Go to 2017 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.
Target Score: To advance to the Finals in 2017, you’d have needed to earn at least 23 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 29 out of 36 total points possible in the Preliminaries.
Word Count: 24
Value: 1 point each (these are the Round One words only; Rounds 2 and 3 Vocabulary are worth 3 points each)
Spelling
Test Questions
Words
| culinary |
| subtlety |
| tout |
| bowyer |
| sortilege |
| reverberant |
| macaronic |
| filar |
| theriatrics |
| phraseogram |
| achromatopsia |
| canaille |
Vocabulary
Test Questions
Correct Answers
Words
| dulcet |
| baneful |
| schlepp |
| cutpurse |
| succinctly |
| ergogenic |
| jurisprude |
| pennate |
| mountebank |
| prosoplasia |
| gaufrette |
| taphephobia |
All Words
| Spelling | Vocabulary |
| culinary | dulcet |
| subtlety | baneful |
| tout | schlepp |
| bowyer | cutpurse |
| sortilege | succinctly |
| reverberant | ergogenic |
| macaronic | jurisprude |
| filar | pennate |
| theriatrics | mountebank |
| phraseogram | prosoplasia |
| achromatopsia | gaufrette |
| canaille | taphephobia |
Round Results
| Preliminaries | Finals (First Stage) | Finals (Second Stage) |
| Preliminaries Test | Round 4 | Tiebreaker Test |
| Round 2 Vocabulary | Round 5 | Round 8 |
| Round 2 | Round 6 | Round 9 |
| Round 3 Vocabulary | Round 7 | Round 10 |
| Round 3 | Round 11 | |
| 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 |