Saturday, August 20, 2016

And Speaking of The Scripps National Spelling Bee..........

Here are some winning words of years gone by.

1925 : gladiolus
1926 : abrogate
1931 : foulard
1934 : deteriorating
1939 : canonical
1942 : sacrilegious
1943 to 1945  : No Spelling Bee due to World War II
1946 : semaphore
1950 : meticulosity
1953 : soubrette
1960 : eudaemonic
1961 : smaragdine
1962 : esquamulose
1971 : shalloon
1979 : maculature
1980 : elucubrate
1986 : odontalgia
1988 : elegiacal
1995 : xanthosis
1998 : chiaroscurist
2001 : succedaneum
2005 : appoggiatura
2012 : guetapens

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