San Joaquin County
County Office of Education
2016-17 Spelling Bee
Updated 8.12.16
Elementary Spelling Word List
(Includes All Words for Rounds 1 and 2)
• Words given in Rounds 1 and 2 of the county final competition
will be found in these two practice lists.
• Words for all other rounds are taken from a variety of sources.
• Words for the mandatory (written) elimination round on
December 5, 2016 are NOT included on these lists.
•The 4-6th Finals on Wednesday is an oral competition. Every
participant in this division stands alone at the podium to spell his/her
word, with the level of difficulty increasing with each round.
• At the final competition on December 7, 2016 words will be
pronounced, put into a sentence and pronounced again. Definitions
will be provided by the spellmaster upon the request of the participant.
• Pronunciations and meanings have been eliminated from this word
list to encourage the use of a dictionary, or other sources you deem
appropriate.
Page 1 of 10
Round 1 Practice Words
advance
afternoon
agent
agree
allow
aloud
amount
angle
angry
anvil
answer
apex
anthem
appeal
antler
apple
area
army
around
arrest
arson
artist
asleep
assume
attend
attract
avid
award
bagel
baggage
bakery
balance
balloon
barely
banana
basket
banjo
battle
banner
beacon
beautiful
behave
between
bicycle
bigger
birth
birthday
biscuit
bitter
blade
bland
blaze
board
both
bother
bottle
bottom
bridge
braid
broil
bread
brother
breeze
bruise
bubble
bugle
butter
button
cabbage
cactus
camera
camp
certain
chafe
chance
change
charm
cheek
chicken
children
choice
cider
clench
client
climate
clown
climb
cluster
close
coach
clothing
combat
comet
comfort
complain
contain
control
corner
cotton
cozy
crack
crate
crave
crawl
crazy
creak
creation
credible
cremate
cruel
crisp
crust
crown
crutch
crude
cuddle
current
dairy
dampen
dance
darling
dash
data
daughter
daunt
dawn
dazzle
dealt
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debate
design
delay
diary
desert
difficult
deserve
diner
dire
discover
disease
dismal
dispute
disturb
divan
divine
docket
doctor
dodge
dollar
dragon
dream
drift
drool
duress
earth
dwell
echo
eager
elect
earnest
equal
excellent
factory
faint
fairground
faucet
fault
favorite
fawn
feather
fence
fervor
fever
fiction
field
fiery
finger
finish
flock
flavor
flower
fleet
follow
flesh
fortune
forty
forward
fossil
foul
fowl
foyer
fraction
frail
frame
fresh
fret
frill
frock
frost
froth
frown
fruit
gasp
fungus
gelatin
future
general
gale
genius
glitz
gloat
gloomy
glower
gnash
gnaw
gobble
goblin
goofy
gorge
gout
gown
grocer
grove
growth
guard
guest
harbor
gym
harden
hamster
hare
happen
harmony
harpoon
harsh
hawk
hazel
hazy
headlight
heal
hidden
history
hitch
homework
honor
hour
however
howl
hula
human
impact
hurl
important
illness
indent
image
issue
italics
itch
item
ivy
janitor
jiggle
jockey
joyful
Page 3 of 10
juice
kinship
jungle
kiosk
kidnap
kitchen
kindness
knee
knell
knight
knob
know
labor
lantern
larva
laugh
lawyer
leader
least
lecture
ledge
legal
lentil
lettuce
level
lodge
limb
loft
listen
loiter
locust
loll
lonely
loose
loot
lotus
lounge
lout
loyal
lucid
lumber
lunch
major
mallet
marble
market
maven
mellow
memory
million
mention
minute
method
mirror
middle
mission
moist
moonlight
motto
mound
mouse
movable
mumble
myself
narrow
native
needle
newspaper
north
notation
notch
notice
notion
null
novel
numb
nozzle
number
