SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #87 

1. VELDT

2. GAUGE

3. GAIETY

4. ZEPHYR 

5. VENEER 

6. INVEIGH 

7. THEOREM

8. CIABATTA 

9. RICOCHET

10. SUBPOENA

11. ANEURYSM

12. GUERRILLA

13. TROUSSEAU 

14. ALGORITHM

15. INSOUCIANT  

17. FAHRENHEIT 

18. COERCION 

19. LIAISON 

 

 

 

 

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #86

1. Taboo

2. Tattoo

3. Cliche

4. Brawn 

5. Malign

6. Embryo

7. Succumb

8. Porpoise

9. Licorice

10. Bazaar 

11. Bizarre

12. Jealousy 

13. Wednesday

14. Minuscule 

15. Nauseous

16. Fluoride

17. Bellwether

18. Posthumous 

19. Whippoorwill 

20. Entrepreneurial

 

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #85

(With some old demons)

 

1. Nickel 

2. Midriff 

3. Parallel

4. Isthmus

5. Vignette

6. Broccoli

7. Poignant

8. Porpoise 

9. Bailiwick

10. Oligarchy

11 Laryngitis

12. Silhouette

13. Crocheted 

14. Deodorant

15. Plagiarism

16 Vinaigrette

17. Committee 

18. Apocryphal

19. Synecdoche

20. Shenanigans

      

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #84

1. YACHT

2. SUBTLE 

3. VICIOUS

4. FLACCID

5. HEINOUS

6. ANXIETY

7. PASTICHE

8. BUSINESS 

9. BUOYANT 

11. MARRIAGE 

12. MACKEREL 

13. LIGHTNING

14. PARALYZED 

15. NECESSARY

16. AMARYLLIS

17. RENOWNED

18. VENGEANCE 

19. LIEUTENANT

20. CHANGEABLE

21. BUREAUCRACY

22. OPHTHALMOLOGIST 

 

 

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #83

(with some previous stumpers) 

 

1. SEIZE

2. SIEGE

3. VELDT

4. COCOA

5. MILIEU 

6. CERISE  

7. CHASSIS

8. PHLEGM

9. EUNUCH

10. RESCIND

11. PLATEAU

12.. PASCHAL

13. ANXIOUS

14. CONDIGN

15. PHARAOH

16. DESICCATE

17 ANNIHILATE

18. AGGRESSIVE

19. SUSCEPTIBLE

20. PREDILECTION

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #82

(with some old favorites)

1. Sheik

2. Debut

3. Debris

4. Scythe 

5. Schuss

6. Bureau

7. Pyrrhic 

8. Syzgzy

9. Piranha

10. Hymnal

11. Embryo

12. Stupefy

13. Pharisee

14. Harangue

15. Sadducee

16. Amethyst

17. Tessellate 

18. Bellwether 

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #81

(with a few old demons)

 

1. Whorl

2. Anoint

3. Tortoise

4. Jealousy

5. Missile

6. Dinghy

7. Kitsch

8. Shtick (7 and 8 are anagrams)

9. Desiccate

10. Turquoise

11. Shillelagh

12. Leprechaun

13. Hieroglyphics

14. Shibboleth

15. Cappuccino

16. Pusillanimous

17. Frankincense

18. Myrrh

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #80

(with a few old demons) 

1. Harass

2. Bayou

3. Sinew

4. Azure

5. Genial

6. Cerise

7. Concise

8. Rhythm

9. Pyrrhic

10. Wiener

11. Carious

12. Meiosis

13. Publicly*

14. Sinuous

15. Pharaoh

16. Separate

17. Pellucid

18. Publicly

19. Mortgage

20. Cinnamon 

21. Dalmatian

22. Aggressive 

 

*The OED says that PUBLICLY is the most commonly misspelled word in the English language.

 

 

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #79

HARD PLACES (TO SPELL)

1. Largest city in New Mexico

2. Capital of Louisiana

3. Capital of Wyoming

4. Home of the Reds and Bengals

5. Capital of Iowa

6. Catholic University in Pittsburgh

7. NY home of Vasaar College

8. NY city between Albany and Syracuse

9. Capital of Florida

10. Home of the University of Arizona

11. Home of Arizona State University

12. NY town on the Finger Lakes

13. Mexican State bordering the U.S.

14. Archipelago in Indian Ocean east of Africa

15. New Orleans' state

16. Capital of Arizona

17. Capital of Alaska

18-20. Three mountain ranges running northward along the east coast of the United States

21. Capital of the Bahamas 

22. Archipelago between Iceland and Norway 

23. Oldest city in France, dating to 600 B.C. 

Answers:

 

1. Albuquerque 

2. Baton Rouge

3. Cheyenne

4. Cincinnati

5. Des Moines

6. Duquesne

7. Poughkeepsie

8. Schenectady

9. Tallahassee

10. Tucson

11. Tempe

12. Skaneateles

13. Chihuahua

14. Seychelles

15. Louisiana

16. Phoenix

17. Juneau

18. Appalachians

19. Catskills

20. Adirondacks 

21. Nassau 

22. Faroe Islands 

23. Marseilles (MAHR SAY') 

 

