Word List - 2016 - National Senior Spelling Bee

NSSB 2016 WRITTEN WORDS
1. salutations
21. reveille
41. lineation
2. wallaby
22. liaison
42. hyperhidrosis
3. prosciutto
23. doofus
43. migraineur
4. squeegee
24. fairway
44. istle
5. gendarme
25. Muzak
45. balletomane
6. fidgetiness
26. regatta
46. anhinga
7. trousseau
27. vertebrate
47. milquetoast
8. sassafras
28. claddagh
48. appressorium
9. monocle
29. rottweiler
49. Scheherazade
10. paparazzo
30. Triassic
50. ratiocinator
11. iconography
31. acetylene
51. fricassee
12. glutinous
32. bouillabaisse
52. corralled
13. depilatory
33. drugget
53. kieselguhr
14. promissory
34. turreted
54. vindicable
15. commissar
35. Kwanzaa or
Kwanza
55. tintinnabulation
16. fluvial
17. homogenization
18. jitney
19. colonnade
20. inveiglement
36. minoxidil
37. Bors
38. chary
39. gossamer
40. krypton
56. mesalliance
57. alstroemeria
58. tachyarrhythmia
59. lobbygow
60. valediction
NSSB 2016 ORAL ROUNDS
Speller #1 Dennis Reedy (finished 8th)
6. sedulous
#2 Robert Stern (finished 5th )
7. dreadnought—X
#3 Sharon Reedy (finished 8th)
8. ubiquitous
#4 James Sherry (finished 1st)
9. eidetic
#5 Phyllis Wernes (finished 2nd)
10. Vidalia
#6 Bernetta Gresko (finished 5th)
Round 3
#7 Mary Flanders (finished 8th)
1. jamboree
#8 Kate Karp (finished 4th)
2. mackerel
#9 Ron Lewis (finished 3rd)
3. cedilla—X
#10 Mary Jane Willey (finished 7th)
4. maraschino
Round 1
5. tonsorial
1. samsara—X
6. raconteur
2. capsaicin
7. gesundheit--X
3. aperitif—X
8. taiga
4. sumptuous
9. Popsicle
5. anopheles
10. salaam
6. lissome
Round 4
7. celerity
1. aleph—X
8. inexhaustible
2. stymieing
9. hidalgo
3. bocaccio—X
10. amok
4. emittance--X
Round 2
5. orificial
1. isosceles—X
6. succedent--X
2. argosy
7. oriflamme--X
3. fastidious
8. condescendence
4. maladroit
9. pettifogger
5. circadian
10. gleg—X
NSSB 2016 ORAL ROUNDS
Round 5
9. hendiadys
2. diaeretic—X
Round 9
4. subtilisin
4. quadriga
5. Gotterdammerung
5. flocculate
6. kaddish
8. misleared—X
8. rendzina—X
9. gerah
9. hurdies—X
Round 10
10. Chryseis—X
4. mystagogue
Round 6
5. Ephraimite
2. Vaishnava—X
9. epeirogeny
4. socager
Round 11
5. Orcadian
4. demesne
6. Hephaestus—X
5. citrulline—X
8. infare—X
9. carrack—X
9. herrenvolk
Round 12
10. dioritic—X
4. bivouacking
Round 7
5. Ghibelline—X
2. hydroxyapatite--X
4. ruderal
5. thymidine
6. schistosity—
X
8. dinar
9. podophyllin—X
Round 8
4. naira
5. Pasiphae—X
8. Hyades