nudge
nurse
octave
offend
office
often
olive
omit
ooze
opera
operate
opponent
oppose
opus
oral
orange
organ
ounce
palace
passion
panel
payment
panic
pear
pansy
pebble
penalty
pencil
pension
people
picnic
picture
plane
planet
platform
plenty
pliers
plot
pluck
plume
plunder
ply
podium
position
polite
possible
pollen
potent
porch
pound
power
prepare
pressure
pretzel
primary
prize
proud
province
Page 4 of 10
provoke
public
prowl
pulley
prune
pulp
pry
pumpkin
punish
purple
purpose
quarrel
quay
quest
question
quiet
quit
quite
rabbit
radiant
radio
radius
raft
railroad
raise
raptor
rally
rascal
rancid
reach
ransom
receive
rejoice
rescue
retina
ribbon
riddle
ridge
rifle
rift
rigid
rotten
royal
rubbish
ruffle
runt
rupture
sadness
safely
scald
sauce
scandal
sauna
scanty
savage
school
scream
screen
script
season
sheen
shield
shiny
shipwreck
shirk
shock
shore
shrug
sidewalk
sign
silent
silt
simmer
smoke
singe
smooth
sinus
smug
siren
snatch
snide
solid
solution
someone
sore
sour
source
spare
sparkle
spicy
sponge
spool
spout
sprig
spurt
squeal
starve
sticky
state
stillness
station
strange
stench
stream
sunlight
suppose
swallow
swift
teacher
telephone
therefore
thrash
thrive
throne
toast
tooth
touch
toward
traffic
tragic
travel
turtle
tremor
twice
trespass
twilight
trickery
twinkle
twist
understand
unify
unison
utter
vacation
valley
value
Page 5 of 10
valve
vault
vapor
veal
varnish
vendor
vast
venom
verbal
verge
verve
vessel
veto
vial
vibrate
vicar
victor
virtue
visitor
vowel
waffle
wallet
wander
watermelon
wealth
winnow
weary
wizard
weigh
woodland
welcome
worry
worsen
worth
wrath
wreath
wrinkle
wrist
write
wrong
wrung
yearn
yesterday
yoga
yogurt
yowl
yucky
zany
zeal
zinc
zinnia
zone
Round 2 Practice Words
aardvark
accomplice
acquittal
adroit
ambulance
antelope
apathy
application
arduous
arrogance
athletic
audience
bachelor
bakery
baloney
barracks
benefit
blanch
abolish
accumulate
acreage
ailment
analyze
antenna
apology
aptitude
argue
artificial
atmosphere
autograph
baffle
baleen
banquet
barrier
betrayal
blarney
abrupt
accusation
admonish
alfalfa
ancestor
antique
apparel
archery
armadillo
assembly
attentive
autumn
bailiff
ballistics
bargain
believe
biography
blatant
Page 6 of 10
abstract
achievement
adobe
almond
ancient
anxious
appetite
architecture
arrangement
assistance
attorney
avarice
bairn
ballot
barometer
benefactor
bison
blunderbuss
bolster
breathe
buoyancy
calcium
canary
canteen
career
casket
changeable
circuit
clamor
clout
cobalt
combat
compartment
congress
contamination
council
courier
covert
creativity
criteria
crutches
cultivation
customary
deceit
decorum
density
diamond
dilemma
dinghy
division
drought
eccentric
eerie
elastic
embarrass
bonanza
brought
burglar
calculator
candor
caprice
carnival
category
chocolate
cistern
classical
clumsy
coconut
commanding
concession
consequence
cornea
counsel
course
cowardice
credential
criticism
cryptic
cumulus
cuticle
deceitful
definite
dependent
dictionary
dilute
dinosaur
dogma
duct
eclipse
efface
elate
emblem
boundary
bruise
butcher
calendar
canine
carcass
cascade
caught
chorus
citizen
cleaver
clutch
colander
commission
condolence
considerable
corporation
couplet
courtesy
cowl
creditor
crocodile
crystal
cushion
cyclone
decimal
delegate
desolate
dignity
diminish
discipline
doldrums
dungeon
ecology
effective
electron
emerald
Page 7 of 10
bravery
bulletin
cafeteria
calorie
canister