SPELLING TEST FORM HELL #78 

(With some old demons)

 

1. Separate

2. Cashew

3. Mensch

4. Apostle

5. Embryo

6. Imagery

7. Anomaly

8. Liniment

9. Calendar

10. Definitely

11. Logarithm

12. Abscissa

13. Strategy

14. Stratagem

15. Gabardine

16. Irascibility

17. Supersede

18. Plagiarize

19. Millennium

20. Camouflage

21. Dumbbell

22. Schwa

23. Tassel

24. Licorice

25. Oeuvre

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #77

1. BUOY

2. FASCIA

3. TOUPEE

4. ECZEMA

5. LIAISON

6. VILLAIN

7. GAUCHE

8. PSYCHIC

9. HIDEOUS 

10. RICOCHET

11. EDACIOUS

12. APOTHEGM

13. OBEISANCE

14. BROUHAHA

15. DIAPHRAGM

16. DILETTANTE

17. MILLENNIUM

18. CONNOISSEUR

19.  INDEPENDENT

20. PREDILECTION

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #76

1. Caduceus

2. Jejune

3. Tassel

4. Raccoon

5. Cachet

6. Licorice

7. Pangaea

8. Nonpareil

9. Imbroglio

10. Proselytize

11. A cappella

12. Eucalyptus

13. Pneumonia

14. Diarrhea

15. Mackerel

16. Opossum

17. Connoisseur

18. Rapprochement

19. Hawaiian Luau

20. Dinghy

21. Khaki

22. Jodhpurs

23. Guerilla

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #75

1. Sinai

2. Ennui

3. Cuckoo

4. Caribou 

5. Satellite

6. Phoenix

7. Phalanx

8. Penuche

9. Satellite

10. Laterally

11. Lagniappe

12. Diphtheria

13. Bacchanal 

14. Mozzarella

15. Dachshund

16. Vichyssoise

17. Camaraderie

18. Cacophonous

19. Heimlich Maneuver

 

SPELLING TEST FROM  HELL #74

1. Pyrrhic

2. Ascetic

3. Savannah

4. Presumptuous

5. Accede

6. Graffiti

7. Genius

8. Ingenious

9. Maelstrom

10. Narcissist

11. Vignette

12. Vinaigrette

13. Maneuver

14. Circumcision

15. Oscillate

16. Archaic

17. License

18. Theory

19. Cache

20. Pseudonym

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #73

(with some old gems)

 

1. Putsch

2. Aegis

3. Sachet

4. Sashay

5. Gauge

6. Harass

7. Larynx

8. Prairie

9. Anoint

10. Milieu

11. Scepter

12. Specter

13. Cologne 

14. Neophyte

15. Anemone

16. Sepulchre

17. Hyperbole

18. Boulevard

19. Persnickety

20. Lachrymose

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #72

(with some old gems)

 

1. Buoy

2. Cocoa

3. Fascia

4. Nickel

5. Parsley

6. Leisure

7. Piranha

8 Asthma

9. Abscess

10. Caraway

11. Inoculate

12. Consensus

13. Embarrass

14. Garrulous

15. Silhouette

16. Tchotchke

17. Boisterous

18. Philippines

19. Malfeasance

20. Ophthalmology

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #71

(with some old gems)

 

1. Mucus

2. Genial

3. Genealogy

4. Catastrophe

5. Repetition

6. Entrepreneur

7. Labyrinth

8. Sycophant

9. Ukulele

10. Cinnamon

11. Ophthalmology

12. Coercion

13. Pharaoh

14. Inoculate

15. Millennium

16. Renaissance

17. Minuscule

18. Caffeine

19. Fuchsia

20. Reveille

21. Fahrenheit

22. Shillelagh

23. Subpoena

24. Cologne

25. Pusillanimous

 

 

 SPELLING  TEST FROM HELL #70

1. Dispel

2. Misspell

3. Pastime

4. Garrulous

5. Indispensable

6. Synagogue

7. Narcissist

8. Fulcrum

9. Memento

10. Linchpin

11. Sioux

12. Lineage

13. Jealousy

14. Voyeur

15. Karaoke

16. Peninsula

17. Grammar

18. Mezzanine

19. Occurrence

20. Pronunciation

 

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #69

 

1. Taupe

2. Kitsch

3. Caisson

4. Archaic

5. Piquant

6. Picaresque

7. Plebeian

8. Amethyst

9. Aeolean

10. Paralyze

11. Paralysis

12. Rigmarole

13. Sepulchre

14. Prevalent

15. Annihilate

16. Exhilaration

17. Bureaucracy 

18. Antediluvian

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #68

1. Okra

2. Bayou

3. Khaki

4. Forfeit

5. Guage

6. Piquant

7. Villain

8. Plateau 

9. Chassis

10. Vertical

11. Chamois

12. Ominous

13. Dexterous

14. Aggression

15. Portmanteau

16. Entrepreneur

17. Recuperation 

18. Accoutrements