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The Scripps National Spelling Bee is an educational promotion sponsored by The E.W. Scripps Company in conjunction with sponsoring organizations around the world. Its purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabulary, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage

that will help them all their lives. The program is open to students attending public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, and home schools.

The National Spelling Bee was begun in 1925. Nine students participated in the

first national finals. In 1942,

Scripps acquired the rights to the program. There was no Scripps National Spelling Bee during the World War II years of 1943, 1944, and 1945. Of the 96 champions, 49 have been girls and 47 have been boys. Co-champions were declared in 1950, 1957, 1962, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee will involve more than 11 million students.

The Journal Gazette is in its 64th year of sponsoring the local bee. The bee is presented by STAR Financial Bank. Annually, nearly 20,000 students in a 15-county area participate in the bee with the winner representing northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio at the national bee in Washington, D.C.

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big

get

old

hen

now

fell

barn

step

too

find

cape

eat

take

shed

how

ride

wall

baby

note

hunt

slid

made

show

into

spots

ring

such

most

here

gate

mine

deep

glow

love

coin

stone

them

plane

stay

coal

was

sunny

toes

soon

nice

going

door

clams

kitten

garden

cord

arms

west

team

skim

belly

hire

wink

move

aid

rose

deck

bead

hurt

grins

leaf

spurs

elm

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unscrAmble the words

build A sentenceDirections:Use the following words in a sentence.

1. Tag ________________________________

2. Put ________________________________

3. Hill ________________________________

4. Jam ________________________________

5. Cork _______________________________

6. Hope ______________________________

7. Mask ______________________________

8. Tape _______________________________

9. Ants _______________________________

10. Sleep _____________________________

ActiVities

1. gru __________________________

2. ankth ________________________

3. ntouc ________________________

4. nrtoh ________________________

5. innder _______________________

6. hys __________________________

7. syill __________________________

8. oresn ________________________

9. evner ________________________

10. nkas ________________________

11. btho ________________________

12. nthet _______________________

13. qltui ________________________

14. lehot _______________________

15. hyw ________________________

16. ryivo ________________________

17. fwerlo ______________________

18. ggyso _______________________

19. onci ________________________

20. llipow ______________________

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identify How many English words can you think of using these Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes?

bio ________________________________________

mar _______________________________________

sol ________________________________________

pyro ______________________________________

veri _______________________________________

ad ________________________________________

cog _______________________________________

bene _____________________________________

ous _______________________________________


foot

bank

paws

oak

drive

alone

frogs

dew

paste

unkind

person

nearly

lower

walk

obey

winner

pilot

fresh

roof

flying

bitter

south

stack

panda

slumber

gall

wishes

missing

pretend

nodded

change

once

insect

scale

crept

speak

carving

oval

purse

mossy

cattle

offer

hairpin

clipper

marsh

shabby

hushed

manner

scraped

impact

breeze

standoff

narrow

lazily

primers

marbles

tennis

world

kettle

shelves

crumpled

mailboxes

perhaps

nannies

button

alley

sprinkle

complete

diaper

transporting

lukewarm

violet

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castle

bicycle

village

promptly

matron

produce

horrid

invitation

faucet

enormous

canal

shilling

halter

basting

hornet

Viking

chapel

pouted

aspect

rotating

crooked

warmth

craggy

Icelandic

temple

engraved

newlyweds

protested

amusing

cinders

abroad

superb

Norse

custody

sullen

Bollywood

clambering

strident

severely

manure

intersect

slobbery

valuables

expensive

Venice

breakfast

salvation

unison

diagram

spinster

grocery

pastures

neglected

receptions

energetic

plantations

decent

survival

disguise

undesirable

tonic

enlisted

tomes

levied

bookmobile

nursery

shortage

precise

roundabout

handiwork

balloonist

improvise

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nAtionAl spelling bee chAmpionship wordsHow many of these can YOU spell?* 1927 luxuriance

