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Round One is an oral spelling round, with words deriving from the Bee's official list, Words of the Champions. Round One was a written spelling test, and had changed in format several times. In the few years prior to 2008, Round One had consisted of a 25-word, multiple-choice written test.
The following list, of about 350 words, is based on documented lists [4] [10] of the top 100, 200, or 400 [3] most commonly misspelled words in all variants of the English language, rather than listing every conceivable misspelled word. Some words are followed by examples of misspellings:
The first such occurrence was in 1950, when Dean Colquitt and Diana Reynard were declared co-champions after the contestants had exhausted the list of available words. [4] In both 1957 and 1962 joint champions were declared when both remaining contestants spelled the same word incorrectly.
Actor LeVar Burton hosted the spelling bee on Scripps-owned Ion Television and Bounce TV, which broadcast every day of the event. [10] The spelling bee was broken up into four segments this year: preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. [6] The newly introduced word meaning competition returned for the second time. [11]
The Words of the Year usually reflect events that happened during the years the lists were published. For example, the Word of the Year for 2005, 'integrity', showed that the general public had an immense interest in defining this word amid ethics scandals in the United States government, corporations, and sports. [1]
1.1 With unusual spelling. 1.2 By formation. 1.3 By pronunciation. ... Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year; Most common words in English; With unusual spelling
The spelling competition began on Tuesday May 29 with written spelling and vocabulary tests, this is the main way to get to the finals. The rest of day one consisted of one oral round of spelling, designated round two, with words drawn from a circulated list of 600. 452 spellers spelled their word correctly and advanced to day two. [10]
In 1932 Leonard B. Wheat examined the rules and word lists found in various American elementary school spelling books. He calculated that, of the 3,876 words listed, 128 had ei or ie in the spelling; of these, 83 conformed to I-before-E, 6 to except-after-C, and 12 to sounded-like-A.