2017 Preliminaries Test

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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

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