The WORST episodes of WordWorld

Every episode of WordWorld ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of WordWorld!

WordWorld is a show that is designed to help children to learn their letters. The entire animated world of WordWorld is made out of letters and the characters work through challenges to form words.

Last Updated: 6/21/2025Network: PBSStatus: Ended
X Marks the Spot
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#1 - X Marks the Spot

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2010

Radio Read-a-Thon
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#2 - Radio Read-a-Thon

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/15/2008

Duck asks Frog to read his favorite book on Ant’s radio station because he can’t read it himself. But when Frog’s tongue gets tangled in knots, Duck realizes that he doesn’t need to know how to read to be able to look at pictures and tell a great story. Build A Word: BOOK

Playing Spies
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#3 - Playing Spies

Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/5/2008

When Sheep and Duck think that Dog has a secret, they decide to play "spy" to figure out the mystery. As they secretly watch Dog, they discover he wants to build a word with the "oo" sound. But will they be caught before they can guess Dog’s secret? Build A Word: POOL

The Christmas Star
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#4 - The Christmas Star

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 12/25/2008

It’s the night before Christmas and Frog needs a star to hang on his Christmas tree. Duck thinks this will be the perfect present for Frog, and tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Try as he might, Duck is unable to catch a star for Frog, and cries himself to sleep. But while he sleeps, someone leaves him a wonderful present: the letters S-T-A-R…

A Kooky Spooky Halloween
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#5 - A Kooky Spooky Halloween

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 10/31/2008

The WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween, when Pig sleepwalks and everyone thinks he’s a ghost!

Duck at Bat
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#6 - Duck at Bat

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/14/2009

Duck loses the letter B to his baseball bat just before the big game is supposed to start. He tries to build other words to hit the ball--MAT, HAT—but soon learns that you need the right letter with the right sound to build the right word...and hit a homer!

The Best Nest
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#7 - The Best Nest

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/7/2009

Sheep's Halloween Costume
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#8 - Sheep's Halloween Costume

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 10/31/2008

It’s Halloween—Sheep’s favorite day of the year. Sheep likes nothing more than to dress up, so she always goes out of her way to make herself a special costume. But what will she do when her WordFriends need pieces of her costume for their own costumes?

A Christmas Present for Dog
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#9 - A Christmas Present for Dog

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 12/25/2008

It’s Christmas morning, and all the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! Pig has a sled, Bear has a doll, and Ant has a cookie. But not all the letters for Dog’s present came down his chimney. All he has is a B-A-L. Bear gets filled with the Christmas spirit and makes a sacrifice to ensure Dog’s Christmas will be merry!

The Dancing Duck Bonanza
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#10 - The Dancing Duck Bonanza

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/11/2008

Duck encourages Shark, who is a great underwater dancer, to dance in his show. When Shark comes up on land to practice, he flops all over the stage like a…well, a fish out of water. But the show must go on! Duck must find a way to put on his show and include Shark.

The Rainbow Birthday Cake
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#11 - The Rainbow Birthday Cake

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 5/23/2008

It is Frog’s birthday, and Duck wants to make him a big, beautiful birthday cake frosted in the colors of the rainbow. Such a cake requires lots of cans of frosting, and Duck learns he can’t just throw cans anywhere—they must be recycled. In WordWorld, recycling means using the letters in a discarded word to make other words, such as can-dle—which is just what Duck needs for Frog’s cake! Build a Word: Candle

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#12 - Tick Tock Space Clock

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/21/2008

When a mysterious rocket lands in Word World, Duck pledges to help a robot track down a very important clock. He searches all over Word World, listening for the special sound that will lead the robot to the clock that will save his home planet. Build A Word: CLOCK

You Can Never Have Too Many OO's
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#13 - You Can Never Have Too Many OO's

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/14/2009

When the two letter O's in Monkey's roof blow away in the wind, it's up to Duck to hunt down the /oo/ sound and fix the roof before it rains. With Kangaroo's help, Duck saves the day...and learns you can never have too many "oo"s.

Dog's Having a Party
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#14 - Dog's Having a Party

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/9/2009

Welcome Home, Duck
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#15 - Welcome Home, Duck

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/10/2009

Frog needs to find another way across the water to hang a Welcome Home banner over Duck's nest when the dock connecting Frog's log to Duck's nest has broken.

Bear's Bed Sled
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#16 - Bear's Bed Sled

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/28/2009

Bear injures her toe and is unable to go sledding.

Hide and Seek
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#17 - Hide and Seek

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2010

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Kite Flight
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#18 - Kite Flight

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2010

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A Star Is Born
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#19 - A Star Is Born

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/6/2008

Duck gets a case of stage fright while singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" for all his WordFriends. Instead of singing the word "star," Duck freezes and blurts out the first thing he sees. With a little word building, Sheep and Ant solve Duck’s problem, and soon a "star" is born. Build A Word: STAR

Bed Bugs
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#20 - Bed Bugs

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/8/2009

The bugs scramble to put Frog's bed back together, but they can't tell "b" and "d" apart.

Pl-Pl-Plane!
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#21 - Pl-Pl-Plane!

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/27/2008

Frog and the Bug Band are headed to have some fun on the beach, but not everything goes as Frog had planned. Frog loses the letters “PL” from his plane and must search through the jungle to find them. After some crazy jungle adventures (including a run-in with a giant Frog-kissing plant), Frog realizes that fun doesn’t always have to be planned! Build A Word: PLANE

Mmm-Mmm Milk
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#22 - Mmm-Mmm Milk

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/14/2009

When Ant comes over to Pig's house to eat cookies, Pig tries to get him to drink some milk. But Ant doesn't like milk! Or so he thinks...

Mail Mix Up
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#23 - Mail Mix Up

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/27/2008

Duck offers to help Kangaroo deliver letters to his WordFriends, but he forgets Kangaroo’s instructions and delivers the wrong letters to everyone. Duck discovers that there sure are a lot of words that end with the sound "ail"—such as NAIL, PAIL and SAIL—and that they sure can’t be used interchangeably! Build A Word: NAIL, SAIL, PAIL

A String is the Thing
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#24 - A String is the Thing

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2010

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One Hat Fits All
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#25 - One Hat Fits All

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/19/2007

Sheep, while practicing her magic act, loses her magicians top hat (it's quite blustery in Word World today). The hat wends all around Word World, visiting Pig, Bear and Duck, breaking into its letters each time it crashes to a halt! And whenever our heroes put it back together, the hat takes on a fresh, new form. For Pig it becomes a chef's hat; for Bear, an artist's beret; and for Duck, a silly propeller beanie! Clearly, this hat is special! Could it even be… magical? Build A Word: HAT