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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Word Count: 278
Value: 3 points each
Spellers Participating: 278
Spellers Misspelling: 25
Spellers Spelling Correctly: 253
Percent Spelling Correctly: 91.0%
Spellers Eliminated: 0
Spellers Advancing: 278
Percent Advancing: 100.0%
Words
| witticism |
| thistle |
| aioli |
| QWERTY |
| regale |
| alcazar |
| pullet |
| kudize |
| limpid |
| coffle |
| gymnure |
| firth |
| Italianate |
| qualitative |
| litany |
| fugleman |
| corpuscle |
| albeit |
| ringent |
| tertiary |
| ullage |
| veracity |
| poignant |
| myriad |
| limousine |
| issei |
| hyacinth |
| heliosis |
| genre |
| frangible |
| fictile |
| escargot |
| diluent |
| commensurate |
| pallor |
| imperilment |
| exemplar |
| rapport |
| ecru |
| calibrate |
| alchemy |
| botanist |
| indubitable |
| kyoodle |
| quarantine |
| topiarist |
| vernacular |
| mercerize |
| cartel |
| habile |
| julienne |
| moorage |
| oompah |
| protervity |
| segue |
| tierer |
| vacillate |
| facetious |
| basilisk |
| elaborative |
| obduced |
| leechcraft |
| toadyism |
| zinnia |
| euphemism |
| cincture |
| brockage |
| halal |
| iambist |
| remand |
| genteel |
| anomaly |
| fluctuant |
| dragoon |
| fuselage |
| irrepressible |
| karaoke |
| quisling |
| mozzarella |
| salaam |
| visceral |
| Ebola |
| billabong |
| googol |
| Cycladic |
| indigenous |
| cynosure |
| lorikeet |
| neptunium |
| sepia |
| shuddering |
| debellation |
| forage |
| codeine |
| joskin |
| gynarchy |
| desertification |
| haberdashery |
| mariculture |
| fuchsias |
| jimberjawed |
| mesmerize |
| capricious |
| ocarina |
| dichotomy |
| rambla |
| charlatan |
| dossier |
| zucchini |
| irascible |
| dystopia |
| shoaly |
| cinephile |
| kaiserdom |
| inviolable |
| suggestible |
| echinate |
| noggin |
| dreidel |
| femininity |
| hypocrisy |
| belligerent |
| duchy |
| ectoplasm |
| fealty |
| pilosity |
| efficacy |
| temerity |
| Buddha |
| contrariant |
| gazette |
| habitus |
| idiopathic |
| lemming |
| pernicious |
| egress |
| celebratory |
| aidant |
| flotsam |
| minacious |
| quotidian |
| recidivist |
| syllabus |
| urbiculture |
| nobiliary |
| epilithic |
| calypso |
| illeism |
| Limburger |
| nimbed |
| polarizable |
| ethylene |
| solder |
| erratum |
| coloratura |
| materialize |
| evanesce |
| alkali |
| filasse |
| embezzlement |
| ingenue |
| garibaldi |
| biliousness |
| quonk |
| phatic |
| sassafras |
| foggara |
| shrieval |
| taupe |
| vandalize |
| anabolic |
| kailyard |
| decile |
| masala |
| fraught |
| surveillance |
| paradigm |
| Holi |
| immolate |
| arachnid |
| hafiz |
| lenitive |
| fenestrated |
| procacious |
| dermotactile |
| Wiccan |
| cantankerous |
| weir |
| ascetic |
| fusillade |
| neuroticism |
| blasé |
| gabbai |
| debacle |
| egregious |
| olid |
| fête |
| Websterian |
| liaise |
| braggart |
| stratification |
| gauche |
| oakenshaw |
| koto |
| junonia |
| ignominious |
| flibbertigibbet |
| eremic |
| chassis |
| gnathonic |
| hilum |
| infinitesimal |
| jong |
| gopak |
| lineaments |
| Gorgonzola |
| pyromaniac |
| rabulistic |
| symbiosis |
| repartee |
| wellaway |
| Jovicentric |
| ewer |
| ameliorate |
| morose |
| basmati |
| eutaxy |
| iroko |
| innocuous |
| maraud |
| hierarchy |
| neonatology |
| rogatory |
| fougade |
| hipparch |
| emaciated |
| hodiernal |
| putrescible |
| reparations |
| hollandaise |
| yakitori |
| homologate |
| ipecac |
| rowan |
| quixote |
| zephyr |
| golgotha |
| cacophony |
| humaniora |
| hyperbole |
| iridaceous |
| etesian |
| mellifluous |
| kielbasa |
| comandante |
| serendipity |
| gemmary |
| asthmogenic |
| twoling |
| demantoid |
| Ichabod |
| exacerbate |
| philately |
| riant |
| wejack |
| cicada |
| joropo |
| tahini |
| dirigible |
| ikat |
| thwartwise |
| moratorium |
| wearisome |
| aberrant |
| hebetate |
| dihedral |
| syndicate |
| mordacious |
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 |