Go to 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Info
Stage: Preliminaries
Description: The Preliminaries consisted of 12 scored spelling words and 12 scored vocabulary questions which counted as Round One, one scored vocabulary question for Round Two and one scored vocabulary question for Round Three. Spellers could earn a maximum of 30 points for correct spellings and responses on the Preliminaries Test.
A correct response in the vocabulary portion of Round 3 earns the speller 3 points; an incorrect response earns the speller 0 points but does not result in elimination from the competition.
Target Score: To advance to the Finals in 2016, you’d have needed to earn at least 21 out of 30 possible points on the Preliminaries Test (including Round 2 Vocabulary and Round 3 Vocabulary) and spell correctly in Round 2 and Round 3. That would bring you to 27 out of 36 total points possible in the Preliminaries.
Word Count: 1
Value: 3 points
Spellers Participating: 285
Spellers Answering Incorrectly: 119
Spellers Answering Correctly: 166
Percent Answering Correctly: 58.2%
Word
| allusive |
Test Question
26. Something allusive is:
| A. | encompassing every possibility |
| B. | deceptive or unreal |
| C. | marked by indirect reference |
| D. | likely to escape |
Correct Answer
| C. | marked by indirect reference |
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 |