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English spelling, like English grammar, can take years to develop and master. Starting in preschool, children learn how to spell and use basic words. As students progress through grade levels, they are expected to know how to spell an increasing number of words. <\/span>
\nThese words become more complex and sometimes it seems the spelling rules go out the window.<\/span>
\n The English language contains a lot of loan words from other languages including Spanish, French, and German. These words sometimes become common in everyday use, but they are also considered fair game for spelling bee competitions.<\/span>
\nSpelling bees, particularly the<\/span> Scripps National Spelling Bee,<\/span><\/a> have been compared to sporting events with competitors sweating it out in front of a crowd and TV cameras all over the place. The pressure put on elite spellers during a spelling bee can be intense. So, how does one get good enough at spelling to compete in a national spelling bee like the elite level Scripps spelling bee? In a word: study. Easy and intermediate level words can usually be spelled out phonetically, but more advanced spelling words need to be memorized.<\/span><\/p>\n

5th Grade Spelling Bee Words<\/b><\/h3>\n

What are some spelling bee words avid spellers should know? The fifth grade level is often pointed to as the standard for being a good speller in general. Below is a list of commonly used fifth grade spelling bee words according to Scripps.<\/span>
\ncanal, 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, 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, consecutive, scavenger, defensiveness, vegetation, sconces, Cyclops, aerospace, correctional, segregation, instantaneous, nausea, Chesapeake<\/span>
\nIf you can spell most of the above words from memory, you’re off to a great start. If the words above look like they are too difficult, consider starting with the list of elementary school words.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elementary School Spelling Bee Word List<\/b><\/h3>\n

Below is a list of the Scripps spelling bee words for first, sixth, and eighth grade for reference. For a native English speaker, there are both easy and difficult spelling words in this list. A competent speller will know most of these words and their definitions from memory. (All words from https:\/\/spellingbee.com\/)<\/span><\/p>\n

1st Grade Spelling Words<\/b><\/h3>\n

red, see, fun, zoo, din, fall, fun, ask, lad, best. pay, hill, air, keep, fish, one, gills, path, rain, burp, tent, sick, code, maze, webs, boat, date, trim, yard, week, game, hope lake, sold, king, just, even, carry, yelp, jaws, mind, salt, city, eggs, away, pool, lunch, happy, lima, grapes, yummy, shy, dirt, spin, bugs, robe, safe, badly, vine, purr, done, crisp, face, next, mean, soggy, click, grade, wings, before, yawn, beets, twig, tabby, cage, wool, brand, paper, hurry, after, litter, holding, street, lift, fluffy, alarm, oink, mercy, lobby, alert, tiptoe, pillows, tinker, finch, blacktop, heater, morning, present, recess, pizza<\/span><\/p>\n

6th Grade Spelling Words<\/b><\/h3>\n

warped, flail clanging, qualify, solely, refined, plodding, Japanese, advanced, sensible, beneath, penalty, mockingly, compartment, achieve, hoisted, doffing, banishment, furled, immune, volley, perish, dismissal, temporary, anthem, rebuked, garret, irked, prickliness, narration, dormer, realization, supposedly, ruefully, guise, pennant, fulcrum, recognition, governess, conquering, alabaster, tendrils, invariably, scrimmage, procession, writhing, rosette, medicinal, conservatory, miniature, accompany, fiddle-faddle, pronto, calculus, fugitive, percussion, siesta, hilarious, cooperage, paramedic, humanitarian, culprits, stagnant, diabolical, buzzard, martyr, garbanzo, cliques, antagonism, couriers, miscreant, peasantry, homily, suffocate, cavil, apprehend, guava, penitent, vexation, cherished, sturgeon, clavicle, damask, abolition, extricates, lustrous, diminutive, sepia, rivulets, barbarous, sagacity, gangrene, chilblains, Jacuzzi, pad thai, relinquish, Caribbean, hibiscus, jefe, Xanadu<\/span>
\n8th Grade Spelling Words<\/b>
\npegasi, armada, promenade, vocational, reprimand, eclair, indelible, cologne, gondolier, muttonchops, cliches, impregnable, trenchant, catacombs, salutation, dervishes, consonants, velveteen, galleon, wastrels, redundancy, inertia, bronchitis, juniper, haberdashery, offal, garrison, felicitously, treacle, attenuated, valise, dissertation, recompense, piedmont, sumptuous, portentously, antecedents, gaiters, sachet, chloroform, metallurgy, Prague, balsam, emaciated, kelpies, corrugated, amethyst, chivalrous, phalanx, cyanide, galette, noisome, munificent, affidavit, glutinous, Babylon, docile, tetrarch, frippery, homo sapiens, ligatures, grenadier, canapes, voltaic, espionage, rapacious, prevaricate, acclamations, Harlequin, fascist, savanna, balaclavas, courteous, aphorism, diffidence, cinnabar, eviscerated, unguents, concertina, electrolysis, asseveration, lobelia, balustrades, expiation, flambeau, solomon, ambuscade, execrations, fuchsia, proboscis, exordium, Leipzig, phaeton, marengo, jacquerie, beryllium, ichor, tergiversation, mille-feuille, auf Wiedersehen<\/span><\/p>\n

20 Most Misspelled Words<\/b><\/h3>\n

The list below contains the twenty most misspelled English words. These words are commonly used by English speakers and even though the words may be easy to read, they can be difficult words to spell correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n