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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Word Count: 273
Value: 3 points each
Spellers Participating: 273
Spellers Misspelling: 28
Spellers Spelling Correctly: 245
Percent Spelling Correctly: 89.7%
Spellers Eliminated: 0
Spellers Advancing: 273
Percent Advancing: 100.0%
Words
| serendipity |
| Lancashire |
| minaret |
| deluge |
| protégé |
| lycopene |
| opossum |
| dromomania |
| dichotomy |
| theurgy |
| asana |
| copious |
| debacle |
| pleonasm |
| mozzarella |
| convivially |
| glockenspiel |
| retinue |
| narcissistic |
| cornice |
| segue |
| doxology |
| ingenue |
| rudimentary |
| recidivist |
| apothem |
| fräulein |
| sequitur |
| commensurate |
| prenuptial |
| forsythia |
| reflorescent |
| tahini |
| hartebeest |
| legitimately |
| conveyance |
| euphemism |
| dandiacal |
| cumulative |
| Fahrenheit |
| Qatari |
| suasible |
| chrysalis |
| capricious |
| paregoric |
| gnathonic |
| nocive |
| issei |
| comandante |
| donzella |
| effluvium |
| blitzkrieg |
| metamorphosis |
| dehiscence |
| asiago |
| charpoy |
| dialysis |
| palpable |
| garibaldi |
| perennial |
| charisma |
| genre |
| scumble |
| trattoria |
| synovial |
| pertussis |
| ubiquitous |
| bulse |
| rapport |
| delectable |
| kirtle |
| huckaback |
| algorithm |
| calumny |
| innocuous |
| borealization |
| Briton |
| karaoke |
| gulosity |
| egregious |
| tramontana |
| carbuncle |
| raita |
| fastuous |
| sondage |
| hyperbole |
| logomachy |
| conquistador |
| nexus |
| revalorization |
| euthanasia |
| pasteurize |
| baryon |
| dissonant |
| carafe |
| divergent |
| surveillance |
| taipan |
| mélange |
| olfactory |
| obelisk |
| maelstrom |
| pantheon |
| mesmerize |
| rachiometer |
| scherzo |
| punctilio |
| holoplankton |
| pharaoh |
| zucchini |
| javelin |
| philately |
| ocarina |
| coriander |
| alcazar |
| decoupage |
| astrobleme |
| pneumatic |
| varus |
| gynarchy |
| patriciate |
| pernicious |
| antiphrasis |
| chauvinism |
| vespacide |
| soliloquy |
| succedent |
| prerogative |
| impetus |
| philhellenism |
| nomancy |
| fête |
| liniment |
| rendezvous |
| apologetic |
| taupe |
| cylindrical |
| ameliorate |
| olivine |
| zephyr |
| parliamentary |
| cortisone |
| basmati |
| culinary |
| lieutenant |
| manducatory |
| gymkhana |
| nisei |
| decibel |
| mercerize |
| geochrony |
| alkali |
| simoniacal |
| facetious |
| echelon |
| virgule |
| corgi |
| dossier |
| manciple |
| infinitesimal |
| dormancy |
| philippic |
| hypotrophy |
| Buddha |
| deciduous |
| rasgado |
| liquefacient |
| blasé |
| metagnomy |
| precocious |
| delirium |
| archipelago |
| demure |
| sassafras |
| rheological |
| vivace |
| Ruritanian |
| anomaly |
| traumatropism |
| tertiary |
| palliatory |
| terrapin |
| malloseismic |
| exacerbate |
| diffidence |
| parvitude |
| disparage |
| ecru |
| lidar |
| picaresque |
| quiescency |
| fusillade |
| decadent |
| belligerent |
| regurgitant |
| rottweiler |
| allargando |
| corpuscle |
| celestialize |
| efficacy |
| foliageous |
| repertoire |
| ligature |
| madeleine |
| raconteur |
| plenary |
| cynosure |
| constituency |
| Eocene |
| poignant |
| pulverize |
| liturgical |
| hollandaise |
| guillotine |
| viscidity |
| pinnacle |
| indigenous |
| ornithoscopy |
| gauche |
| charlatan |
| bacteriolytic |
| adagio |
| ursine |
| dahlia |
| prejudicial |
| cacophony |
| conjunctivitis |
| hippopotamus |
| gudgeon |
| recalcitrant |
| kibei |
| concomitance |
| masala |
| countenance |
| paradigm |
| pansit |
| gourami |
| saboteur |
| platitudinal |
| heifer |
| deducibility |
| ersatz |
| geognosy |
| roodebok |
| meloplasty |
| vernacular |
| convalescent |
| hafiz |
| camouflage |
| poultice |
| sarsaparilla |
| detrimental |
| visceral |
| chartreuse |
| topeng |
| nimbus |
| mnemonic |
| canapé |
| muslin |
| hypocrisy |
| protanopia |
| egalitarian |
| obreptitious |
| chapeau |
| culturati |
| docility |
| babka |
| predecessor |
| tritium |
| debutante |
| kovsh |
| rappel |
| antipasto |
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 |