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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Word Count: 293
Value: 3 points each
Spellers Participating: 293
Spellers Misspelling: 82
Spellers Spelling Correctly: 211
Percent Spelling Correctly: 72.0%
Spellers Eliminated: 252
Spellers Advancing: 41
Percent Advancing: 14.0%
Words
anodyne |
giusto |
kibbutzim |
Sarsar |
fettuccelle |
turgescent |
ocarina |
kakistocracy |
hepatomegaly |
costumbrista |
Parnassian |
tourlourou |
brodequin |
guttiferous |
scherzo |
mostaccioli |
corticoline |
amadelphous |
phonasthenia |
rabulistic |
fanfaronade |
schistocyte |
gasconism |
tritural |
adret |
norito |
clou |
deprecatory |
tokamak |
soliton |
demesne |
inenarrable |
epinicion |
Ptolemy |
jurimetrician |
cuchifrito |
alim |
Cheviot |
teleological |
nyctipelagic |
uncinate |
Lubavitcher |
elutriation |
grosgrain |
chylophyllous |
rasgado |
torrefaction |
maladive |
torrone |
sostenuto |
aiguille |
meliority |
dahlia |
urceole |
lyophilize |
octogenary |
carnauba |
teleran |
mignonette |
nidificate |
tchotchke |
zymurgy |
cabotage |
arborvitae |
typhlology |
caracole |
glitterati |
Tammanyism |
biberon |
inexorable |
anguiped |
pendeloque |
raita |
steganopodous |
truculent |
decretal |
homiliary |
rouen |
ceremoniarius |
quodlibet |
mucedineous |
weimaraner |
paloverde |
lithoglyptics |
comprimario |
omodynia |
amphisbaena |
coriaceous |
bodegon |
folliculitis |
schottische |
dirhinic |
casein |
miserere |
gamopetalous |
sesquipedalian |
attritus |
farfalle |
chevelure |
glockenspiel |
ornithomyzous |
clochard |
retrocedence |
machicolation |
braunschweiger |
macarize |
coati |
pilpul |
opprobrious |
mesophilic |
hipparch |
excelsior |
naproxen |
kairos |
frontolysis |
schadenfreude |
occlusal |
centgener |
maccus |
cancellate |
panmnesia |
karuna |
butadiene |
callidity |
Savoyard |
milonga |
robinsonade |
occision |
vivace |
galanterie |
amerce |
fluvicoline |
metanoia |
ogive |
peroration |
rosalia |
gavelkind |
concatenate |
springerle |
kinkajou |
guarana |
syncranterian |
maquiladora |
pestis |
koinonia |
mousseline |
tintinnabulation |
voltigeur |
cattalo |
schuetzenfest |
oleiferous |
invigilation |
mandir |
thesmothete |
strathspey |
eviscerate |
gastrostege |
cecity |
thremmatology |
hafiz |
Pelham |
dehepatize |
sauterelle |
vacantia |
brunneous |
trattoria |
quatercentenary |
florulent |
ommatophore |
picayune |
sommelier |
grallatorial |
orotund |
terrella |
misogynist |
glomerulate |
indicia |
Tetrazzini |
pericoronitis |
octateuch |
urisk |
terpsichorean |
witloof |
marcescent |
solecism |
rapacious |
terebinthinate |
propiophenone |
granophyre |
Thyestean |
azimuth |
sudoriparous |
tychopotamic |
ossifrage |
moulin |
batiste |
superficies |
jicama |
coacervate |
pogrom |
alcazar |
orrisroot |
hierophant |
cauterize |
oubliette |
digoneutic |
ferruginous |
liminal |
symphily |
taiga |
monogamous |
ronin |
guichet |
peculate |
castellan |
timbale |
repertoire |
macroscian |
palimpsest |
tomentose |
vitraillist |
ordonnance |
marotte |
fougasse |
chiton |
niveau |
turbary |
erythromycin |
atelier |
kinara |
Bauhaus |
saffian |
quadrillage |
masala |
piatti |
tinnitus |
vasopressor |
cabildo |
mahout |
avocet |
clamant |
Rabelaisian |
oligopsony |
sinistrocular |
entrechat |
wedel |
cosmotellurian |
damascened |
gouache |
molinary |
oblocutor |
chatelaine |
teleoptile |
percipience |
nenuphar |
mazagran |
humifuse |
ptomaine |
diapedesis |
foraminate |
bhalu |
tridacna |
carburet |
tumulary |
nugacious |
anastrophe |
rhagadiform |
galette |
tegular |
magus |
infructesence |
bullarium |
oscitancy |
apparatchik |
chauffer |
echard |
ferrule |
affettuoso |
villanelle |
potpourri |
canitist |
ballute |
tahini |
perionychium |
traiteur |
lochetic |
stolon |
bryophyte |
cantabank |
ocelot |
defilade |
fustian |
embosk |
Round Results
Preliminaries | Semifinals | Championship Finals |
Round One Test | Round 4 | Round 7 |
Round 2 | Round 5 | Round 8 |
Round 3 | Round 6 | Round 9 |
Round 10 | ||
Round 11 | ||
Round 12 | ||
Round 13 | ||
Round 14 | ||
Round 15 | ||
Round 16 |