Cursive Words

Hot in Cursive

The word hot in cursive: stroke-by-stroke animation, letter joins, a trace check, and a free printable worksheet.

hot starts with the letter h, which opens on an undercurve, and the whole word takes 2 strokes with one pencil lift. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free hot worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

hot written in cursive on handwriting guidelines, with a green starting dot and a red stop sign

How to write hot in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through h-o-t, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  2. 2Last, return to cross the t — always after the body of the word is done.
Strokes: 2Pencil lifts: 1Letters: 3

h and t are tall letters that reach toward the topline. o stays between the baseline and the midline.

How the letters in hot connect

1 of hot's 2 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is o-t, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of t.

The letters in hot

Every letter guide below teaches the letter the same way Scribble teaches it in the app — stroke order, joins, a letter check, and a printable worksheet.

Trace hot in cursive

Trace it the way children do in the app: start on the green circle and pull it along every stroke without straying off the word.

Put your finger or mouse on the circle and pull it through the first stroke.

Free printable hot cursive worksheet

Take hot to pencil and paper — the free printable worksheet has dashed models to trace, green starting dots for guided writing, a model to copy, and open writing lines to finish.

Need a different word? Make a worksheet for any word — free, for any spelling.

Frequently asked questions

Write h-o-t in one continuous stroke. Finish by going back to cross the t. Keep every letter slanting the same direction and resting on the baseline.

hot takes 2 strokes: h-o-t in one continuous stroke; then go back to cross the t.

The pencil lifts once: to cross the t.

h and t are tall letters that reach toward the topline. o stays between the baseline and the midline.

1 of hot's 2 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is o-t, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of t.

Practice writing hot with real feedback

Scribble teaches cursive this same way on iPad — watch, trace, write, and get feedback on shape, size, spacing, and slant.

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