Spelling Bee Words
Complete spelling bee word lists for every grade level — from 1st grade through 12th grade and adult. Each grade includes six curated lists of spelling bee words to help students prepare for school and regional spelling bees.
Source: SpellQuiz Spelling Bee Words. Use these lists to practice, quiz yourself, or prepare for a spelling competition.
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1st Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| cut | net | hot | lad |
| mom | try | gas | bed |
| jaw | key | cry | fox |
| fat | dad | elk | nor |
| say | log | hop | lip |
| rod | tan | hen | aim |
| web | oil | rid | lit |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| den | end | eve | jam |
| gym | use | age | tip |
| run | pop | fog | tab |
| let | elf | big | boy |
| fit | his | ate | act |
| aid | jar | tie | wit |
| dry | pad | ark | get |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| bad | toe | kit | gap |
| hip | sap | oak | egg |
| bud | bar | ape | rob |
| kid | day | mop | rot |
| bet | bus | pig | are |
| spa | zoo | box | sly |
| nap | tea | tax | joy |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| hug | elm | jet | gut |
| fin | eat | put | tree |
| gum | lab | wig | rub |
| pal | rip | ask | air |
| bay | bib | ice | ace |
| can | pan | bow | raw |
| dog | cow | fur | why |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| dug | her | fly | cup |
| art | now | red | row |
| pod | shy | sin | mug |
| bum | thy | ago | cod |
| hum | set | pit | ink |
| bag | ill | far | sky |
| yak | icy | arm | rug |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| owe | nip | ham | hat |
| ski | any | fry | spy |
| got | map | six | job |
| and | pin | ten | saw |
| mow | dam | fan | was |
| all | sob | mat | dip |
| own | dot | out | fed |
2nd Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| lash | sent | pill | cube |
| germ | rock | cone | fine |
| doll | many | find | lean |
| most | path | iron | slip |
| hoop | kids | crab | lace |
| fold | take | news | shoe |
| fact | dump | dark | wind |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| duet | same | just | cold |
| deck | jeep | silk | fern |
| chug | spots | tell | gold |
| coat | trio | jail | leg |
| fear | snow | Asia | thin |
| gear | stay | mine | maps |
| nest | bend | hood | sung |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| cage | halo | drew | bugs |
| only | hint | bits | foot |
| acid | vase | rate | curb |
| heap | flee | star | chap |
| brag | kiss | duel | talk |
| worn | rope | grow | sake |
| hogs | lord | trap | fork |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| wave | toot | ages | says |
| fuss | wasp | skid | glue |
| item | busy | open | city |
| size | cost | town | pink |
| whom | yard | stop | hold |
| huge | lips | vest | yell |
| core | doze | snip | bike |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| moan | note | hand | when |
| need | wade | boot | boil |
| look | runt | coax | snub |
| figs | pint | hate | mitt |
| sash | soil | dodo | like |
| rake | aged | pile | melt |
| leak | inch | bury | soft |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| move | ache | chip | fill |
| acne | flap | than | omit |
| tend | verb | give | near |
| bowl | knob | past | pale |
| loaf | fail | mice | make |
| blow | dice | calm | wire |
| boss | gulp | idol | bark |
3rd Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| strip | cedar | tools | tasty |
| tight | grill | meter | block |
| folks | graph | slave | trend |
| track | squat | greet | bumpy |
| field | clear | tough | fired |
| daily | chess | knife | plant |
| visit | stamp | world | price |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| child | buddy | comma | mouth |
| comic | coast | crazy | bride |
| fault | folly | crush | sling |
| koala | guide | throw | marry |
| lamps | order | cloth | wrong |
| worst | nicer | swish | serve |
| horse | spell | daddy | bolts |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| taken | villa | feast | above |
| games | bleat | space | sport |
| tenth | pesky | stole | owner |
| saucy | float | tease | grasp |
| quilt | fifty | towel | fraud |
| tramp | notch | bacon | igloo |
| spray | polka | spark | wheat |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| alone | flora | broad | truck |
| braid | along | width | solid |
| prism | quest | adapt | spore |
| shaky | scout | creek | grass |
| thick | begun | fixes | brick |
| grief | wrote | minus | basis |
| stone | snipe | godly | cheap |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| roots | wasps | swirl | event |
| charm | denim | crept | brave |
| salsa | enjoy | roses | shrub |
| cheer | handy | cruel | quail |
| dodge | vowel | faux | madam |
| liter | plays | oasis | began |
| lower | mount | dozen | craft |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| breed | brood | swamp | muddy |
| sword | arose | obese | aside |
| scowl | suave | inner | flesh |
| ghost | straw | queer | later |
| peril | years | piano | reuse |
| staff | twice | rhyme | scrub |
| chill | acorn | furry | stalk |
4th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| symbol | cancel | washed | happen |
| forest | huddle | chorus | indent |
| terror | engine | buckle | walked |
| failed | guilty | sneeze | stride |
| crunch | around | tattoo | mammal |
| unfair | slacks | crouch | thread |
| oyster | wished | salary | ladies |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| clinic | copies | barter | larger |
| pierce | defame | urgent | surely |
| causes | nibble | boiler | pebble |
