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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 |