2023-2024
Three Bee Study Words for Eighth Grade
The School Spelling Bee Study List is broken down into three levels of difficulty: One Bee, Two Bee and
Three Bee. Three Bee words include words appropriate for seventh and eighth grade.
The list below includes 100 challenging eighth grade words. If you learn the spellings and meanings of
these words, you will be well prepared for your eighth-grade classroom bee. To prepare for a school
spelling bee, ask your teacher for the full 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List, which includes these
words, the remainder of the Three Bee words, and the One Bee and Two Bee words.
arable
surfactant
nitrogen
paralysis
metronome
attorney
snivel
contemptible
altimeter
jugular
insolent
aura
propitious
ellipsis
thyroid
elongated
lasso**
OR lassoo
incandescent
bureaucrats
refuge
shoal
perpendicularity
antechamber
jeopardy
sauna
conciliatory
forsook
boba
animatronics
frijoles
minimus
senescent
secreted
aspirin
aptitude
Chicana
bilge
simultaneously
Copenhagen
Bunsen burner
defoliant
aerosol
Ramadan**
OR Ramadhan
photosynthesis
malignant
matterhorn
divot
pixels
antonyms
Trinidadian
mangels
nopales
Gilgamesh
conjunto
Sumerian
pinyin
Taoism**
OR Daoism
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pronunciations.
lymphoma
scandium
dendrochronology
palomino**
OR palamino
retinitis pigmentosa
fens
haw
peplos**
OR peplus
moira
Erlenmeyer flask
Samian
luciferin
megaron
sphagnum
pronaos
craquelure
Macao
OR Macau
silicon
Albuquerque
Mumbai
turquoise**
OR turquois
Assam
lanthanides
antimony
amphoras
hypocaust
Official Dictionary of the
Scripps National Spelling Bee.
merriam-webster.com
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2023-2024
Three Bee Study Words for Eighth Grade
avens
grebe
pipette**
OR pipet
leks
pullets
Macedonia
centrifuge
coleus
Tetrazzini
Pleiades
coccidiosis
rooibos tea
Versailles
meitnerium
Okefenokee
Popocatepetl
Shaanxi
** preferred spelling
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spelling games and audio
pronunciations.
Official Dictionary of the
Scripps National Spelling Bee.
merriam-webster.com
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