cardiac
cashew
cemetery
chronic
citrus
closet
coarse
college
community
conference
constraint
costume
coupon
covenant
crafty
crisis
crusade
cuisine
custody
daisy
decoration
denominator
determination
dilate
dimple
distinction
dolphin
duplicity
economy
egotism
eligible
employee
endeavor
environmental
experience
fauna
flammable
flippant
foreman
fracas
frontier
geometry
glacier
gooey
graduation
graphic
habitat
humorous
hydrant
illusion
impertinence
inheritance
interview
jaguar
jittery
knickers
latitude
lubricate
magician
mattress
mesa
miniature
molar
morale
munitions
mutilate
nausea
nemesis
niche
engineer
equator
exterior
federation
fleece
fluency
forfeit
fragrance
frugal
geyser
glossary
gorilla
graft
gratuity
hatchet
hurrah
hyena
immediate
incisor
inhibition
irrational
janitor
journal
koala
launch
luminous
malign
measure
metallic
minority
molasses
mournful
muscular
mystical
navigation
neonate
nocuous
enormous
erosion
extraordinary
fertilize
flexible
foliage
forgery
fraud
functional
gigantic
gnarled
gossip
granary
grief
heredity
hustle
hyphen
immigrant
incubator
inscribe
island
jaunty
justify
laceration
laundry
luxury
manacle
merchant
mileage
moderation
mollusk
multiply
musician
mythology
nebula
nephew
nominee
Page 8 of 10
entice
eruption
extreme
flamingo
flimsy
foreign
fortress
frightening
funeral
giraffe
gnaw
gracious
granular
guardian
hesitate
hybrid
hypnotist
imperfection
influence
interrupt
jacket
javelin
kidnap
lament
lecture
mafia
marriage
mermaid
militia
modesty
monarch
mundane
mustache
naughty
nematode
neutralize
notary
novice
nutrition
oblivion
obvious
odious
oration
orphan
parallel
pavilion
persuade
pigeon
platitude
pollute
possum
precaution
presage
protein
quotient
reconcile
reinforce
reluctant
rendition
resolution
rhyme
salve
scandal
severe
shield
simulate
solemn
squawk
subtraction
surgeon
synonym
telescope
thoughtless
torpedo
nucleus
oath
obscene
occasion
ominous
orchid
ovation
parasite
peculiar
pertinent
pioneer
plaza
porridge
potency
predator
pretense
punctual
radiance
referee
relapse
remedial
replenish
respectfully
rivalry
satellite
scrimmage
shampoo
shoat
singularity
somersault
stadium
suffix
sweater
tapestry
temperature
thousand
torrid
nuisance
obedient
obscure
occupation
opportunity
ordain
parachute
parlor
performance
phrase
pious
pliable
portrait
poverty
predicament
principal
quantity
radioactive
regulation
relevant
reminder
residence
restaurant
rough
savannah
secretary
shelter
shrewd
sinister
soprano
stagnant
summary
syllable
taut
thermostat
tolerable
tortuous
Page 9 of 10
numerator
oblige
obstinate
octagon
oppressive
ordeal
parakeet
parochial
perimeter
piano
plague
poetry
possess
prairie
premiere
probe
quiver
raiment
reign
reliable
remodel
resilient
restoration
royalty
saxophone
seize
shepherd
shyster
sirloin
speculation
stallion
superb
symbol
tawdry
thesis
topaz
toxin
traffic
trough
twilight
typhoon
umbilical
urchin
utmost
valiant
vaporize
vibration
virus
volunteer
weather
whimper
worsen
yeast
transmission
truly
twinge
typify
uniformity
usher
utopian
vanilla
variant
vicinity
visionary
waltz
weird
windshield
wreck
yeoman
transparent
trumpet
tycoon
tyrant
upheaval
usurp
vacancy
vanity
veneer
villain
vitamin
warbler
wharf
woolen
wretched
zenith
Page 10 of 10
trophy
tweezers
typhoid
ultrasonic
urbane
utility
vagrant
vanquish
venomous
violation
volcano
warranty
whiff
worrisome
yacht
zucchini