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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 |