23 January, 2006
850 Words: From Short to Long
This is a list of the 850 Basic words ordered from short to long.
a I be he if of in on do go no so to up or as at by sea rub bad sad bed red old and end rod ice bee see the toe use eye off bag leg egg pig dog ink oil all ill arm man pen pin tin son gun run sun who map lip top cup ear far war air for yes cat fat hat rat act get let net wet bit ant not pot art but cut nut out put you law new cow how low now tax wax sex box day may ray say way key why sky fly any boy cry dry idea bulb comb dead head lead road need seed acid cold fold gold band hand land sand send kind mind wind food good wood card hard bird cord word loud face rice side wide knee free tree safe page edge cake make take like male able hole rule name same time come some line mine wine bone shoe pipe hope care here fire wire base wise nose hate late rate bite note blue true have wave give love move size leaf self roof flag ring wing long song arch much such high wash fish push bath with back neck kick lock sock week talk walk milk silk book cook hook look dark mark cork fork work meal coal nail rail sail tail ball fall tall wall bell well till will roll full pull wool girl fowl seem stem swim room from farm warm form worm than then when open even oven sign pain rain chin thin skin join moon iron horn burn turn down town soap deep keep step ship whip slip grip help jump pump drop stop soup dear fear near year star ever over hair door poor hour this mass kiss loss news heat meat seat that flat boat coat goat debt fact left lift soft unit salt bent knot boot foot root cart part sort east last past rest test west list mist dust shut view blow plow slow snow play gray tray baby body only army copy very thumb music bread tired fixed mixed solid field round sound wound blood board cloud peace place space voice price force shade blade spade trade guide knife stage judge range shake snake brake awake smoke scale table angle while smile apple shame flame frame crime plane stone slope there where store noise false sense loose prose verse horse cause house plate white quite paste taste waste value glove nerve curve chief stiff shelf thing among wrong young match watch touch laugh cough rough smash brush crush death month cloth tooth earth birth north mouth south black crack thick brick trick stick quick shock clock chalk drink metal equal wheel steel cruel level jewel small smell still steam clean woman green linen again chain brain drain grain train basin spoon brown cheap sheep sleep stamp sharp group clear sugar under order offer other owner paper water after river cover power color humor floor error glass brass grass dress great doubt sweet quiet fight light night right tight limit fruit plant event paint point print front heart start shirt skirt short chest twist first burst about screw ready money jelly early happy every angry story berry dirty camera public thread liquid island friend second reward record office chance degree damage bridge change orange sponge female feeble circle muscle middle needle simple kettle little bottle engine square desire before future please cheese minute tongue sneeze belief spring living strong branch church stitch though enough polish breath smooth growth attack animal normal parcel vessel detail pencil school system rhythm sudden garden broken design nation motion common reason poison prison person cotton button potato collar number powder danger finger father mother hammer summer copper winter porter sister letter bitter butter silver drawer flower answer harbor canvas across throat effect insect street ticket pocket bucket market basket secret regret weight flight bright credit profit amount expert almost window yellow hollow narrow monkey sticky family theory memory elastic married forward balance science produce strange trouble fertile example whistle machine measure picture disease impulse purpose because private reading hanging feeling boiling morning hearing meeting waiting writing driving stomach stretch through foolish medical special general natural control between certain curtain cushion opinion station fiction regular thunder manager feather leather weather brother process serious respect thought servant violent payment current present account receipt attempt comfort support protest request against disgust complex journey healthy company harmony library history country society quality umbrella electric distance carriage language exchange probable possible pleasure increase surprise delicate separate complete opposite building teaching stocking learning chemical physical material hospital approval parallel mountain religion decision division relation reaction addition position question together daughter behavior trousers scissors business straight ornament argument frequent interest tomorrow tendency military industry property automatic insurance substance existence committee knowledge structure political beautiful expansion education operation selection direction condition attention invention digestion conscious apparatus important dependent agreement amusement statement different transport yesterday necessary secretary discovery authority experience discussion attraction connection suggestion comparison punishment government adjustment instrument responsible observation destruction competition development organization distribution advertisement representative ¶ 17:43
