Info
Stage |
Word Count |
Value |
Preliminaries |
291 |
3 points each |
Spellers Participating |
Spellers Eliminated |
Spellers Advancing |
Percent Advancing |
291 |
32 |
259 |
89.0% |
Words
tarsier |
mycetophagous |
basilisk |
Sicily |
insignia |
malfeasance |
epistrophe |
wobbulator |
spiracle |
girandole |
surmountable |
dolichuric |
fibula |
politeia |
apoplexy |
decumbiture |
catholicon |
vellum |
ichneumon |
embezzlement |
sphacelated |
longevous |
fretum |
samarium |
auricular |
telharmonium |
trachelate |
fungivorous |
lorikeet |
turpentine |
pithos |
parvitude |
psychomachy |
kakapo |
eristic |
wambenger |
rialto |
florilegium |
pearlescent |
Erewhonian |
trecento |
ronin |
Santeria |
croquembouche |
somnial |
zymurgy |
plumassier |
deuteranopia |
rudiments |
reliquiae |
hypochondria |
anadromous |
sirenomelus |
Svengali |
logographic |
decamerous |
maillot |
pointillage |
polyptoton |
rubefacient |
gigabyte |
infundibuliform |
Koine |
coscinomancy |
phosphorus |
sonicate |
lambdacism |
ad hominem |
tetrapteran |
goosander |
maquiladora |
trapezoid |
syllabus |
mordacious |
Icarian |
engastrimythic |
jezail |
baculiform |
prodition |
convivial |
fibromyalgia |
Ruritanian |
panary |
Euskara or Euskera |
humerus |
hircocervus |
mangonel |
macchiato |
rasceta |
piccata |
pneumatocele |
sporomorph |
Luddite |
phenotype |
Keynesian |
simoniacal |
languorous |
accrescent |
Requiem |
Kinura |
exogenous |
tomalley |
nilpotent |
toponymic |
papyrology |
aardwolf |
mariculture |
hesthogenous |
scaturient |
dissipate |
prehensile |
subcutaneous |
lampyrid |
sardonyx |
tendresse |
rotulet |
mochi |
scrobiculate |
incipient |
vacuole |
minatory |
limacoid |
perceptible |
tachyon |
niveau |
rhabdoid |
optimum |
phlebologist |
paraquat |
notturno |
attaché |
autophagy |
Savoyard |
stentorophonic |
venomous |
lilangeni |
caulicolous |
lepidopterist |
neurasthenic |
suivez |
roux |
polygynous |
filipendulous |
palatinate |
lecithin |
spondylitis |
ostreiculture |
renminbi |
somatotype |
quidnunc |
treillage |
kvell or kvel |
plesiobiosis |
tandoori |
imprecatory |
onerous |
tragedian |
millennium |
pahoehoe |
homicide |
exobiology |
fashionista |
guayabera |
glaciarium |
roseola |
ommatophore |
paillard |
buckminsterfullerene |
onomasticon |
volucrine |
sternum |
googol |
distinguo |
effloresce |
retrocedence |
psephite |
polydactyly |
crepehanger or crapehanger |
xenoglossy |
gasthaus |
Polynesian |
ulotrichy |
primatologist |
toile |
syncopation |
gneiss |
singultus |
tuatara or tuatera |
dactylology |
tamanoir |
nasopharynx |
capoeira |
brachiopods |
omodynia |
quokka |
symmetrophobia |
totipalmate |
parterre |
spessartine |
bienvenue or bienvenu |
Reggiano |
cinephile |
barophilic |
sempiternal |
titian |
fimbriation |
miniver or minever |
samizdat |
stephanotis |
quadrilingual |
syndicate |
toccata |
Pinkerton |
quatorzain |
brevicaudate |
hypallage |
paristhmion |
parkour |
combustible |
meridian |
Stradivarius |
stillatitious |
dirigible |
entrecote |
coreopsis |
embololalia |
ballotage |
menagerie |
osteoclasis |
nephrotoxic |
flageolet |
danseur |
stimuli |
onychomycosis |
phorminx |
vassal |
uvula |
ornithophilous |
regurgitant |
talipot |
blatherskite |
equerry |
splanchnology |
fluoroscope |
halapepe |
fauve |
scilicet |
recumbentibus |
glitterati |
krakowiak |
Websterian |
prosopography |
imbroglio or embroglio |
scandium |
campanology |
rogatory |
tectonosphere |
affogato |
rimulose |
lobscouse |
dolma |
sacellum |
foliicolous |
anabolic |
tryptophan |
ursine |
epistolary |
maghemite |
ocotillo |
sforzando |
spodumene |
alma mater |
sartorial |
trilithon |
rhea |
sorbitol |
impromptu |
fastuous |
digitigrade |
idiogenesis |
radiolarian |
malleable |
zonda |
tableau |
ophiolatry |
dodecarchy |
anthroposophy |
pentalogy |
plenitude |
nyctinasty |
vertebral |

Calvin Alexander, Jr. of Shreveport, Louisiana and Adom Appiah of Spartanburg, South Carolina share a laugh during Round 2. (Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee)
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