Each speller will be asked to spell words from their own and/or the
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SPELLING BEE WORD LIST Each speller will be asked to spell words from their own and/or the grade above their own. Once a grade level is exhausted, we will continue on to the next level. Each word will be mentioned by the proctor, then used in a sentence and mentioned again. Each contestant must say the word, spell the word (c-a-t) and then say the word a final time before being judged. If a child does not understand the word or needs to hear it again, they may ask for the word to be repeated before finalizing their answer/entry. Please note, some words are mentioned in more than one grade level. KINDERGARTEN I, a, at, be, go, on, he, in, at, big, bus, but, can, cap, cat, cup, cut, fun, fun, red, cat, sun, dog, jam, gum, bat, net, pig, get, hen, him, hit, hop, fun, sat, top, bat, plan, ran, big, cup, rub, not, hot, did, bed, jet, sad, fix, , best, end, fox, box, club (now move up to next grade level) 1 FIRST GRADE a going not sleep at got nut sleeping be green of slow big hat on slowed bike he one snowed bus hen pan so but him pet came hit pets can hop pig cap hot planes cat hug play I played in pot store swing ten the three chair time cup top is cut pretty tree ran trip red up ride us it draw dream five keep like make rug water man run first me fly men flying mop fox name frog no from fun game see we seven wet she what ship when show white people, will sister win clean, sit yellow gave sleep, stove, start, flew, get giant 2 yes go luck, happy, carry, thank, taste, shine, crisp, under, hobby, fresh, cost, bring, easy, white field, sting, never, brush, third 3 GRADE 2 all does hid people such along doll hide pick sun am dolls his pie swim an down home pin tag and dress hope place take any drink if plain teach are drive into plan teams as drop jar plane teeth ask drove jet plate tell away dry job please thank bad duck just pond that bag dug kid pretty their bake each kind puppy them ball eat king purple then bank eight kite rain there bat end lake read they bee every land rich thing been eye last right things bell fast late ring think best fat legs road this bit father light rob those bite fed live rock tie black feel log room till blows feet long rub to blue fell look sad toe boat fill lost said took bone find lot sat train book fire low saw trap boy fish luck say tree bring fit made seat trick brother fix many seed truck brown flag may set try bug flat mean sheep tub 4 bun flowers met shop tube buy fog miss shot two by foot mix sick use call for mother side wake car four much silly want catch free mud sing was chair gate must sister watch chase girl my six wave children give myself slam way chill giving nail sled well cold glad need slide went come gold net slip wheel could gone next snake which cow good mice snow why cry grade night some wide cute grass nine soon wish dad gray nose spot years daddy great off state you dark hand old stated day hands only stay deep head or step dig help orange still dish helpful over store do her pat story GRADE 3 about across add afraid after afternoon again age dance dead desk die dinner doctor doesn’t dollar isn’t it’s joy kept key kick kiss kitten quick rabbit race racing rack rage raised rake 5 stopped straight straw stream street stretch string strong ago air almost also angry another anyone anything apple arm around art asked back baked balloon band bark barn basket bath bean bear because before behind better bigger bike birds birthday blew blind blow body boot born bowl boxes branches brave bread breakfast bright brush build don’t done door drank drawing dream driving drum eagle early ears easy everyone everything eyes face falling family far farm feeding feeling fifty fight fine fingers finish first fishing flash flew flies float foil food forgot found freezer friend front funny ghost gift giraffe glove goat knee knew knife knock knot know lady lamb lands large laugh law lay leave left less letter lie life lift liked liking line little lived load lose loud love lunch mark match maybe meal meat meet merry might milk Monday money more morning most mouse mouth 6 rang really riding river roar rode roll rope roses row rubber rule running rush sack sail sailed sale same sang Saturday saved school scratch scream sea second seem send sent serve sew shall shape shelf shell shiny shirt shopping short should sight singer sitting size skate suit summer Sunday tail tape taste teacher team tent tenth that’s these thick thin threw thrill throw Thursday tight tiny tire today together told too tooth torn touch town toy toys track trade traded trash tries trouble true trunk trust Tuesday turn until used very voice burn buses butter cage called campfire can’t candy care carries carry caught chain change cheek cheese cherry chew child circus city classes clay clean clear climb close cloud clown color coming cook copy corn count crack crawl crazy cries goes grades grape grew grinned group grumpy guess gym half hammer hang happen having hear heard heart heavy hello helping here hiding high hiked himself hole horn horse house huge hurt I’ll I’m I’ve ice ill inches ink