2011 Round 3

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Info

Stage: Preliminaries

Word Count: 275

Value: 3 points each

Spellers Participating: 275

Spellers Misspelling: 33

Spellers Spelling Correctly: 242

Percent Spelling Correctly: 88.0%

Spellers Eliminated: 234

Spellers Advancing: 41

Percent Advancing: 14.9%

Words

tectonosphere
gambrel
vorlage
commensurate
papilionaceous
manticore
prabhu
badinage
rendezvous
recriminatory
trattoria
segue
cacophony
carambola
abiotrophy
autolysis
cerumen
masala
mynheer
Bobadil
naumachia
inquiline
Eocene
efficacy
vaquero
bulgur
arachnid
vivace
harridan
hypocrisy
cuneiform
belligerent
decorticate
indigenous
gestation
syncline
cytolysis
Hypotheria
threnody
archipelago
scurrilous
mellisonant
andante
gallipot
rascacio
pernicious
gnosis
glockenspiel
paristhmion
blucher
noctivagant
asthmogenic
billon
détente
catenary
endogenous
pfeffernuss
manteau
ciconine
nihilism
raita
discalced
jacamar
Croesus
pityriasis
epochal
penicillin
perestroika
uitlander
ameliorate
gambado
repertoire
diathermy
philately
lagniappe
plumicorn
feint
simpatico
encephalon
brachiate
fungible
malacology
stanchion
rupicolous
nisei
syllogism
mahout
rottweiler
desiccant
alchemy
commissar
canard
durwan
bhalu
alopecia
bibliognost
purfle
Nostradamus
fugacity
blitzkrieg
bombardier
peccadillo
algorithm
tumultuary
bouffant
asado
tawdrily
lanceolate
tokamak
bobbejaan
hartebeest
vinaigrette
truncheon
divagate
hegemony
neophyte
rataplan
ingurgitation
halal
mitochondria
hypobulia
propinquity
trepak
ankh
soiree
elision
mesmerize
cynosure
dechlorinate
sclerosis
nonage
motif
excursus
mukhtar
taiga
abhorrence
cataclysmic
prescind
Daliesque
mycetophagous
recidivist
napery
pancetta
shrieval
issei
mordancy
epyllion
tracheotomy
kibei
nascency
serendipity
farthingale
hyperbole
pargetry
megalomaniac
peritus
debacle
dahlia
stiction
zephyr
Bolshevik
millennialism
decrement
kuru
kwashiorkor
upsilon
scherzo
impermeabilize
troglodytic
splenetic
paparazzo
verglas
hierology
punctilio
chelonian
esurient
kurgan
ambrosial
heterophemy
visceral
chasuble
foggara
minaret
oligotrophic
apsidal
decedent
luculent
philippic
ersatz
selenologist
vaccary
paralogism
parallax
patois
domiciliary
tutelary
karaoke
batik
noosphere
Meiji
scrivener
hauteur
kulak
thoracic
acetone
metathesis
Beetewk
chorten
anachronism
tachyon
macropterous
fusillade
tinamou
execration
scullery
mufti
apocalypse
antiphonal
retinopathy
nimious
Fahrenheit
apoplexy
phoneticize
echinoderm
odoriferous
serdab
feldsher
triforium
haplology
fête
vimineous
freesia
braggadocio
zoanthropy
surveillance
integument
tortuosity
bailiwick
saboteur
ipecac
pantomime
cheka
jnana
deleterious
exuviate
escargot
rutilant
philhellenism
echolalia
zucchini
affianced
facetious
machinate
coati
paradigm
ocelot
alluvium
cinnabar
galjoen
incorporeity
tamarind
affidavit
plasmalemma
pachinko
rochet
apparatchik
ossicle
urticant
hebetude
ramate
obfuscatory
rasorial
dossier
symbiosis
acerbity

 

Round Results

Preliminaries Semifinals Championship Finals
Round One Test Round 4 Round 8
Round 2 Round 5 Round 9
Round 3 Round 6 Round 10
Round 7 Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20

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