic apostolic aristocratic aromatic asymmetric asymptomatic atmospheric atomistic autocratic automatic autonomic axiomatic bibliographic bureaucratic carcinogenic cartographic cataclysmic catalytic catastrophic characteristic charismatic cinematic claustrophobic cytoplasmic democratic demographic deterministic diabetic diagnostic diagrammatic dialectic diplomatic diuretic econometric economic egocentric electromagnetic electronic embryonic endoscopic enigmatic enthusiastic epidemic epileptic episodic esoteric ethnographic evangelistic fatalistic futuristic gastronomic geographic geometric geriatric hedonistic hegemonic hemiplegic hemispheric homophobic humanistic hydroelectric hydrophobic hypertropic idealistic idiomatic idiopathic idiosyncratic idiotic impressionistic individualistic inelastic inorganic isotopic isotropic journalistic legalistic logarithmic macroeconomic macroscopic masochistic materialistic mechanistic melodramatic messianic metabolic metamorphic microeconomic microscopic monolithic monopolistic monosyllabic moralistic narcissistic nasogastric nationalistic naturalistic neolithic oceanic operatic optimistic orthographic pancreatic panoramic parametric parasitic paternalistic pathogenic patriotic pedagogic periodic peripatetic peristaltic pessimistic phenotypic philanthropic philharmonic philosophic photographic pluralistic polyphonic polytechnic pornographic postsynaptic prehistoric probabilistic problematic prophylactic realistic ritualistic scientific semiotic socioeconomic stratospheric supersonic symbiotic sympathetic symptomatic systematic taxonomic technocratic telepathic telescopic therapeutic thermodynamic transatlantic ultrasonic unrealistic unscientific unsympathetic vitriolic workaholic But k as in apparatchik (Column 6) | Alec amnesiac aphrodisiac arc armagnac bloc bivouac brainiac cardiac chic coeliac cognac croc disc doc elegiac franc havoc insomniac kleptomaniac lac lilac mac maniac manioc medevac megalomaniac orc pic postdoc pyromaniac sac sec sic spec talc tarmac tic vac Vic zinc zodiac Also k as in yak (Column 6) |
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Learning the building blocks of words – sounds, their spellings, and word parts
