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Info
| Stage | Word Count | Value |
| Preliminaries | 285 | 3 points each |
| Spellers Participating | Spellers Eliminated | Spellers Advancing | Percent Advancing |
| 285 | 34 | 251 | 88.1% |
Words
| abecedarius |
| plumicorn |
| nimious |
| genuflect |
| kanban |
| echinoderm |
| threnody |
| strychnine |
| ablaut |
| epitaphs |
| chanoyu |
| arenaceous |
| tagasaste |
| frazil |
| colcannon |
| posada |
| cuttanee |
| hellebore |
| apologue |
| bariolage |
| tragopan |
| Conestoga |
| calabrese |
| sommelier |
| glengarry |
| kinetosis |
| draconian |
| garniture |
| parquetry |
| moraine |
| delphinium |
| almoner |
| cryogenic |
| trigeminal |
| vermicelli |
| ravigote |
| echolalia |
| radome |
| Nostradamus |
| maquette |
| boniato |
| Ponzi |
| alpargata |
| jadeite |
| glissando |
| scarlatina |
| formicary |
| krewe |
| hauberk |
| demulcent |
| shar-pei |
| flèche |
| primogeniture |
| trichinosis |
| lagomorph |
| yardang |
| solmizate |
| adrenergic |
| Talavera |
| chinook |
| wickiup |
| tilleul |
| coulibiac |
| zygodactylous |
| pedantry |
| abendmusik |
| radiolarian |
| taconite |
| catadromous |
| boobook |
| zazen |
| simpatico |
| succade |
| macaque |
| emphysema |
| strepitous |
| divestiture |
| bobolink |
| edacious |
| sapiential |
| hydrophobia |
| lidocaine |
| tricephalous |
| mellisonant |
| floribunda |
| pucellas |
| balisaur |
| ailette |
| baize |
| anastrophe |
| putsch |
| saskatoon |
| oscillometer |
| lenticula |
| jalousie |
| preterition |
| fenestration |
| tachistoscope |
| saccharide |
| sousaphone |
| codicil |
| farina |
| heliotrope |
| acalculia |
| Paleozoic |
| jacquard |
| intermezzo |
| remontant |
| Hippocratic |
| tonsillitis |
| nephrolith |
| cryptozoa |
| empyrean |
| dentifrice |
| acetaminophen |
| gagaku |
| bascule |
| Basenji |
| vinculum |
| statolatry |
| paraffin |
| quadriga |
| dabchick |
| ankh |
| deuterium |
| mucilaginous |
| interpellate |
| astrobleme |
| sponsalia |
| caisson |
| proletarian |
| leviathan |
| Appaloosa |
| syzygy |
| analgesic |
| cormorant |
| ochlocracy |
| zetetic |
| goanna |
| propinquity |
| disembogue |
| ferruginous |
| patois |
| rhizome |
| licentiate |
| adnate |
| vitreous |
| consortium |
| dactylic |
| radicchio |
| myoglobin |
| triglycerides |
| opalescence |
| tichodrome |
| hierurgical |
| turbinado |
| pyrophyte |
| anadiplosis |
| tourelle |
| kookaburra |
| atamasco |
| toroidal |
| viticetum |
| blancmange |
| elocutionist |
| roentgen |
| escarole |
| muchacha |
| allelopathy |
| demitasse |
| rangiferine |
| uveal |
| thrasonical |
| intertrigo |
| dorsicollar |
| quadrumanous |
| zori |
| isotopic |
| tempeh |
| Keplerian |
| serricorn |
| chanteuse |
| flavescent |
| pygopodous |
| wakame |
| octateuch |
| catalufa |
| adiaphoron |
| campanulate |
| durezza |
| accipiter |
| cutigeral |
| ossicle |
| laccolith |
| pseudonymous |
| ceraceous |
| rabanna |
| fianchetto |
| anhinga |
| gnosis |
| Bunraku |
| solenoid |
| paroxysmal |
| topazolite |
| nisse |
| crudités |
| tercentenary |
| numismatist |
| civet |
| hyrax |
| wushu |
| Galilean |
| actinide |
| digitalis |
| palazzo |
| revenant |
| aquiline |
| leguminous |
| potoo |
| cyrillic |
| atlatl |
| pruritus |
| cenotaph |
| histamine |
| watteau |
| vaccary |
| extrorse |
| millegrain |
| lustrum |
| bibelot |
| aciniform |
| revendicate |
| Yeatsian |
| badinage |
| oeuvre |
| bireme |
| rubella |
| inviscate |
| kamaaina |
| ustion |
| moiré |
| sciuromorph |
| azulejo |
| adjuvant |
| lagniappe |
| emeritus |
| dieffenbachia |
| villatic |
| exsufflation |
| aulos |
| embouchure |
| rutilant |
| rasorial |
| endotracheal |
| Merovingian |
| parallax |
| catarrh |
| repristinate |
| rennet |
| zaibatsu |
| diurnal |
| affenpinscher |
| sorrel |
| rinceau |
| divagate |
| urubu |
| submersible |
| gudgeon |
| matamata |
| flimflammer |
| bardolatry |
| geige |
| sepulchral |
| manifesto |
| poltroon |
| mimetic |
| reboation |
| skedaddle |
| bellwether |
| accentuate |
| iridescent |
| tippet |
| extraterrestrial |
| vulnerary |
| adieu |
Round Results
| Preliminaries | Finals (First Stage) | Finals (Second Stage) |
| Preliminaries Test | Round 4 | Round 8 |
| Round 2 Vocabulary | Round 5 | Round 9 |
| Round 2 | Round 6 | Round 10 |
| Round 3 Vocabulary | Round 7 | Round 11 |
| Round 3 | Round 12 | |
| Round 13 | ||
| Round 14 | ||
| Round 15 | ||
| Round 16 | ||
| Round 17 | ||
| Round 18 | ||
| Round 19 | ||
| Round 20 | ||
| Round 21 | ||
| Round 22 | ||
| Round 23 | ||
| Round 24 | ||
| Round 25 | ||
| Round 26 | ||
| Round 27 | ||
| Round 28 | ||
| Round 29 | ||
| Round 30 | ||
| Round 31 | ||
| Round 32 | ||
| Round 33 | ||
| Round 34 | ||
| Round 35 | ||
| Round 36 | ||
| Round 37 | ||
| Round 38 | ||
| Round 39 |