ur and ir sounds

BURNT
CURVE
EARLY
FIRM
GERM
HURL
LEARN
NERVE
PEARL
PEER
PIER
REAR
SMEAR
SQUIRM
SQUIRT
STEER
STERN
STIR
TERM
THIRST
WORLD
WORSE
WORTH
YEAR

When you hear the (ur) sounds, think of the patterns er, ir, ur, ear, and or. When you hear the (ir) sounds, think of the patterns eer, and ear.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

P I G A R Z I O D O A Q J U E
E Y Y L B I B N Q K E D S B M
U I D N R O Y L P I U L M Q K
I B N Y U U M M R W K L S Z C
Z U B I T R H M A X E A Q A D
X V R I T S A T E M S Q R L V
R A Z F R N R W R T R B R Z N
C E F L I B Y I Z O O O U U E
U S E C U R U A H S W N A Y W
R E R T Q Q M R E T R I I R F
V E V D S T E R N A J F S Z N
E C I R M G S J E T Z Y B T A
R E E P E A R L Y E A R Z I H
Q D N R A N B S W Q C N V Y W
L L M G R B L S L W G G I C X
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Answer Key for ur and ir sounds

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # L # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # # R # # # # # # # # # #
4# # # # # U # # R # # # # # #
5# # # # T # H # A # E # # # D
6# # R I T S # T E M S # # L #
7R # # F R # R # R # R # R # #
8C E # # I B # I # O O O # # #
9U # E # U R U # H # W N # # #
10R E # T Q Q M R E T R # # # #
11V E V # S T E R N A # # # # #
12E # I R M G # # E T # # # # #
13R E E P E A R L Y E A R # # #
14# # # R A N # # # # # # # # #
15# # M # R # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
BURNT  79se
CURVE  19s
EARLY  513e
FIRM  58se
GERM  513sw
HURL  75nw
LEARN  813ne
NERVE  513nw
PEARL  513e
PEER  413w
PIER  413nw
REAR  97n
SMEAR  511s
SQUIRM  88ne
SQUIRT  511n
STEER  511nw
STERN  511e
STIR  66w
TERM  1010w
THIRST  88nw
WORLD  119ne
WORSE  119n
WORTH  97nw
YEAR  913e