inside move near neck never newspaper noise none noon note now oak odd oil once other our outside own page paint pancakes park past pay peaches penny picked picnic piece pink pipe point pool prize push put queen quickly GRADE 4 7 skin skinned skip sky sledding slept slice slid sliding small smart smell smile smiling soap sock soft someone something son song sorry sound speak spell spill spoil sport spread spring stairs stamp stand star start stepping stick stone wagging walk wall wanting warm wash watching water we’ll Wednesday were where while whole wild window wing winter wipe without woke woman won’t wood word wore work would wrap write wrong wrote yard year yet young your you’re able above act address against agree airport alarm alive alphabet although always among animal answer aren’t army asleep aunt avenue baking bandage baskets began believe belong below benches between blanket bloom boil bold books bottle bought break breath brick bridge broil broke broken brook broom brought crying curl damage damp danger dare deaf dear death decide deer didn’t died dirt disappear discovered divide double downstairs drain drawer drew drill dump during earn earth edge either elbow electric engine enough evening everybody except exciting false famous fear feather felt fence few fifth fixed however hungry hurry husband important insect insist interested invite island jacket jail jaw job jogging join joking judge juice keys kindness kitchen knees knit knob knocked known label ladder laid lamp landed lazy leader learn lemon let’s libraries lion listen loose lose low loyal lying machine 8 pencil pennies perfect person picture pitch planet plastic playground pocket police polite pound present proud public quickly quilt quit quite radio railroad rained ranch reach reading real reason remember return ripe roast roof root rose rough round royal ruler sailboat salt sandwich sauce scare scarf scrap stove strange struck study suddenly sugar sweet table taught tea tear tennis test thankful thirsty thirty though thought through thumb title toast tomorrow ton tonight total tough travel tray treat tried trimmed truth tune turtle twin uncle understand unhappy unpack upstairs useful using valentine valley village brushes bubble bucket building built burned busy button buying cabins calf cardboard caring carrying catch cause celery center certain chance changing chicken chief choice choose chose circle clock clothing coast coin comb common corner cotton couch cough couldn’t counting couple cousin cover cracked crayon crime crow flight floor flour flow fold follow footprint forest forever forgive fork forty fourth fresh friends fright frost frown fruit fry garden gentle germ giant glue grandfather grandmother groceries ground habit hair handful harsh he’ll he’s health heat herself highest hiking hitting hobby holidays honey hope hoping mailbox marry meant melt metal mice middle mild mile mine mirror moment month moon moths motor movie music needle neighbor nickel ninth no one nobody nothing number nurse o’clock obeyed ocean offer often owe owl owner oxygen pail pain pair pale paper parent passed paste patch path 9 season self several shade sharp she’ll she’s shells shout shut shy sidewalk sigh sign simple since sink sixth skeleton ski skill sleeve slipped slowly smooth snail sneeze snowing soldiers soup sow space spare spark special speeches speed spend spent spiders spoon spray sprinkle squeeze squirrel stereo visited visitor wait walls wanted wasn’t wasting we’re we’ve weak wealth weary weather weren’t western whale what’s wheat wheels whenever whether whistle width wings wise wishes wolf won words world worn worry worse wouldn’t wreath wrecked wren writer writing written you’ll you’re yourself zebra zero zipper crowd crush hospital hour peak peek stood storm GRADE 5 acre action active actor airline alert allow aloud amaze amendment amount amusement angel anger ankle annoy annoying annual anymore anyway apart appointed area argue arrange arrive attach attack attention author aware awhile background backyard badge baggage banana beat crystal cure curtain curve daily damaged daring darkness daughter dawn daytime deal decided defend degree delay delicious delightful deny depend desert despite destroy diaries different difficult dinosaur direct disagree disappoint disapprove dislike double doubt dozen draft dried due guest guide handkerchief handle happily harvest hatch hawk heal healthy heel height herb hero higher highway hoarse holiday honest honor hoped hopeless hopped human humor hundred idea imagine include indicate indoors insult intention inventor jewel journey jungle kneel pepper period permit phone photograph pickle pillows pleasant pleasure plural point pole poll poor position possible postage pour powder powerful practice praise prejudiced prepare president product program promise protection prove providing pure puzzle quarter question quiet quietly quiz 10 stared station steak steal steam steel steep steer stir stomach stopping straighten style suggest suitcase sunset supply sure surprise surround sweater sweep swollen syllable syrup tablet talent talking tasty zoo became beginning behave berry bicycle blindfold blood