We want your feedback! Take our 3-minute survey and enter to win a $100 gift card from Bookshop.org!

Nonsense words

Nonsense words - invented words that are spelled with decodable patterns but have no meaning in the language. Reading nonsense words provides a way to assess pure decoding skills since context is eliminated as a factor for determining what the word might be.

Reading Universe is made possible by generous support from Jim & Donna Barksdale; the Hastings/Quillin Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (opens in new window); the AFT (opens in new window); the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (opens in new window); and three anonymous donors.