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Saturday, May 31, 2008; Page B01

A sample of winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee over the years:

1925: gladiolus

1932: knack

1938: sanitarium

1940: therapy

1956: condominium

1960: eudaemonic

1973: vouchsafe

1980: elucubrate

1991: antipyretic

2001: succedaneum

2004: autochthonous

2006: Ursprache

2007: serrefine

2008: guerdon


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