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Spelling Bee Words

created 5/28/2008 : last updated 6/27/2008

by Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)

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Words that have appeared frequently in the National Spelling Bee. Try the VT Spelling Bee! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/

aardwolf

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words, aardwolf

abseil

Also appears in: Everett's word list, one, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

acuate

Also appears in: Adjectives, poetry words to explore meaning in poems, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

adactylous

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

ailanthus

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

almoner

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

alveolate

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

ammeter

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

apocryphal

Also appears in: Gre words 2007, GRE remedial list large, Full GRE, Reading list

apsidal

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

avocet

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

azimuth

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

balletomane

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

banausic

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, Daily Words, word list 1

barouche

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

bimillenary

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

bough

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

Brummagem

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words, Brummagem

busby

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

caduceus

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words, Bee Round 8

camphor

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

catachresis

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

catarrh

Also appears in: cata (down, against, back), Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

chaffinch

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

cirrhosis

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

clepsydra

Also appears in: Everett's word list, one, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

clinquant

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

corporeal

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Word bag, GRE Barron's Part 2, gre6

corymb

Also appears in: Corymb definition, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

coup

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 2, wordmaster 1, CMS Fall 07, C-list

crepuscular

Also appears in: Word bag, SAT Wordlist 1 Group 7, gre6, GRE MEG

cuneiform

Also appears in: Hiaason "Tourist Season", Word List 1, Language, Spelling Bee Words

dachshund

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

daedal

Also appears in: Lew's words, furlough, rococo, one

deipnosophist

Also appears in: word list1, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

demijohn

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

desquamate

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

diphthong

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

diptych

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

doughty

Also appears in: Gre words 2007, GMAT Vocabulary A-D, Everett's word list, Byrd's Practice Words

eiderdown

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

eleemosynary

Also appears in: Mood Words, vocabulary, two, Examples

embouchure

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

etymon

Also appears in: About Words, Daily Words, etymon, Daily Wordsk

Fauntleroy

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

fissiparous

Also appears in: Roane's List, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words, fissiparous

flibbertigibbet

Also appears in: apprehension, autocracy, perseverance, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words, Kevin's List

frontispiece

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

gainsay

Also appears in: GRE Prep, GMAT Vocabulary E-M, GRE High Frequency Words, GRE remedial list large

ginglymus

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

grisaille

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

Guernsey

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

gymkhana

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

hacienda

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

hartebeest

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

howitzer

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

inchoate

Also appears in: GRE STUDY GUIDE, GRE Prep, GMAT Vocabulary E-M, interesting

insouciant

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Ramblings, Word bag, CPW Related Words

inveigh

Also appears in: Word bag, gre6, GRE MEG, GRE

ipsedixitism

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

lamasery

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

maelstrom

Also appears in: English Vocabulary list part 1, GRE Problem Words, words MAT, l1-list

mawkishly

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

minuend

Also appears in: math operators, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

mores

Also appears in: GRE Problem Words, April 23 Part 3, m1-list, Collection of Words

mugwump

Also appears in: k3, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

nainsook

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

nonpareil

Also appears in: N-list, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

obdurate

Also appears in: GRE Prep, GRE Problem Words, Top GRE Words, GRE High Frequency Words

oppugn

Also appears in: O-list, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

orrery

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

palimpsest

Also appears in: GRE remedial list large, Words I couldn't live without, GRE Barron's Part 6, Antiquarians' Checklist

perestroika

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

pettifogger

Also appears in: Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, free rice, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

pharisaical

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 6, p1-list, k1, Word List 1

poinciana

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

psalmody

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

ptosis

Also appears in: pyrolysis, transmutation, ptosis, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

quodlibet

Also appears in: Susan the Water Lover/XWord Clues, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

ragout

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

roan

Also appears in: k3, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

samizdat

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

sauerbraten

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

scansion

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

silhouette

Also appears in: S-list, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

simulacrum

Also appears in: S-list, Everett's word list, simulacrum, verisimilitude, somniferous, spirits rebellious 2

slumgullion

Also appears in: vocabulary, two, lianna xx, Word List 1

Soubise

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

stannous

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

synecdoche

Also appears in: synecdoche, perfervid, ambit, effusion

tercentenary

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

transmogrify

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

trousseau

Also appears in: Number the Stars List, Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

urceolate

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

wainscot

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

whorlywort

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

zephyr

Also appears in: GRE Problem Words, words MAT, GRE remedial list large part two, 10/8/2007

zeugma

Also appears in: Grahfol, Word List 1, Parts of speech, Spelling Bee Words

zucchini

Also appears in: Spelling Bee Words

zwieback

Also appears in: Word List 1, Spelling Bee Words

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