2008 Round 2

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Info

Stage Word Count Value
Preliminaries 288 3 points each
Spellers Participating Spellers Eliminated Spellers Advancing Percent Advancing
288 198 90 31.3%
Spellers Misspelling Spellers Answering Correctly Percent Answering Correctly
94 194 67.4%

Words

magenta
arbitrariness
stalagmite
dentifrice
portmanteau
criterion
bombinate
evidentiary
Paralympics
rambunctious
wassail
transcendental
elucidate
flummery
nomenclative
zeppelin
thermolysis
sicklocyte
perlustrate
mesomorphic
geriatrician
scrupulously
dissipated
ambuscade
hydrotropism
languorous
polyphony
unadulterated
somnolently
juvenescence
impartiality
epitome
cantilever
monolithic
propensity
sultana
vaudevillian
ontological
fallacy
decelerate
epigram
bockwurst
gosling
Manhattanese
pinniped
wainwright
trophic
decorum
spatiography
periphrasis
lieu
Frankenstein
heretical
ecocatastrophe
palliative
retinoscopy
Britannic
affreight
quadrifid
enculturate
photosynthesis
solemnization
cassock
meritocracy
arable
demeanor
hypogeal
prodigious
seder
yeomanry
nonchalant
skedaddle
enervated
coerce
metonymy
sartorial
normothermia
kudos
proliferate
veracity
geanticline
creekology
backgammon
edifice
ineludible
oniomania
querimonious
rollick
tactically
Sioux
unilateral
zoolatry
laryngitis
excruciating
asteria
nonce
sudation
parabolic
homeostasis
draconian
floscular
reiterate
monticle
elocution
coniferous
emulsify
mobilometer
piquancy
treacherous
sophistry
arabesque
defeasance
restauratrice
quandary
ethanol
brigadier
chary
onomasticon
subsidiary
umbilicate
psyllium
hackneyed
gaudery
flamboyance
assimilation
coronary
hibernaculum
melatonin
serf
roux
personalia
thespian
incisiform
cannonade
bailiff
alabaster
conglomeration
emery
sidereal
philistine
fictionalize
approbatory
cotyledon
indolent
pontificate
tinnient
spelunking
metachrosis
decrepitude
brininess
cartel
panornithic
quarantine
rigatoni
undulate
tungsten
astronautical
gingivitis
obstetrician
macaroon
reggae
somniloquist
laudable
contrariant
elicitation
hepatic
bronchial
docilely
equanimity
rubricate
serology
variegated
soporific
tetrapteron
surcease
frabjous
affiliate
endocrine
clique
meniscus
slumgullion
remunerative
perceptible
mahogany
beatitude
deferential
varicose
sylph
neoprene
kibbutz
intercessory
ebullient
fratority
hibiscus
androcracy
mauve
discrete
QWERTY
tubulifloral
laminate
rosella
iambist
gelato
pathogenicity
ordnance
wallaby
ethos
convergent
argentous
ostracism
movimento
julienne
pariah
quadrennial
emaciated
churlish
pegador
sigmoid
umbrageous
lithophyte
volute
kaiserdom
gasconade
farcical
debilitate
balsam
nuptiality
practitioner
recension
thimblerig
salutary
cardiopathy
obnubilate
archangel
crucially
exorbitant
hypotenuse
innumerable
memoriter
lyre
gyroscope
dulcify
calumniate
polypharmacy
rupestrian
vowelless
fraudulent
decimation
palmyra
zoism
vaccinate
contravene
monotonous
paraphrastic
shekel
tympanum
rapacity
unimpeded
osoberry
myophysics
lambent
gumptious
facticide
chromatophore
agrostologist
babblative
ebonize
Interlingua
neophiliac
culpable
jurisprudence
provender
tassel
raiment
palaver
espousal
attendant
dalliance
gangrene
stagnicolous
obituary
immitigable
nectar
brontide
sabermetrics
paronymous
revocable
nutria

 

Round Results

Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Finals
Round One Test Round 3 Round 5 Round 8
Round 2 Round 4 Round 6 Round 9
Round 7 Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16

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