board bore borrow bottom brake breathe breeze brighten bruise buried bury cabbage calves camera canoe captain capture careless carpet carried carrot carve castle celebration charge cheerful chemical chocolate cities claim clamp clerk climate closeness closet clubs clumsy coaches earthquake easier eaten eighth eighty election elephant enemies energy engines English enjoyment enter equal eraser errands escaped event exact excite expect expert explain explode extended extra factory fair fault favorite fever finally finger finished flashlight foam force forgave fought freezing frighten frozen furnace furniture future knight knives lately laughing laughter lead leaf leaves length library limb limit loaf loan lonely lumber main male mammal manufacture matches mayor meadow measles medal memories message million misplace mistake mixed model moist months mountain movement narrow nation nature neither nephew newspaper notebook notice noticed rainy raise rarely reached receive relax rely remain remove repair repay repeat report represent rescued respect respond resulted rise rising ruin salad sandal says scale scent schedule science seal search seems service settle shadow shelter shoes shower signal silk sincerely slippery snack soak soar socks 11 teaspoon terrible terror textbook thirteen thoughtful thrown thunder ticket tissue tool topic tore tornado tour toward towel towns traffic trail treasure treatment trim tunnel turkey turned twice type understood united unknown unless unusual upset cocoa code coffee coil collar colorful company constant continent country county course covered create cruise garage garbage gnaw government graceful grandparent grapefruit graph grasp grease greet growl grown-ups growth guard noun office orphan ought ounce oven paid painful pause pavement paws payment peaceful pearl peddle softness solid somebody sour source south spider split spoiled sports sprang square squeeze stage stain useless vacation valley value vice-president view visit watermelon wear weekend weigh weird welcome wherever whisper whoever whom whose wildlife windy within wives women wonderful worm worried worst wound wreck wrist x-ray warn yesterday yours 12 GRADE 6 abbreviation ability absence accept accidentally account achieve acquainted acreage activity addition addresses admire adult adventure advice afford agreement alter contagious contain content contest continue contribute control conversation convince cooperation copies correct coupon cradle craft creative creature culture cupboard foolish forecast forehead foreign forgetting forgiveness forward fossil fourteen fraction freedom freight friction froze fuel funnel furnish further galaxy 13 mistaken misunderstand mixture modern monument mood motion Mr. Mrs. multiple muscle museum musical myth napkin nationality natural negative neighborhood requirements rescue resident resources respectful rumor safety sailor salute satisfy scientific scientist scissors selection senior sentence separately serious session altogether ambulance amphibian amuse anchor ancient angle apartment appeared applaud apply appointment appreciate approach Arctic arithmetic artistic assignment Atlantic attract audience automobile autumn average avoid bead beautifully beef beetle begins beliefs bench blown bough bound bows brain brief business calm camped canyon capable capacity capitol career curb curious custom dangerous decimal decision decoration delivery denominator dentist department depth descendant describe deserve dessert details determine dial digestion direction disastrous discriminate discussion distance distributed disturb division Dr. dramatic dyed eager earliest echoes educate effort eighteen electricity element elevator eleven emergency employer emptiness encyclopedia endurance garlic garment gaze gesture governor gracious graduation grateful grief grocery hamburger handsome handy happiest happiness headache ledge heritage heroes higher hire history honorable horizon humid hunger hyphen identify ignore imagination importance improvement independence information ingredient injury inquire inspect instance instant instead instruct instruction instrument interesting intersection 14 nineteen ninety noisy novel numerator observe officer official operate opposite original outline P.S. Pacific paragraph passenger patient pattern pears pedal penalty penguin percent performance personal petal phrase physical piano pledge plumber poem poet policy pollute pollution popular population positive potato potatoes prairie predict prefer preserve prevent shampoo shelves shorten shoulder silent simply sixteen sketch skillful slight solar sole solution solve spaghetti sparrow splinter steering storage strain strategy strength student subdivision subject subtract success successful suffix suggestion sum support surface surrounded system target telephone television theme themselves therefore thicken thousand threat tomatoes trait carefully caution cease cedar ceiling century cereal chains champion chapter choir civil clause cleanse clothes coarse collapse column combination combine comfortable compare compartment complain concentration concern conclude condition confuse connection consider consonant