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Appendix:Scripps winning words

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The following are winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a spelling bee of the USA.

See also the Scripps National Spelling Bee's official website.

The Bee was suspended during the WWII years of 1943–1945.

  1. ^ co-champion Diana Reynard correctly spelled "meerschaum" to end a round; Colquitt Dean spelled "meticulosity" correctly at the beginning of a new round and the contest was declared a draw since the word list had been exhausted (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_NOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wk4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1625%2C4149376)
  2. ^ the Scripps website lists "schappe" as the winning word for 1957; however, both of the remaining spellers misspelled it and the contest was declared a draw (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a11HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tv4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5616%2C4583285)
  3. ^ the Scripps website lists "esquamulose" as the winning word for 1962; however, both of the remaining spellers misspelled it and the contest was declared a draw (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dD0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5075%2C5240982)
  4. ^ bougainvillaea and bougainvillia were listed as acceptable alternate spellings for "bougainvillea" (https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/results/2019/round_results/summary/20)