| breath | temple | corner | mascot |
| agreed | mortar | mopped | mirror |
| cobweb | forget | shrimp | expert |
| excuse | clover | kimono | crayon |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| saying | strand | skiing | string |
| burrow | gather | uneasy | tender |
| better | runner | normal | awhile |
| slowly | stroll | family | remake |
| weekly | raised | museum | should |
| adding | poodle | expect | behold |
| blouse | thirty | vision | finish |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| unkind | pirate | vainly | female |
| guitar | replay | redeem | meddle |
| friend | pollen | cavity | gospel |
| bright | harass | easily | timber |
| intent | spoilt | prince | severe |
| agenda | seldom | absurd | sitcom |
| bother | aghast | stairs | gurgle |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| breast | degree | unique | craggy |
| ascend | island | people | exhume |
| magnet | loaves | midget | napkin |
| ceased | unlock | sticky | depict |
| sleepy | damage | worked | equity |
| owning | employ | cougar | bounty |
| career | hollow | quartz | rocket |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| radish | barrel | square | polite |
| lotion | podunk | whoops | papers |
| common | catnip | tongue | proved |
| lining | quarry | bronze | nodded |
| gentle | twelve | stanza | mission |
| stitch | banana | narrow | aspect |
| reduce | cosmic | jacket | filled |
5th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| rooster | hatchet | swimmer | flannel |
| satisfy | chamber | college | harness |
| evident | furtive | remains | scratch |
| sitting | divisor | shipper | complex |
| edition | figures | instead | skinned |
| culture | aroused | primers | capably |
| stapler | recruit | thieves | emotion |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| brushed | heating | iceberg | concept |
| mutated | boulder | costume | mittens |
| chummed | helping | confess | seventy |
| glimpse | general | snicker | incense |
| swallow | copying | largest | shampoo |
| durable | flights | raining | crystal |
| mercury | stopped | upright | glasses |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| keeping | bobtail | skilful | elderly |
| eclipse | scenery | verdict | lender |
| capture | passing | recount | mounted |
| biscuit | succeed | squeeze | failure |
| tally | prairie | magnify | restart |
| phantom | partner | mention | scuffle |
| tunnels | nursery | archery | sincere |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| backing | expense | raccoon | display |
| adage | whining | mythos | deliver |
| senile | burglar | quietly | cinders |
| receive | gouge | despise | discuss |
| entitle | altered | trouble | ongoing |
| statues | bragged | baize | abyss |
| filling | pinkeye | penguin | rubbish |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| endless | bruised | chimney | freckle |
| issuing | arsenal | declare | started |
| federal | immense | illegal | moisten |
| slipper | circuit | hunting | Jupiter |
| quarrel | reddish | steeple | satiate |
| receipt | menial | cygnet | thanked |
| finally | wrapped | disturb | courage |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| undress | bribery | studied | parry |
| painted | portray | brownie | charity |
| cripple | treated | sawmill | pailful |
| easiest | nothing | pensive | cheetah |
| lexicon | grazier | fantasy | reserve |
| deign | basting | hosiery | counter |
| dreamed | unicorn | convert | rolling |
6th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| bothered | landlord | generate | reckless |
| downpour | research | skeleton | holidays |
| relative | fabulous | shepherd | Colorado |
| disarray | utensils | charcoal | smallpox |
| conquer | delayed | cardinal | envelope |
| salaries | diameter | cargoes | register |
| garnish | ancestor | sprinkle | frighten |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| lemonade | porridge | evaluate | farewell |
| headlong | transit | shadows | question |
| reminded | plasma | festival | hamper |
| printing | adjusted | bookcase | underdog |
| dispatch | choosing | science | cabinet |
| quadrate | engraved | epidemic | incident |
| orchids | nickname | pithy | peroxide |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| clarify | festered | neurotic | mosaic |
| wireless | hydrogen | squiggle | veracity |
| collide | diminish | barrette | locale |
| biscuits | concrete | speckled | furlough |
| rapture | outdoors | punished | mopping |
| childish | bracelet | opaque | manifest |
| congress | shortage | eclair | remedial |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| studios | strange | equator | scramble |
| nudging | amiable | pitons | manacled |
| sailors | mineral | vertigo | musician |
| jackal | pension | starting | pitched |
| lamppost | bathtub | wondered | obstruct |
| ambition | talon | shoulder | abrupt |
| reunion | purge | pantheon | pavilion |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| cypress | deceit | repeated | slovenly |
| sprained | menacing | pastrami | playmate |
| arguable | abstract | pinwheel | lagoon |
| musical | profile | enlisted | terrible |
| declared | dissuade | birthday | caravan |
| criminal | comical | animate | crackers |
| carnival | employed | hastened | followed |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| psychic | hurrying | naivete | officers |
| Saturday | warriors | mitigate | spending |
| contrary | yourself | comrades | unduly |
| defense | forecast | dignity | vineyard |
| exchange | elevated | inquire | magazine |
| salvage | oblivion | creature | happened |
| lengthy | premier | depraved | assessor |
