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Stage: Preliminaries
Description: The Preliminaries consisted of 12 scored spelling words and 12 scored vocabulary questions which counted as Round One, one scored vocabulary question for Round Two and one scored vocabulary question for Round Three. Spellers could earn a maximum of 30 points for correct spellings and responses on the Preliminaries Test.
A correct response in the vocabulary portion of Round 2 earns the speller 3 points; an incorrect response earns the speller 0 points but does not result in elimination from the competition.
Target Score: To advance to the Semifinals in 2014, you’d have needed to earn at least 22 out of 30 possible points on the Preliminaries Test (including Round 2 Vocabulary and Round 3 Vocabulary) and spell correctly in Round 2 and Round 3. That would bring you to 28 out of 36 total points possible in the Preliminaries.
Word Count: 1
Value: 3 points
Spellers Participating: 281
Spellers Answering Incorrectly: 70
Spellers Answering Correctly: 211
Percent Answering Correctly: 75.1%
Word
| olio |
| brackish |
| spinet |
| sitzmark |
| bower |
| predicate |
| didactic |
| zinnia |
| greengage |
| jute |
| carmine |
| cedilla |
| pandit |
| kitsch |
| mercurial |
| kith |
| belladonna |
| erudite |
| hector |
| camphor |
| duenna |
| chutney |
| koan |
| tachometer |
| bolivar |
| barabara |
| empanada |
| pochismo |
| cantata |
| patina |
| détente |
| machismo |
| maestro |
| staccato |
| bandersnatch |
| behoove |
| junco |
| stollen |
| melba |
| bruin |
| blithe |
| kona |
| rotunda |
| malihini |
| geranium |
| azimuth |
| crochet |
| prattle |
| mole |
| hollandaise |
| amarillo |
| Kabuki |
| stucco |
| scrabble |
| clapboard |
| synergy |
| nebbish |
| isinglass |
| ramada |
| eclectic |
| hacienda |
| hinterland |
| isobar |
| paddock |
| macron |
| diablo |
| miso |
| borax |
| macadamia |
| chary |
| parapet |
| cruller |
| croquette |
| dyslexia |
| gazpacho |
| broadleaf |
| pampas |
| androcentric |
| Crusoe |
| nabob |
| bonanza |
| contrapuntal |
| ecru |
| kavya |
| physique |
| credenza |
| boudoir |
| imam |
| vibrato |
| linseed |
| khan |
| ductile |
| regatta |
| carafe |
| tortoni |
| trawl |
| semantics |
| marzipan |
| waywiser |
| mahimahi |
| kremlin |
| dungaree |
| allegory |
| seersucker |
| angstrom |
| musicale |
| illuminati |
| oratorio |
| ergonomic |
| shrapnel |
| nisei |
| vivisection |
| extravaganza |
| tatami |
| igneous |
| bravura |
| pinafore |
| spitz |
| prodigal |
| muslin |
| vulcanize |
| muumuu |
| quinine |
| junta |
| dross |
| shogun |
| tomatillo |
| capitulation |
| bowery |
| virtuoso |
| lucid |
| layette |
| satori |
| demotic |
| mesa |
| wampum |
| cordovan |
| desperado |
| prerogative |
| sashimi |
| chagrin |
| Permian |
| colloquial |
| cachet |
| grabble |
| alliteration |
| kasha |
| hedonism |
| alderman |
| sukiyaki |
| sevruga |
| polder |
| semolina |
| klompen |
| palette |
| intractable |
| kahuna |
| abdicate |
| bevel |
| tithe |
| kipper |
| gregarious |
| geta |
| patel |
| misanthropy |
| fandango |
| poi |
| triumvirate |
| taj |
| Flemish |
| hustings |
| freebooter |
| alfalfa |
| oolong |
| dearth |
| plausible |
| nirvana |
| gestalt |
| babushka |
| wiseacre |
| begonia |
| bequeath |
| pangolin |
| hibachi |
| cravat |
| doctrinaire |
| stipple |
| cacao |
| cringle |
| kuruma |
| flamboyant |
| amenable |
| allegro |
| mantilla |
| linden |
| flotilla |
| purga |
| nadir |
| streusel |
| sable |
| chintz |
| loam |
| kirtle |
| umlaut |
| flense |
| agnostic |
| cummerbund |
| yahoo |
| wikiwiki |
| maladroit |
| foliate |
| commensurate |
| fresco |
| geoponics |
| filament |
| sputnik |
| megalopolis |
| autobahn |
| hassock |
| adagio |
| alamo |
| wanton |
| inane |
| panzer |
| Spartan |
| falsetto |
| piazza |
| rupee |
| knavery |
| picaresque |
| egalitarian |
| cadenza |
| dogma |
| contiguous |
| Wagnerian |
| libretto |
| boodle |
| dugong |
| newton |
| hogan |
| dressage |
| corporal |
| notochord |
| gulag |
| feldspar |
| percolate |
| langosta |
| mahal |
| indigenous |
| odori |
| baba |
| hominy |
| ubiquitous |
| scampi |
| herpetology |
| raj |
| cossack |
| pumpernickel |
| bambino |
| perfidy |
| ominous |
| salve |
| acme |
| nelma |
| Fletcherism |
| mootable |
| farthing |
| beleaguer |
| philanthropy |
| catkin |
| haversack |
| keelhaul |
| mahatma |
| genre |
| babka |
| wigwam |
| precipitate |
| excise |
| prosaic |
| mizzle |
| honcho |
Round Results
| Preliminaries | Semifinals | Championship Finals |
| Preliminaries Test | Semifinals Test | Round 7 |
| Round 2 Vocabulary | Round 5 Vocabulary | Round 8 |
| Round 2 | Round 5 | Round 9 |
| Round 3 Vocabulary | Round 6 Vocabulary | Round 10 |
| Round 3 | Round 6 | Round 11 |
| Round 12 | ||
| Round 13 | ||
| Round 14 | ||
| Round 15 | ||
| Round 16 | ||
| Round 17 | ||
| Round 18 | ||
| Round 19 | ||
| Round 20 | ||
| Round 21 | ||
| Round 22 |