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Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Value: 3 points each
Word Count: 279
Spellers Participating: 279
Spellers Spelling Incorrectly: 65
Spellers Spelling Correctly: 214
Percent Spelling Correctly: 76.7%
Spellers Eliminated: 230
Spellers Advancing: 49
Percent Advancing: 17.6%
Words
| cryptoporticus |
| escritoire |
| rutabaga |
| guayabi |
| isagoge |
| longanimous |
| Wensleydale |
| lyddite |
| frijolillo |
| buisson |
| phyllomancy |
| nockerl |
| panophthalmitis |
| fruticetum |
| pirarucu |
| vermicide |
| apostasy |
| xiphias |
| carronade |
| factitious |
| chondrogenesis |
| ikebana |
| nuciform |
| prasine |
| tmesis |
| laconism |
| odontiasis |
| eutrophic |
| ahimsa |
| symplectic |
| abyssolith |
| syncytium |
| habiliments |
| epingle |
| ribaldry |
| guenon |
| chiliad |
| blepharoplasty |
| Gesamtkunstwerk |
| rhopalocercous |
| hyperpyrexia |
| glyceraldehyde |
| lasya |
| theriolatry |
| acromion |
| tenaillon |
| asthenia |
| phthalein |
| geelhout |
| persifleur |
| nosography |
| Roscian |
| hypsometry |
| phoniatric |
| mucedinous |
| gallinule |
| scagliola |
| roborant |
| myrmidon |
| auriphrygiate |
| malmignatte |
| solivagant |
| ideoplastic |
| verisimilitude |
| stomatitis |
| hypotrichosis |
| rhodochrosite |
| quale |
| dorsiferous |
| bergschrund |
| chrismon |
| trionychid |
| ultradian |
| emolument |
| sarwan |
| umbratile |
| gelilah |
| homiletic |
| chrysophyte |
| upeygan |
| leporine |
| rhipiphorid |
| amentia |
| sortition |
| antinomy |
| balletomane |
| dragée |
| nsambya |
| ochlophobia |
| psychosomatic |
| oberek |
| speleothem |
| urushiol |
| Zamzummim |
| bibliotaphic |
| heleoplankton |
| fanfaronade |
| yosenabe |
| kokopu |
| impresario |
| hieromonk |
| Adélie |
| frigorific |
| macfarlane |
| litotes |
| ohelo |
| pappardelle |
| furfuraceous |
| voltammetry |
| Pythagorean |
| juvenilia |
| intonaco |
| lixiviate |
| animalcule |
| gegenschein |
| intussusception |
| mimotype |
| hamadryad |
| mappemonde |
| Plantagenet |
| Reykjavík |
| sopapilla |
| troglobiont |
| courgette |
| budgerigar |
| colocynth |
| acesodyne |
| hidradenitis |
| navicella |
| seriema |
| oligopsony |
| tatbeb |
| avgolemono |
| devaloka |
| lathyrism |
| elliptocytes |
| mascarpone |
| patriliny |
| nonagesimal |
| naupathia |
| sumpsimus |
| tephra |
| oopuhue |
| nonpareil |
| hyoscyamine |
| frumentaceous |
| balneotherapy |
| gastronome |
| bahuvrihi |
| aniseikonia |
| zabaglione |
| jacaranda |
| lauhala |
| minniebush |
| nudicaulous |
| vetturino |
| trouvaille |
| Chalcolithic |
| griffonage |
| diktat |
| nephelognosy |
| renvoi |
| osteomalacia |
| quaternion |
| farouche |
| nyctipelagic |
| amphictyony |
| villeggiatura |
| heparinize |
| badigeon |
| echinulate |
| brouillon |
| calanque |
| telamon |
| sigatoka |
| philologist |
| berimbau |
| Nietzschean |
| hanuman |
| alastrim |
| leberwurst |
| phalanges |
| rathskeller |
| quaquaversal |
| nimbostratus |
| diplopia |
| acariasis |
| elytra |
| galapago |
| neurergic |
| mesomorph |
| isentropic |
| balestra |
| lokelani |
| cystectomy |
| heterochromia |
| oleiculture |
| gaminerie |
| pasquinade |
| eisegesis |
| quoddy |
| risorgimento |
| eustacy |
| denouement |
| saxifragous |
| ripicolous |
| filoselle |
| triskelion |
| vexillology |
| fortissimo |
| narcohypnia |
| pileus |
| thalassographer |
| agama |
| bacteriophage |
| neoterism |
| yayoi |
| amygdala |
| babiche |
| obnebulate |
| sarsen |
| béchamel |
| tarantella |
| camorra |
| oenomel |
| caryopsis |
| rigaree |
| wasteweir |
| dysplasia |
| Olmec |
| epitasis |
| trebuchet |
| flebile |
| senryu |
| gerenuk |
| zelkova |
| haberdasher |
| octonocular |
| effleurage |
| xerogel |
| Pickwickian |
| execrable |
| Torquemada |
| glossopetrae |
| enthalpy |
| heliophilous |
| interferon |
| lacustrine |
| zocalo |
| gongorism |
| demiglace |
| consigliere |
| obreptitious |
| nuncupative |
| angiitis |
| nainsook |
| barathrum |
| Castalia |
| étouffée |
| kente |
| bialy |
| falbala |
| damson |
| golem |
| chastushka |
| mamushi |
| cardiomegaly |
| fluviatile |
| longiloquence |
| coccygeal |
| mendelevium |
| gamboge |
| nidulant |
| microfiche |
| carcinogenic |
| pâtissier |
| sambal |
| yeomanry |
*Borsalino was removed from the dictionary since its use in the Bee.
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 |