2015 Round 3

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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
Borsalino*
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

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