2009 Round 3

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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

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