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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Value: 3 points each
Word Count: 285
Spellers Participating: 285
Spellers Eliminated: 6
Spellers Advancing: 279
Percent Advancing: 97.9%
Words
| etymology |
| sayonara |
| pinafore |
| doctrinaire |
| renegade |
| malihini |
| sputnik |
| umlaut |
| salmonella |
| benefactor |
| marzipan |
| egalitarian |
| amarillo |
| hedonism |
| barabara |
| picaresque |
| notochord |
| pumpernickel |
| geoponics |
| sevruga |
| triumvirate |
| libretto |
| roodebok |
| toboggan |
| anomaly |
| empanada |
| feldspar |
| Kabuki |
| topeng |
| isinglass |
| maladroit |
| ampere |
| lederhosen |
| musicale |
| philanthropy |
| klompen |
| herpetology |
| Panglossian |
| megalopolis |
| oratorio |
| synergy |
| albatross |
| neologism |
| wanderlust |
| nightingale |
| periscope |
| sukiyaki |
| xylophone |
| vendetta |
| catkin |
| buccaneer |
| flotilla |
| paradox |
| beleaguer |
| Argentine |
| zinnia |
| maraca |
| yamen |
| hydraulic |
| bureaucracy |
| fidelity |
| camouflage |
| samaritan |
| tantalize |
| flamboyant |
| azure |
| mizzle |
| alderman |
| llama |
| kudzu |
| nemesis |
| inferno |
| cedilla |
| nebbish |
| kitsch |
| vulcanize |
| paprika |
| barrio |
| mirage |
| dungaree |
| plateau |
| saffron |
| perfidy |
| hygiene |
| alleviate |
| omnivorous |
| petunia |
| confetti |
| quinine |
| pistachio |
| samurai |
| polygon |
| regatta |
| subterfuge |
| daffodil |
| capitulation |
| eulogy |
| fennel |
| homonym |
| muumuu |
| orthodox |
| koan |
| aggregate |
| borax |
| kishke |
| cockatoo |
| diesel |
| chagrin |
| typhoon |
| piccolo |
| monotonous |
| prerogative |
| gazelle |
| implement |
| guilder |
| cynical |
| igneous |
| bayou |
| lithe |
| commensurate |
| amphibious |
| incorruptible |
| terrapin |
| didactic |
| tariff |
| cobalt |
| malaria |
| oolong |
| pacifism |
| kuruma |
| aristocracy |
| bravura |
| foliate |
| magnanimous |
| henna |
| Capricorn |
| pampas |
| zenith |
| prosaic |
| Olympian |
| illuminati |
| protagonist |
| clementine |
| topography |
| cravat |
| issei |
| leotard |
| juggernaut |
| thesaurus |
| affinity |
| precocious |
| magnolia |
| harpsichord |
| contiguous |
| furlong |
| persimmon |
| babushka |
| excise |
| hypothesis |
| amicable |
| cruller |
| wikiwiki |
| diorama |
| anvil |
| Permian |
| syntax |
| camphor |
| jovial |
| patina |
| satori |
| altruism |
| stollen |
| kasha |
| wiseacre |
| praline |
| luau |
| entourage |
| agnostic |
| eureka |
| ubiquitous |
| accommodate |
| erudite |
| tortoni |
| pentathlon |
| eclectic |
| credible |
| mohair |
| indigenous |
| trajectory |
| animosity |
| ergonomic |
| mercurial |
| hibachi |
| curriculum |
| gregarious |
| abdicate |
| threshold |
| flamenco |
| amnesia |
| rhetoric |
| cossack |
| autopsy |
| howitzer |
| oregano |
| antibiotic |
| angst |
| phenomenon |
| knish |
| adamant |
| roughhewn |
| periphery |
| odori |
| melancholy |
| gulag |
| manicure |
| contrapuntal |
| bellicose |
| scenario |
| homogeneous |
| barrage |
| epiphany |
| linden |
| mahatma |
| protocol |
| obsequious |
| strudel |
| mystique |
| formidable |
| bowery |
| retrospective |
| vigilante |
| elixir |
| diagnosis |
| Flemish |
| chronology |
| nirvana |
| apostrophe |
| tsunami |
| chinchilla |
| wanton |
| mahimahi |
| filibuster |
| spherical |
| antipasto |
| postmortem |
| matinee |
| meticulous |
| simile |
| haiku |
| herbivore |
| souvenir |
| hassock |
| androcentric |
| pangolin |
| gardenia |
| croquet |
| azimuth |
| ambivalent |
| hacienda |
| matriarch |
| geta |
| geothermal |
| ingenious |
| credenza |
| temporal |
| purga |
| consensus |
| mayonnaise |
| caribou |
| polymer |
| banzai |
| parfait |
| endemic |
| castanets |
| autobahn |
| analysis |
| dyslexia |
| omnipotent |
| percolate |
| chary |
| mahal |
| regime |
| macron |
| synopsis |
| miso |
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 |