* 1928 albumen

* 1929 asceticism

* 1930 fracas

* 1931 foulard

* 1932 knack

* 1933 torsion

* 1934 deteriorating

* 1935 intelligible

* 1936 interning

* 1937 promiscuous

* 1938 sanitarium

* 1939 canonical

* 1940 therapy

* 1941 initials

* 1942 sacrilegious

* 1943-45 NO BEE

* 1946 semaphore

* 1947 chlorophyll

* 1948 psychiatry

* 1949 dulcimer

* 1950 meticulosity

* 1951 insouciant

* 1952 vignette

* 1953 soubrette

* 1954 transept

* 1955 crustaceology

* 1956 condominium

* 1957 schappe

* 1958 syllepsis

* 1959 catamaran

* 1960 eudamonic

* 1961 smaragdine

* 1962 esquamulose

* 1963 equipage

* 1964 sycophant

* 1965 eczema

* 1966 ratoon

* 1967 Chihuahua

* 1968 abalone

* 1969 interlocutory

* 1970 croissant

* 1971 shalloon

* 1972 macerate

* 1973 vouchsafe

* 1974 hydrophyte

* 1975 incisor

* 1976 narcolepsy

* 1977 cambist

* 1978 deification

* 1979 maculature

* 1980 elucubrate

* 1981 sarcophagus

* 1982 psoriasis

* 1983 Purim

* 1984 luge

* 1985 milieu

* 1986 odontalgia

* 1987 staphylococci

* 1988 elegiacal

* 1989 spoliator

* 1990 fibranne

* 1991 antipyretic

* 1992 lyceum

* 1993 kamikaze

* 1994 antediluvian

* 1995 xanthosis

* 1996 vivisepulture

* 1997 euonym

* 1998 chiaroscurist

* 1999 logorrhea

* 2000 démarche

* 2001 succedaneum

* 2002 prospicience

* 2003 pococurante

* 2004 autochthonous

* 2005 appoggiatura

* 2006 Ursprache

* 2007 serrefine

* 2008 guerdon

* 2009 Laodicean

* 2010 stromuhr

* 2011 cymotrichous

* 2012 guetapens

* 2013 knaidel

* 2014 feuilleton

stichomythia

* 2015 scherenschnitte

Nunatak

*2016 Feldenkrais

gesellschaft

* 2017 marocain

bee tips:• Want to study more? You can

go to www.myspellit.com for more words. Myspellit.com is the official site for school champions to use to prepare for the county and regional bee.

• You may ask the definition, language of origin and to have the word used in a sentence to ensure you are spelling the word correctly.

study tips:• Do you know anyone who is trying to learn a

new foreign language? Does this person have a textbook? Find textbooks for various foreign languages and peruse the vocabulary sections. Some spelling patterns might surface!

• Take a look at various dictionaries for foreign languages that use the Roman alphabet. Look at the pronunciations for the entries. You might gain a sense of sound and spelling correspondences for words that have come into English from these languages.

• Do you have an “electronic” dictionary that has a search feature? If so, search for all the words in the dictionary that have a particular language of origin. Look at each list of words from a given language and see if you can spot spelling patterns within this language.

• Visit www.myspellit.com for additional language, study tips and pronunciation of foreign words.

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altitude

sparsely

musician

practically

testament

simulate

disengage

Mohawk

exterior

scenery

opponent

allowance

committee

bulletin

hoarsely

automated

subdivision

heralded

appointed

regents

infraction

Pacific

affirmation

cipher* or

cypher

administration

geometry

atoll

miracle

callous

grandiose

dexterity

barrette

cordial

alacrity

marmalade

orchids

despondency

composure

jauntily

Hispaniola

quantum

calamine

exasperation

sophomore

reprobate

annoyance

paralysis

chimpanzee

peroxide

amputation

conspiracy

sinewy

flabbergasted

boisterously

linoleum

tapirs

repugnance

impeccable

contagious

stevedores

commendable

incessant

ricochet

tribulations

azalea

fluorescent

reservoir

truculently

generalissimo

vociferous

merengue

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study word list

claustrophobic

Methuselah

entrepreneurs

monsieur

pièce de résistance

consecutive

scavenger

defensiveness

vegetation

sconces

Cyclops

aerospace

correctional

segregation

instantaneous

nausea

Chesapeake

proviso

dragoons

gargoyle

anecdote

brigands

mandible

crampon

Sherpa

malign

boroughs

monomania

taxidermy

piteously

strenuous

intimation

conundrum

atrocity

voluminous

propaganda

conspicuous

premonition

memorandum

pastrami

germinate

parenthetical

crematoria

massacres

petulance

facilitate

extenuation

incarcerated

appendectomy

subterranean

financiers

treacherous

orthopedic* or

orthopaedic

sphinx

lama

celerity

acacias

Seminole

hallucinations

endeavor* or

endeavour

labyrinthine

excruciating

lichenous

chandeliers

uncoquettish

tempestuous

Pyrenees


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