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80th Scripps National Spelling Bee

Spelling bee held in the United States in 2007

The 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 30–31, 2007.

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, Canada, who misspelled coryza.

There were 286 spellers this year, 139 boys and 147 girls. Fifty-nine survived the first day. By lunchtime of day two, it was down to 33, and 15 by 2 pm. Andrew Lay's correct spelling of "negus" and surprised response and Kennyi Aouad laughing upon hearing "sardoodledom" became popular video snippets. The showdown began between O'Dorney and Gartke when both contestants were the last to survive correctly spelling 7 consecutive words each.

The first place prize was $50,000 in cash, and additional prizes from Scripps.

The championship finals aired live on ABC from 8:00 PM to shortly after 10:00 p.m. EDT.

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}}

References

Neuman, Johanna (1 June 2007). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-01-na-bee1-story.html Spelling bee a drama of consonants, dissonance], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''

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