spelling bee \Scripps national event


Here are the 25 words spellers faced in round one of the preliminary competition at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., this week. How would you have done?

complaisantintermittencebeignethomagePyrrhic

illegiblemiscible loquacity galimatias

harassment

tremolo

mustard

epilepsy

guernsey

caco ´thes

pinyin

Caribbean

avarice altogether

cygnet

syringe

midriff

sinecure

eidetic

nonpareil