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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 |