Download and print this free GH digraph word search — 15 hidden words built around English’s most unreliable letter pair, the GH that sounds like F in COUGH, goes silent in NIGHT, and does whatever it wants in THOUGH. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and made for phonics rotations, spelling groups, and literacy intervention.
The word list runs easy-to-medium for readers, but the phonics is the real workout: LIGHT, RIGHT and NIGHT share a pattern, while ENOUGH, ROUGH and TOUGH break it on purpose. Best for solvers from about 7 up who are wrestling with exactly these spellings.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
Every word is a GH case study: the F-sound family of COUGH, LAUGH, ENOUGH, ROUGH and TOUGH; the silent crew of NIGHT, LIGHT, SIGHT, MIGHT, RIGHT, FIGHT, HEIGHT and EIGHT; and the wildcard THOUGH. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- COUGH
- EIGHT
- ENOUGH
- FIGHT
- GHOST
- HEIGHT
- LAUGH
- LIGHT
- MIGHT
- NIGHT
- RIGHT
- ROUGH
- SIGHT
- THOUGH
- TOUGH