80th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee occurred on Wednesday, May 30, and Thursday, May 31, 2007. There were 286 spellers: 139 boys and 147 girls.
The winner was 13-year-old Evan O'Dorney from Danville, California. He won in Round 13 by correctly spelling serrefine. The runner-up was Nate Gartke from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who misspelled coryza.
Word list championship round
- coccyx
- yamisce
- fiancé
- imbroglio
- xanthippe
- Cebulska
- Reykjavik
- soteurre
- centillion
- pneutte
- seatur
- juxtaposition
- tete-a-tete
- ubiquitous
- amelioration
- psychedelic
- ennui
- calicette
- cul-de-sac
- communiqué
- daiquiri
- jodhpurs
- paradigm
- soyeut
- chamois
- quay
- sepulchre
- empousai
- segue
- derailleur
- yosenabe
- coryza
- serrefine
The Championship Finals aired live on ABC from 8:00 PM to shortly after 10:00 p.m. EDT.
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