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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Value: 3 points each
Word Count: 281
Spellers Participating: 281
Spellers Eliminated: 24
Spellers Advancing: 257
Percent Advancing: 91.5%
Words
| protégé |
| verboten |
| pneumatic |
| coloratura |
| mikado |
| belligerent |
| ocelot |
| succotash |
| tchotchke |
| punctilio |
| charlatan |
| hyperbole |
| zwinger |
| guillotine |
| springbok |
| mélange |
| masala |
| fennec |
| diphthong |
| recalcitrant |
| pogrom |
| comandante |
| facetious |
| mozzarella |
| mnemonic |
| sauerbraten |
| rendezvous |
| mesmerize |
| basmati |
| tamarind |
| Croesus |
| debacle |
| gesundheit |
| odyssey |
| scherzo |
| euphemism |
| ersatz |
| raconteur |
| vernacular |
| pitchblende |
| gourami |
| keeshond |
| philippic |
| gauche |
| kohlrabi |
| anomaly |
| karaoke |
| jacamar |
| perennial |
| commissar |
| mattock |
| sassafras |
| zucchini |
| symbiosis |
| cynosure |
| schnecke |
| raita |
| fête |
| algorithm |
| gymkhana |
| blitzkrieg |
| cacophony |
| pizzicato |
| egregious |
| ipecac |
| glasnost |
| edelweiss |
| recidivist |
| novillero |
| balalaika |
| philately |
| Weimaraner |
| sortie |
| furlough |
| tahini |
| batik |
| Meistersinger |
| palmetto |
| sansei |
| metamorphosis |
| alcazar |
| mercerize |
| dreidel |
| anachronism |
| precipice |
| trattoria |
| coati |
| kielbasa |
| caballero |
| ephemeral |
| pfeffernuss |
| fuselage |
| glockenspiel |
| Fahrenheit |
| topeng |
| minaret |
| springerle |
| paradigm |
| maraschino |
| virgule |
| Bobadil |
| hartebeest |
| bezoar |
| exacerbate |
| asana |
| shrieval |
| rasgado |
| Weissnichtwo |
| infinitesimal |
| sachem |
| Bolshevik |
| alchemy |
| poignant |
| corpuscle |
| taiga |
| crescendo |
| pyre |
| kuchen |
| lieutenant |
| mynheer |
| gnathonic |
| vorlage |
| mihrab |
| hypocrisy |
| cheka |
| embarcadero |
| echt |
| Boswell |
| serdab |
| chauvinism |
| poltergeist |
| susceptible |
| troika |
| lahar |
| douane |
| gynarchy |
| taupe |
| nachtmusik |
| perestroika |
| vaquero |
| ocarina |
| alkali |
| tritium |
| Panglossian |
| jnana |
| schottische |
| wainscot |
| fantoccini |
| trepak |
| Hemerocallis |
| peloton |
| galjoen |
| nenuphar |
| Backstein |
| ostentatious |
| mistletoe |
| lederhosen |
| dahlia |
| halal |
| roodebok |
| escargot |
| rhinoceros |
| segue |
| visceral |
| gopak |
| sarsaparilla |
| dichotomy |
| homburg |
| quisling |
| prabhu |
| macrame |
| braggadocio |
| surveillance |
| rottweiler |
| asthmogenic |
| menhaden |
| Beetewk |
| archipelago |
| zeitgeber |
| hippopotamus |
| renaissance |
| jeremiad |
| apartheid |
| mandir |
| foggara |
| charpoy |
| witloof |
| ingenue |
| eiderdown |
| arachnid |
| inselberg |
| capricious |
| efficacy |
| heifer |
| intaglio |
| innocuous |
| hierarchy |
| schadenfreude |
| myriad |
| narcissistic |
| muishond |
| fusillade |
| dachshund |
| mahout |
| euthanasia |
| saboteur |
| paparazzo |
| schipperke |
| serendipity |
| chassis |
| hoomalimali |
| samovar |
| Romaji |
| soliloquy |
| calypso |
| Bildungsroman |
| Geronimo |
| gingham |
| alim |
| kama |
| madeleine |
| einkorn |
| wedel |
| mediocre |
| apparatchik |
| conquistador |
| Tuckahoe |
| vivace |
| schnauzer |
| repertoire |
| forsythia |
| maelstrom |
| Qatari |
| bhalu |
| voortrekker |
| bromeliad |
| Buddha |
| blasé |
| pasteurize |
| fräulein |
| Eocene |
| cappelletti |
| realschule |
| ameliorate |
| Meiji |
| garibaldi |
| barukhzy |
| philhellenism |
| lokshen |
| misogynist |
| hafiz |
| durwan |
| motif |
| zephyr |
| langlauf |
| pernicious |
| Wiccan |
| Borzoi |
| peccadillo |
| uitlander |
| mukhtar |
| Holi |
| waterzooi |
| dossier |
| schloss |
| prosciutto |
| tertiary |
| tokamak |
| rapport |
| coffle |
| tarragon |
| bobbejaan |
| Baedeker |
| garçon |
| quixote |
| graupel |
| salaam |
| kovsh |
| tanha |
| pickelhaube |
| keest |
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 |