SPELLING BEE WORD LIST ~A~ about alone apartment another anywhere anger Arkansas Arkadelphia ate always

apple already afraid aunt after again any ask as air are active aid appear address airport alto avoid absent Amity accident adverb assortment auditorium April August advice affectionate ambition alley affect adopted accepted awfully admire automatic antenna aerial aviator attitude amusement atmosphere accurate accomplish altitude

GRADE 2-3 ~B~ balance basin banjo blizzard barometer broadcast ball barn bell bird birthday balloon basket bitter beef believe Bible bone beast bicycle bridge bargain biology bonus buttonhole buy best both

Revised January, 1990 before been because boys bears bags butter better boot bowl blow bloom black baseball bring bread brother broken butterfly boat bait become bobbing buttons bother bad box berries began

bail beaver basement build blackberry beside

carry cool call close could cry come

cough curve cashier complaint creature canoe collect carriage carpenter capital capitol coarse council chorus chores cunning cottage chemistry construction capacity certificate civilization communication commercial costume concert conductor concentration

~D~ design dumb discuss delicate destination daddy December drip dog doll drank dress dairy drug deaf dive dealer dining display diary double dumb dig dimple dance doctor donkey dentist doors

~C~ clock camel cherry coming climbed cave cold clothes care campfire charge city contest cover chasm castle coats catch chief cloud closed cakes

candy car can=t cartoon children church class candle cheat clear clerk club coach corner cheese claim creek committee courtesy credit celery constitution conscience
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dinner does dangerous drop drought dried daughter doesn=t dinosaur dark dishes daisy desert downtown dream

everywhere enemy engine evil eighth expert entertain essay exercise evidence existence entitled effect experiment entertainment exclaimed

fan farmer foolish flag fruit false fear free fever file friend fiber flannel from found five fly first

feel feather freight flagpole flapjack flashlight forest flood fur

~G~ gave getting grow green groceries guess goat gymnasium grandfather great give good-bye goes going girl good gem gift gate

~E~ embarrass every eight everyone eat earth eel election elephant extra ever escape enjoy

equipment

~F~ February feature fairly failure final favorite Friday fairy fall farm fun
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food funny flowers float faster football fishing foot famous floor forget forgot

ghost God grapes gasoline glide golden grant glories grief Gurdon guest guide grammar generation

happiness high school headline healthy how him his has heard have hands harvest hungry horrible half

ill introduce imagination index ignore infant insist interior inspect initial inform

knitting know kick kill knife keep kangaroo knew king

~L~ lighthouse

~J~ January jumps judge just join joke junior June July justify jewelry

listen lodge lock lucky life living letter loose little lost latter laboratory log lamp land

~H~ horizon hesitate humor happy her hill how halt hike hobo hotel heal height handicap

helpful hiding hold handy head hook hospital hunter

~I~ island Indian idea ice cream invisible

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journal justice

~K~ knit kiss

last look love

lower law lemonade least league laugh lecture literature lightning

main multiply magazine magnify message motorcycle many magic middle muddy

neighborhood notify neglect necessary naughty November

picnic pocket pencil pool people pretty pennies

~O~ opera one our obey ocean operate organ oxygen old over once

pull please put play parties plain press pretend puppy petroleum parade parrot pirate poem pray policemen potato photograph purchase peaches pneumonia

~M~ museum mechanical military microphone minister motto machinery mayor musician may match mate mind missing Monday march mercy mountain myself

must mailbox moon moved maple minute miss monkey

~N~ notice need newspaper now number near night next neighbor nurse
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open own outside ostrich onto overcome overnight October

~P~ patchwork

percent permit

permission politics pajamas paragraph personality principal particular poison predict pressure pedestrian

read ring ranch room rent repeat reply route recipe relief rural rival

surrender soul slight specific source scene stationary signature stomach scratch silence substance social sing she snow store such school

string socks sandwich science square style supply surprise sheriff September shield some sleep sit stop sack sock soft sorry something someone snowman stuck scare special should summer sand started stone

~Q~ quality queen quarter quilt

resort respect realize regards reference roam

~R~ rail ray repair rowboat remember racing rain river rabbit raising round ~S~ surface spinach secretary standard sympathy similar supreme suspect supply stumble
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soap salt score sew slipper slogan smile spy sentence steam steep

saying shine stairs shade straw squirrel sandbag seawater shore sight silver spirit spring still stream sundown Saturday Sunday sunflower swamp

tunnel table Tuesday ten times takes talked things thank teakettle try top treasure take teach tell trip tablet tight tourist trust

tariff traveled

~W~ wade war water

~U~ upstairs urge umpire urgent uniform under upon use until understand

weather whale whistle wonder worm wound windows whenever whatever world would want

~V~ vicinity vain variety vital violent vote vessel vinegar verse very vest village

warm when walk work which write white wig weed wink wish witch wart wire

~T~ takeoff tease teeth tent thunder tickle tramp trip

twelve terrible Thursday thrifty target toothache threaten telegram typewriter

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Wednesday worried wilderness winning

worth

yellow yell

~Z~ zoo

~Y~ yard

youth yesterday

CHALLENGE WORDS These words were chosen from the Words of the Champions to be used in the third grade spelling bee in case all words on the present list have been given in competition. Two words from each letter of the alphabet have been chosen.

abandonment abdicate baboon backstroke cadence calcium dabbing daft earnest ebony fabric facial gainful gallery hacked haircut ickiness idealize jackrabbit jaded keelboat keypunch landowner library magical

magnetic nagging narrow oasis objective padlock paintbrush quarry quarterly rabies radical sacred safari tackle tailgate undergrowth unicorn vacant vacationland waffle waitress yardage yearning zealous zigzag
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