Typing Lesson Bottom Row

Type drills and words that reach down to the bottom row, timed or untimed.

Type each word and press space after it. No timer. The run ends with the text. zxcvbnm zxcvbnm zxcvbnm zxcvbnm halfback bang canals scandal cassava bananas mnbv mnbv mnbv mnbv aback clan nab savanna zxcv zxcv zxcv zxcv lambda calabash callback banks blanks naan canvas fbfb fbfb fbfb fbfb cam samba backslash vmvm vmvm vmvm vmvm clang mamba almanacs nana macadam backlash balsam jazz balaclava sxsx sxsx sxsx sxsx knack mammal almanac ban jmjm jmjm jmjm jmjm sandbank chasm vans blanch babka scan lambs cabs clams bland handbag max clam ashcan blab jnjn jnjn jnjn jnjn
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Bottom row drills: vmvm to zxcvbnm 5

  • bnbn bnbn bnbn bnbn The two inner keys. Each index finger drops down and toward the middle of the keyboard.
  • mnbv mnbv mnbv mnbv Four keys for two fingers: M and N are the right index, B and V the left.
  • vmvm vmvm vmvm vmvm Index fingers, left then right: V sits below F and M below J.
  • zxcv zxcv zxcv zxcv The left hand walks the row outward to inward: little, ring, middle and index finger.
  • zxcvbnm zxcvbnm zxcvbnm zxcvbnm All seven letters of the bottom row, left to right.

Reaches down from the middle row 7

  • azaz azaz azaz azaz Left little finger, from A down to Z and back.
  • dcdc dcdc dcdc dcdc Left middle finger, from D down to C and back.
  • fbfb fbfb fbfb fbfb Left index finger again, this time the longer drop from F to B.
  • fvfv fvfv fvfv fvfv Left index finger: the home key F, then V below it.
  • jmjm jmjm jmjm jmjm Right index finger: the home key J, then M below it.
  • jnjn jnjn jnjn jnjn Right index finger, from J down and inward to N.
  • sxsx sxsx sxsx sxsx Left ring finger, from S down to X and back.
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Words with B 43

  • aback
  • babka
  • backhand 3 bottom-row letters: B, C, N.
  • backlash
  • backs
  • backslash
  • badlands
  • baklava B and V: one finger, the left index, makes both reaches.
  • balaclava 3 bottom-row letters: B, C, V.
  • balm
  • balsam
  • ban
  • banal
  • bananas 3 bottom-row letters: B, N, N.
  • bandana 3 bottom-row letters: B, N, N.
  • bands
  • bang
  • banks
  • blab
  • blanch 3 bottom-row letters: B, N, C. Hands take turns on every letter.
  • bland Hands take turns on every letter.
  • blanks
  • cabana 3 bottom-row letters: C, B, N.
  • cabs Left hand alone.
  • calabash
  • callback 3 bottom-row letters: C, B, C. Double L.
  • fallback Double L.
  • flashback
  • flashbacks
  • halfback
  • handbag
  • handbags
  • handball Double L.
  • jamb Hands take turns on every letter.
  • lamb Hands take turns on every letter.
  • lambda
  • lambs
  • mamba 3 bottom-row letters: M, M, B.
  • nab
  • samba
  • sandbag
  • sandbank 3 bottom-row letters: N, B, N.
  • sandbanks 3 bottom-row letters: N, B, N.

Words with C 23

  • almanac 3 bottom-row letters: M, N, C.
  • almanacs 3 bottom-row letters: M, N, C.
  • ashcan
  • calms
  • cam
  • canal
  • canals
  • cans
  • canvas 3 bottom-row letters: C, N, V.
  • cassava Left hand alone. Double S.
  • chasm
  • clack
  • clam Hands take turns on every letter.
  • clams Hands take turns on every letter.
  • clan Hands take turns on every letter.
  • clang Hands take turns on every letter.
  • clank
  • knack
  • macadam 3 bottom-row letters: M, C, M.
  • scan
  • scandal
  • snack
  • snacks

Words with M 8

  • amalgam
  • landmass M and N: one finger, the right index, makes both reaches. Double S.
  • madam
  • magma
  • mama Hands take turns on every letter.
  • mammal 3 bottom-row letters: M, M, M. Double M.
  • mammals 3 bottom-row letters: M, M, M. Double M.
  • max

Words with N 6

  • annals Double N.
  • naan Double A.
  • nana Hands take turns on every letter.
  • naval
  • savanna 3 bottom-row letters: V, N, N. Double N.
  • vans

Short words, 3 and 4 letters 1

  • jazz Double Z.

How this list was compiled: 81 English words that use only the middle and bottom rows of a QWERTY keyboard and hold two or more of the bottom-row letters Z X C V B N M, plus 12 drill lines. The words were picked from the ENABLE word list, https://norvig.com/ngrams/enable1.txt (172,820 words, read 2026-10-02), which is in the public domain; 360 of its words fit the rule, and rude, obscure and unkind ones were left out, with every word that is already an item of another typing list on this site. Each word is in the list, the rows its letters are on were checked, and each contains the letter A. One entry in the list is made of bottom-row letters alone: mm. The row, hand and finger of each letter are this site's own key map for touch typing on QWERTY, which agrees key for key with the United States layout file of the free KTouch typing tutor, https://invent.kde.org/education/ktouch/-/raw/master/data/keyboardlayouts/us.xml (read 2026-10-02); the home keys and the names of the top, middle and bottom rows were checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing on 2026-10-02. The groups and the notes beside the words were set by rule; the notes beside the drills were written for this page. Licence: own selection from a public-domain word list

How it works

A typing lesson for the bottom row, Z X C V B N M: 12 drill lines and 81 words that each hold two or more bottom-row letters. The row has no vowel, so every word here leans on A.

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Seven letters and no vowel

No vowel sits on the bottom row, and in the ENABLE word list only mm stays on it. So each word here borrows from the middle row: canvas, mammal, backhand. Every one has an A and at least two bottom-row letters.

Which finger reaches down

Each finger drops from its home key: little finger to Z, ring to X, middle to C. The index fingers take two keys each, V and B on the left and N and M on the right. Under More options, Practise has Reaches down from the middle row, which drills each drop, such as fvfv and jnjn.

Questions and answers

Which finger types B?

The left index finger, in standard touch typing. It rests on F and covers V below it and B one key farther in. The right index finger does the same for M and N.

Are there words typed on the bottom row only?

Not real ones. The row has no vowel, and the only entry in the ENABLE word list of 172,820 that stays on it is mm. Add the middle row and words open up: jazz, canvas, flashback.

Can I time the bottom row lesson?

Yes. The page opens on No timer. Under More options, choose 30 s or 60 s: the lines come around until the clock stops, with WPM and accuracy at the end.

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