a I be he if of in on do go no so to up or as at by sea rub bad sad bed red old and end rod ice bee see the toe use eye off bag leg egg pig dog ink oil all ill arm man pen pin tin son gun run sun who map lip top cup ear far war air for yes cat fat hat rat act get let net wet bit ant not pot art but cut nut out put you law new cow how low now tax wax sex box day may ray say way key why sky fly any boy cry dry idea bulb comb dead head lead road need seed acid cold fold gold band hand land sand send kind mind wind food good wood card hard bird cord word loud face rice side wide knee free tree safe page edge cake make take like male able hole rule name same time come some line mine wine bone shoe pipe hope care here fire wire base wise nose hate late rate bite note blue true have wave give love move size leaf self roof flag ring wing long song arch much such high wash fish push bath with back neck kick lock sock week talk walk milk silk book cook hook look dark mark cork fork work meal coal nail rail sail tail ball fall tall wall bell well till will roll full pull wool girl fowl seem stem swim room from farm warm form worm than then when open even oven sign pain rain chin thin skin join moon iron horn burn turn down town soap deep keep step ship whip slip grip help jump pump drop stop soup dear fear near year star ever over hair door poor hour this mass kiss loss news heat meat seat that flat boat coat goat debt fact left lift soft unit salt bent knot boot foot root cart part sort east last past rest test west list mist dust shut view blow plow slow snow play gray tray baby body only army copy very thumb music bread tired fixed mixed solid field round sound wound blood board cloud peace place space voice price force shade blade spade trade guide knife stage judge range shake snake brake awake smoke scale table angle while smile apple shame flame frame crime plane stone slope there where store noise false sense loose prose verse horse cause house plate white quite paste taste waste value glove nerve curve chief stiff shelf thing among wrong young match watch touch laugh cough rough smash brush crush death month cloth tooth earth birth north mouth south black crack thick brick trick stick quick shock clock chalk drink metal equal wheel steel cruel level jewel small smell still steam clean woman green linen again chain brain drain grain train basin spoon brown cheap sheep sleep stamp sharp group clear sugar under order offer other owner paper water after river cover power color humor floor error glass brass grass dress great doubt sweet quiet fight light night right tight limit fruit plant event paint point print front heart start shirt skirt short chest twist first burst about screw ready money jelly early happy every angry story berry dirty camera public thread liquid island friend second reward record office chance degree damage bridge change orange sponge female feeble circle muscle middle needle simple kettle little bottle engine square desire before future please cheese minute tongue sneeze belief spring living strong branch church stitch though enough polish breath smooth growth attack animal normal parcel vessel detail pencil school system rhythm sudden garden broken design nation motion common reason poison prison person cotton button potato collar number powder danger finger father mother hammer summer copper winter porter sister letter bitter butter silver drawer flower answer harbor canvas across throat effect insect street ticket pocket bucket market basket secret regret weight flight bright credit profit amount expert almost window yellow hollow narrow monkey sticky family theory memory elastic married forward balance science produce strange trouble fertile example whistle machine measure picture disease impulse purpose because private reading hanging feeling boiling morning hearing meeting waiting writing driving stomach stretch through foolish medical special general natural control between certain curtain cushion opinion station fiction regular thunder manager feather leather weather brother process serious respect thought servant violent payment current present account receipt attempt comfort support protest request against disgust complex journey healthy company harmony library history country society quality umbrella electric distance carriage language exchange probable possible pleasure increase surprise delicate separate complete opposite building teaching stocking learning chemical physical material hospital approval parallel mountain religion decision division relation reaction addition position question together daughter behavior trousers scissors business straight ornament argument frequent interest tomorrow tendency military industry property automatic insurance substance existence committee knowledge structure political beautiful expansion education operation selection direction condition attention invention digestion conscious apparatus important dependent agreement amusement statement different transport yesterday necessary secretary discovery authority experience discussion attraction connection suggestion comparison punishment government adjustment instrument responsible observation destruction competition development organization distribution advertisement representative ¶ 17:43
