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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