2012 Round 3

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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

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