constitution enjoying enormous entire entrance envelope equation equator equipment 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workshop wrestle wrinkle yield merely messenger metric microphone microscope mileage miniature reservation resign responsible restaurant revision rhyme rhythm GRADE 7 a.m. (morning) abandon absorb abuse boundary bracelet brackets brilliant broccoli browse cafeteria estimate evaporate examination exceptional exclamation exclude exhibit 15 accent accident accompanied accomplishment accurate acquaint acquire acres activities acute adapt adaptation adequate adjustment administer admiration admit adolescent adopt advanced advantage advertise advertising advise advisory affect afterwards agility agricultural air-conditioned aisle album algae allergies alligator calendar calories campaign cancellation capital carelessness carpenter casher catalog celebrated challenge character chef chemistry circular circumference civilization collision commentary commercial committee communicate community commuter compete competition complement complication compliment composition comprehension conceal concert conclusion concrete conference confessed confidence conquer conscience conscious conservation considerable consideration construction continual exist expensive explorer exposure external extinct extraordinary extreme factor familiar fascinating fatigue fertilize flammable fluid forfeit forgery fortunate foundation frequent frustrated generation genuine graduate grammar gravity guarantee gymnasium heroic hesitate hibernate high school historian icicles ideal ignite illogical imaginary imitation impress inaccurate incredible index individual inexpensive inflation 16 minor mischief modeling moisture monitor morale mosquito motorcycle mural muscular musician mysterious mystery narrator national necessary nervous numerous nursery nutrition objective obtain obvious occupation occur occurred omitted omitting operation opinion oppose opposition ordinary organize originality palette parallel paralyze participate passers-by patience patients pedestrian percentage permanent permission satisfying scholar sculpture secluded security seize senator sensitive separate serial severe shallow shatter sheriff shield signature significance silence similar sincerity situation smudge social soldier solemn southern specialty specific sponsor stability startle stationary stationery statue substitute subtraction succeeded summary summit summon superior supervision surgeon surgery surplus surrender allowance allowed amplifier analyze angels angles ankles anniversary announce antenna antique anybody apostrophe appeal appearance appendixes applesauce applied applying approval aquarium archeology argument arouse article assemble assembly assistance associate association assorted assume asthma astronaut contribution cooperate coordination courageous criminal criticism customer data debt deceive decorations definite definition delicate demonstrate dependent descendent description detect detour develop diameter dictionary difference disaster discourage discovery disease distress document domestic durable easily ecology edition editor effect effective eliminate embarrass emotion encouragement engineer entertainment environment inherit innocent inspire instructor intelligent interest interfere interference international interrupt interval introduction investigation invitations involvement irregular irresistible irrigation irritable isle journal judgment jury kernel kingdom labeled lbs. (pounds) league legible leisure lightning limited luxury machinery magnificent maintain majority management manufacturer mattress measurement medium memorize memory merchandise atmosphere 17 permitting persist personnel persuade phase poisonous political portrait possess practical precede precision preferred premium preparation presence pressure prevention principle proceed process profession prohibit pronounce pronunciation punctuate punctuation quality quantity quizzed quotation reasonable receipt recipe recognize recommend record rectangle refrigerator reign relationship relief relieve remainder research survival suspension sustain symbol symphony temperature territory theater thorough tomato tongue tournament tradition tragedy transferred transparent transport treasury triumph tropical tying umbrella uncertain unfortunate uniform universal unnecessary urge vaccinate valuable vanilla various vegetables version violation visible visualize vitamin vocabulary volcano wealthy weapon wedding witness worthwhile wrapper attain attendant attitude attraction auction authority authorize autograph automatic automotive awareness awkward bacteria bakery bargain basis belief beneath benefit biannual bimonthly biography border boulder GRADE 8 abbreviate absorbent accept access accessible accessory acoustics accumulate acknowledgment adjust 18 aerial allotted already altercation amass amendment amorous ancestor anecdote angular antiseptic architect arrangement asphalt assignment asterisk attorneys audible aviator bachelor bankruptcy barbaric bask battery behavior benefited blanch brilliance budget bulletin business cachet callus cancellation canvas