Saturday, May 31, 2008
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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