AARP National Spelling Bee

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2012 Post Bee List of Words used (in order of use)

Written
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
greetings example nemesis felicific
evergreen scour dahlia mizzle
occupy dally halcyon dovekie
august vapid ovate flyting
suffrage genuflect accelerate xenolith
dungaree immutable muumuu bedizen
keelhaul beige boysenberry napery
tidings mugwump kava acclivities
navel kowtow gregarious objurgatory
confetti yeasty questionary queasily
flagrant crux intercalate cotyledonary
bemuse lackadaisical piscatory polysemy
goatee preprandial cahoot weltschmerz
snivel wreaked hyphenate hyoscyamine
queen feisty evince rhythmically
jabberwocky udder usual uakari
animus obliterate feldspar oppugner
ignoble eiderdown jubilee aeciospore
mince xenia licit vatu
peruse jocular omasum syncytial
zine reciprocate relatable knur
harden appellation tuatara iridium
lacuna toploftily skosh liqueur
worrisome mucilaginous viridity tuyere
unabashe hegemony wimble felicitate
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2012 Post Bee List of Words used (in order of use)

Oral Rounds—101-200
101. favonian 135. froward 169. nautch
102. solstitial 136. saxicolous 170. dextrorotatory
103. cliometrics 137. aurochs 171. corynebacterium
104. rhynchocephalians 138. plebiscitary 172. tutoyered
105. perspicuity 139. agammaglobulinemic 173. desiccative
106. salutiferous 140. bilharziasis 174. inenarrable
107. jibboom 141. yeuks 175. roup
108. leukorrhea 142. phreatic 176. caipirinha
109. peptidoglycan 143. hypolimnion 177. fleishig
110. gangrel 144. ophiuroid 178. paulownia
111. surreptitiously 145. longueurs 179. scyphistoma
112. osteomalacia 146. myxomycete 180. kyat
113. chignon 147. pongee 181. saxifrage
114. putrescible 148. ketoconazole 182. rendzina
115. tors 149. butyrophenone 183. montmorillonitic
116. guaiacum 150. hexosaminidase 184. heteroecious
117. orchidaceous 151. furazolidone 185. zeaxanthin
118. sastrugi 152. loculicidal 186. chalybeate
119. diallel 153. chymotrypsinogen 187. oxidoreductase
120. stacte 154. aneuploidy 188. vespertilian
121. monophthong 155. chamaephyte 189. bewrayed
122. verjuice 156. repechage 190. limitrophe
123. rhomboidei 157. inspissator 191. joual
124. nystagmus 158. fouetté 192. synecdochically
125. boustrophedon 159. phthalocyanine 193. fourragère
126. frore 160. dolichocephalic 194. quattuordecillion
127. oleaginousness 161. pleached 195. myrmecophilous
128. ariary 162. dexfenfluramine 196. roentgenologically
129. onchocerciasis 163. velleity 197. hysterosalpingography
130. mycorrhizal 164. papilionaceous 198. glomerulonephritides
131. ephebi 165. reboant 199. acetophenetidin
132. schistosomiases 166. minuend 200. hyaluronidase
133. nostoc 167. guimpe
134. mbira 168. yean
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2012 Post Bee List of Words used (in order of use)

Oral Rounds—201-292
201. acetylcholinesterase 235. aiguille 269. weir
202. pourboire 236. dieffenbachia 270. oud
203. hypabyssally 237. jiao 271. muktuk
204. natriuresis 238. scagliola 272. kiaugh
205. panicled 239. allelopathy 273. arhatship
206. aubade 240. catarrhally 274. fynbos
207. whydahs 241. terrene 275. asyndeton
208. jambeaux 242. isoalloxazine 276. obovoid
209. quoll 243. logorrheic 277. thixotropy
210. chansonnier 244. equerries 278. myeloproliferative
211. rorqual 245. scheelite 279. ceorl
212. encaenia 246. muntjac 280. rhyton
213. racemose 247. voussoir 281. levorotatory
214. chaetal 248. yaupon 282. fraise
215. glaive 249. papillote 283. kieselguhr
216. lurdane 250. kamaaina 284. hypomagnesemia
217. galleta 251. mummichog 285. nebenkern
218. pargyline 252. jurel 286. tagliatelle
219. fioriture 253. chlorpyrifos 287. winze
220. wittol 254. gesneriad 288. spleuchan
221. disembogued 255. logaoedic 289. vugs
222. meiny 256. amygdaloidal 290. feoffment
223. pyelonephritis 257. hypospadias 291. trypanosomiasis
224. fascioliasis 258. murrelet 292. atelectasis
225. osier 259. eremuri
226. gleization 260. indinavir
WINNING WORD
227. kedgeree 261. motte
in round 47 of the Orals
228. psittacines 262. laitance
293. Rhizoctonia
229. clypei 263. skirred
230. langbeinite 264. vanaspati
231. maile 265. jow WORD MISSED
232. gerenuk 266. lwei by 2nd place winner
233. sesquiterpene 267. iwis in round 47 of the Orals
234. weigela 268. toque 294. lamellibranch