Yes — "great" is a First Grade sight word. Its "ea" makes a long "a" sound (rhyming with "gate"), not the long "e" sound "ea" usually makes (as in "eat" or "beat"), so it's memorized by sight.
That was a great game!
Most words with "ea" — like "eat", "seat", or "beat" — make a long "e" sound, so children naturally expect "great" to rhyme with those words. Instead, it rhymes with "great"-sounding words like "gate" and "late". This exception is common enough that "great" is a frequently cited example when teaching irregular sight words.
Compare "great" directly with "eat" — same "ea" letters, completely different vowel sound — to make the exception clear and memorable.
Word Wizard teaches "great" with Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It, and Write It — four game modes that turn repetition into play.
See "great" with its picture, syllables, and example sentence — with native audio.
Hear "great" spoken aloud and pick it out from similar-looking words.
Build "great" letter by letter from shuffled tiles.
Word Wizard turns sight word practice into a game — Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It and Write It, from Pre-K through Grade 5.