cashier catastrophe centripetal characteristic chaste cinnamon classic collateral 19 colleague college comedy commerce commercial committee communicate commuter compel compensation competent consider contiguous council counsel country creator critique customary customer daybreak deceive defendant desolate detain devour diagnosis diffidence diminish disappeared disapproval disbursement discernible discrepancy disinterested disoblige dissociate distress diurnal divine domestic domesticate dominance 20 easier effect eject eligible eliminate encouragement encyclopedia epic equilibrium erroneous especially exceptional excessive existence expression extremity feud flexible flout fluorescent folklore forcible fortunately franchise frivolous frostbitten further galaxy galling genuine gnawing gorgeous grotesque gymnasium handicapped handling handsome haphazard harness hazardous headquarters humidor idiosyncrasy 21 impatience impinge incandescent inconsolable indelible inept influence innocence innumerable insistent insoluble integrity intensify interrogative irksome irresistible irrevocable issuing itemized jewelry judicious juror justifiable landslide legitimate leisure liaison library license lieutenant loophole lunar luncheon malicious markup mattress mesmerize meteor metric mischievous misgiving modern modicum 22 mystery negligence neon neutral newsstand noticeable notoriety nuisance numerator nylon obesity oblique obstinate obsolete officious opposite optimism oregano overrate pageant parliament passable paucity penalty perseverance personality picnicking plaintiff poignancy poignant potential prospectus quest questionnaire quixotic radioactive rapacious rayon raze recently reconcile relevant relief 23 repulse revive rhyme rhythm roommate roster sanctuary sandwich scarcely schedule schism scholar schooner sedition semester seminary session solitary subvert statutory terrific thieves tragedy transient transmutation turpitude tyranny unacceptable unique unmoved usher utopia vengeance vocal voucher withhold wrestle written constitution, generosity, economic, endeavor, cylinder, abbreviate, picturesque, molecular, amateur, unique, mischievous, approximate, descendant, epidemic, communicate, scheme, substitute, acknowledge, gigantic, contagious, legislature, rehearsal, prosperous, tragedy, sanctuary, necessary, customary, aerial, category, definite, 24 benevolent, politician, vocalize, threaten, priority, intercept, alternate, ceramic, essential, sustain, poisonous, ingredient, frequency, desolate, apology, deceitful, concept, durable partial, declaration GRADE 8+ List 1 1. absence 2. absorption 3. abundant 4. acceptable 5. accidentally 6. accommodation 7. accompaniment 8. accurate 9.accustomed 10. achievement List 2 1. acquaintance 2. actuality 3. adequately 4. administration 5. adolescent 6. aggressive 7. agriculture 8. amateur 9. ambassador 10. analysis List 3 1. analyze 2. angel 3. annual 4. apparatus 5. appearance 6. application 7. appropriate 8. approximately 10. arrangement List 5 1. bulletin 2. calendar 3. category 4. changeable 5. characteristic 6. chemistry 7. circumstance 8. civilization 9. cocoon 10. commencement List 6 1. commissioner 2. committed 3. comparative 4. comparison 5. competition 6. conceivable 7. confidential 8. confirmation 9. conscientious 10. consciousness List 7 1. consequently 2. considerable 3. consistency 4. continuous 5. controlled 6. controversial 7. cordially 8. corps 9. correspondence 10. criticize List 9 1. distinction 2. distinguished 3. dividend 4. dominant 5. dormitory 6. earnest 7. easily 9. eighth 10. eliminate List 10 1. embroidery 2. endeavor 3. enormous 4. equipment 5. especially 6. essential 7. estimation 8. etiquette 9. exaggeration 10. examination List 11 1. exceedingly 2. exceptional 3. excitable 4. executive 5. exercise 6. exhaustion 7. exhibition 8. expense 9. experience 10. extension List 13 1. fundamentally 2. gasoline 3. gentleman 4. grammatically 5. grateful 6. guidance 7. gymnasium 8. handkerchief 9. heroic 10. hindrance List 14 1. humorist 2. hygiene 3. hypocrisy 4. illustrate 5. imitation 6. immense 7. inability 8. incidentally 9. indispensable 10. influential List 15 1. innocence 2. inquiry 3. institute 4. intellect 5. interference 6. interpretation 7. interruption 8. interval 9. irrelevant 10. irresistible List 27 1. significance 2. simile 3. situated 4. solution 5. sophomore 6. souvenir 7. specific 8. specimen 25 List 17 1. magnificence 2. maintenance 3. maneuver 4. mansion 5. martyr 6. maturity 7. medical 8. merchandise 9. merit 10. miniature List 18 1. mischievous 2. missile 3. misspelled 4. monotony 5. mortgage 6. municipal 7. narrative 8. naturally 9. neighbor 10. noticeable List 19 1. nuisance 2. obstacle 3. occasionally 4. occupy 5. odor 6. offensive 7. omitted 8. opinion 9. opposition 10. Optimism auxiliary, deprivation, equation, hideous, nausea, reservoir, studious, reputable, antidote, chronic, 9. spiritual 10. strenuous benediction, credential, altercation, grotesque, poignant, authentic, convenience, sabotage, camouflage, tedious, expedient, hallucination, flexibility, mesmerize, stringent, lustrous, feasibility, mediator, tutorial, perjury 26
