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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