words with IR in them for DS's spelling please

[mckenzie]

So far we've got
first
skirt
dirt
thirsty
dirge
girl
bird.

Can you think of any more please?

TIA

their

Hundreds here

I assume it is for the phoneme /ir/ rather than just words that happen to contain "ir" ?

swirl
twirl
whirl
birch
birth
thirst
circle
circus
sir
dirt
kirk
fir
girth

irate
irksome
fire

mirth
virtual
shirt
thirteen
thirty
squirrel
gird
spirit
smirk
skirmish
mirage
nirnana

thank you all very much . DS is chuffed to bits.

great website nonickname. That will help with every week's set of spellings. thanks for that,

iron

irk
third
flirt
sir
birch
smirk
fir
mirth
squirm
whir
shirk
squirt
girl
whirl
first
firm
birth
circus
bird
girth
skirmish
dirt
skirt
confirm
chirp
swirl
circ umvent
shirt
twirl
birthmark
directly
stir
stirrup

Sorry... My list is from a webpage too... But I cannot find the link. I thought it was saved as a bookmark somewhere...

I need a nap!

Here it is: www.resourceroom.net/readspell/wordlists/last3sylltypes/irwords.asp There are other lists here as well as many great resources.

thanks very much Cadmum. I think perhaps I need to look at my search engine as when I searched first thing this morning on the internet I didn't come up with anything like you and Nonickname have shown me.

fair
pair
hair
(weir)
air
lair
sir
hire
dire
mire
This is addictive !

What exactly does the homework ask for? Usually for spelling it would be looking at phonemes so you shouldn't include words like fire & fair because although they contain ir the phonemes are ire & air.

exactly mrz, I should have explained that at the beginning. But DS has enjoyed looking at all the words given here and saying them out loud and deciding if they qualify for the list so it's all been worthwhile.
He gets a list each week with about 5/6 words on it and then the idea is to add some new ones each day. For some reason this week we have struggled hence the request for help from Mumsnet

mckenzie: I am currently homeschooling so I have many such pages saved in bookmarks. I am glad it helped.
DH thinks that I have a 'google gift' because I can always find the most elusive (useless) info.