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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 |