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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Value: 3 points each
Word Count: 278
Spellers Participating: 278
Spellers Misspelling: 38
Spellers Spelling Correctly: 240
Percent Spelling Correctly: 86.3%
Spellers Eliminated: 228
Spellers Advancing: 50
Percent Advancing: 18.0%
Words
| kepi |
| impapyrated |
| raita |
| kirtle |
| zapateado |
| vettura |
| Beetewk |
| kohlrabi |
| engastrimythic |
| balalaika |
| rotogravure |
| exequies |
| bobbejaan |
| suffrutescent |
| minaret |
| Labanotation |
| catalineta |
| dhole |
| lahar |
| theomachy |
| anachronism |
| cnemial |
| lebhaft |
| altazimuth |
| vaticination |
| embarcadero |
| leegte |
| Damoclean |
| utile |
| ephemeral |
| xebec |
| leucoryx |
| tungsten |
| edelweiss |
| mahout |
| limpet |
| epaulement |
| Croesus |
| maraschino |
| khor |
| lobscouse |
| coati |
| kuchen |
| echt |
| lokshen |
| erubescent |
| asana |
| chaetophorous |
| metacarpal |
| cryophilic |
| dynamogenesis |
| cabaletta |
| mnemonic |
| conquistador |
| Meiji |
| nacarat |
| delaine |
| motif |
| ersatz |
| Barmecidal |
| novillero |
| ergatogyne |
| caballero |
| nyala |
| ocelot |
| mélange |
| gabbro |
| pabulum |
| Eocene |
| keest |
| paronomasia |
| olfactometry |
| mukhtar |
| perciatelli |
| epicondylic |
| dolcissimo |
| ichorous |
| diffa |
| perestroika |
| mulligan |
| phosphorus |
| charpoy |
| pogrom |
| epistolary |
| batik |
| jacquerie |
| phraseology |
| barukhzy |
| ombrophobe |
| kibitzer |
| fraise |
| auteur |
| pickelhaube |
| isanemone |
| myeloma |
| jongleur |
| jacana |
| izzat |
| glockenspiel |
| fantoccini |
| proaulion |
| icosahedron |
| quinzaine |
| autoschediastic |
| kalema |
| eigenvalue |
| punctilio |
| realschule |
| mynheer |
| saxicolous |
| nenuphar |
| seine |
| pizzicato |
| commissar |
| pochade |
| orthognathous |
| podagra |
| jerboa |
| ecclesiology |
| taiga |
| peccadillo |
| kichel |
| Bolshevik |
| japonaiserie |
| hoomalimali |
| idiosyncratically |
| fissiparous |
| hobbledehoy |
| oubliette |
| imaret |
| psilosis |
| edaphic |
| Qatari |
| cheka |
| gymkhana |
| pharmacology |
| bibliopegist |
| ramellose |
| effendi |
| cochleariform |
| widdershins |
| nanization |
| détente |
| rasgado |
| sabermetrics |
| muishond |
| recalcitrant |
| ufology |
| cappelletti |
| rejoneador |
| serdab |
| exophthalmic |
| renascent |
| sfumato |
| tamarind |
| Nereid |
| tchotchke |
| repertoire |
| thurification |
| retrocedence |
| woad |
| apparatchik |
| tokamak |
| cubitiere |
| nilpotent |
| trabant |
| misogynist |
| dachshund |
| keeshond |
| madeleine |
| saboteur |
| vaquero |
| dipneumonous |
| sansei |
| sarsaparilla |
| waggery |
| prosciutto |
| douane |
| celature |
| sauerbraten |
| Fahrenheit |
| imprimatur |
| schadenfreude |
| gyascutus |
| mistassini |
| jacamar |
| schottische |
| métier |
| scuppernong |
| jamrosade |
| segmentate |
| philhellenism |
| taxonomically |
| bromeliad |
| kobold |
| iodopsin |
| huapango |
| jurisprudence |
| poimenics |
| isophylly |
| blitzkrieg |
| jnana |
| symmetrical |
| eucharistic |
| gobemouche |
| soliloquy |
| tautologous |
| galjoen |
| megahertz |
| isepiptesis |
| telegnosis |
| menagerie |
| thalian |
| paskha |
| thule |
| amphimacer |
| topepo |
| zacate |
| gomphosis |
| toreador |
| Zanzibari |
| hebdomad |
| ophelimity |
| mneme |
| trophotropism |
| pfeffernuss |
| Dimetrodon |
| cachexia |
| mandir |
| uitlander |
| raconteur |
| thanatology |
| apartheid |
| trepak |
| tritium |
| umbilicate |
| braggadocio |
| Hemerocallis |
| arenicolous |
| turricular |
| mihrab |
| sphendone |
| cabecera |
| tympanum |
| roodebok |
| topeng |
| Bildungsroman |
| oxylophyte |
| rondeau |
| schizocarp |
| unciferous |
| rayonnant |
| amniocentesis |
| Requiem |
| rendezvous |
| tularemia |
| vincible |
| virgule |
| hydrargyrum |
| Weissnichtwo |
| Rorschach |
| voortrekker |
| immiserization |
| stenohaline |
| vorago |
| waterzooi |
| volemic |
| wedel |
| ingluvies |
| xenial |
| voiturette |
| trattoria |
| framboise |
| whortleberry |
| fennec |
| vivace |
| tanha |
| tromometer |
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 |