7th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| scripture | minimum | traduce | pulverize |
| happiness | certainly | companion | universal |
| firehouse | guarantee | clambered | geography |
| status | enchilada | conundrum | statement |
| Icelandic | gangplank | whereupon | touchdown |
| delivered | euphemism | splashing | sickening |
| libraries | ritual | clench | intestine |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| stopwatch | billiards | cabal | crucial |
| capillary | substance | hallow | viral |
| explosive | tenacious | mansion | saffron |
| movable | exempt | southerly | tanager |
| newlyweds | imbalance | fireworks | reparable |
| construct | trachea | lightning | convinced |
| immigrate | gerbil | instigate | crocodile |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| boulevard | exception | pleasures | baroque |
| something | deduct | whisper | sinewy |
| connected | quotation | ardent | stickiest |
| opponents | carefully | talkative | sesame |
| delirious | professor | shortstop | religious |
| handsome | rupture | rigmarole | babiche |
| perfectly | perimeter | foray | dilemma |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| matinee | tightened | expand | cliche |
| miniature | scarecrow | adorable | education |
| anarchist | signature | Wednesday | oversight |
| liniment | static | arthritis | accordion |
| longevity | discover | phenomena | sectarian |
| necessary | infusion | eliminate | prisoners |
| excellent | whiskers | disengage | jitterbug |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| frustrate | interpret | insertion | laborious |
| strongest | client | teak | serrate |
| refine | engrossed | desperate | unanimous |
| rhubarb | millinery | empirical | cultivate |
| garrote | citadel | granite | discus |
| luxuriant | dignitary | tapirs | partition |
| antipathy | hereafter | mushrooms | dearth |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| evidently | worthless | penetrate | tress |
| bossy | threshold | chauffeur | subscribe |
| extremely | boomerang | partially | bumblebee |
| viscera | sheathe | Christmas | semantics |
| occupancy | poisonous | assertive | accessory |
| integrity | indict | cuirass | heuristic |
| atonement | credulity | scratches | offensive |
8th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| dialogue | conscience | collate | insurgence |
| vaccine | cannoneer | advertised | trichotomy |
| expression | illegible | vertebra | moratorium |
| visibility | intrusion | messaging | vorticity |
| enzyme | annexation | punishable | carpenter |
| democratic | subterfuge | gruesome | estimation |
| guidance | condign | deface | contiguous |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| physically | iridescent | thereafter | suzerain |
| commercial | reveille | humiliated | manipulate |
| iteration | sturgeon | exsiccate | endemic |
| relinquish | hydroponic | encampment | veterinary |
| perquisite | chieftain | naturalist | severance |
| confronted | pathetic | heighten | cataract |
| golliwogg | upbringing | sentient | bassarisk |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| rescind | ammunition | arduous | caisson |
| tumescent | equivocate | appreciate | implements |
| recuperate | nonpareil | accumulate | adolescent |
| precaution | phenomenon | stagecoach | bombarded |
| subsequent | encourage | drivel | piteous |
| optimistic | tattletale | exciting | reversible |
| pasteurize | truculent | government | unexpected |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| guaranteed | solecism | adventure | cogency |
| technocrat | postmaster | victuals | dictum |
| exigencies | reluctant | anomaly | incomplete |
| discovery | stupor | magnifying | lieutenant |
| penicillin | salubrious | commitment | desiccate |
| remarkable | abduct | successful | eavesdrop |
| atmosphere | sputtering | passageway | hesitant |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| personally | noticeable | astound | receptions |
| momentum | dilettante | buoyant | civilian |
| toxicity | elegance | tranquil | quadriceps |
| culottes | brioche | remembered | clarity |
| quadruple | schiffli | fortitude | artifact |
| decibel | populous | latitude | crematoria |
| encounter | lubricant | conveyance | tetrabrach |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| withdrawal | proprietor | repellent | unilateral |
| calculator | opalesce | suspenders | mortality |
| tombstone | motorcycle | announcing | lubricated |
| notoriety | anticipate | holocaust | aqueduct |
| individual | examining | identity | indulgent |
| posterior | jalousie | convenient | fraudulent |
| pedestal | propeller | manifested | safeguard |
9th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| degenerate | utilitarian | altruism | planetarium |
| mantelpiece | wheelwright | recognition | glaucescent |
| comportment | significant | magnificent | contentedly |
| destination | reactionary | germane | indifferent |
| historical | depredation | figurative | nefarious |
| maladroit | immaculate | necessities | transferred |
| execrate | encumbrance | filial | premonition |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| fallibility | picturesque | asphyxiate | enervate |
| quarantine | pernicious | proportions | fabricated |
| sobriquet | kamikaze | melange | considered |
| stereotype | mathematics | alopecia | scientific |
| extenuating | domicile | contraband | foreshadow |
| maladjusted | consequence | abjure | enterprize |
| tympanum | opprobrious | insouciance | collections |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| circumlocution | assimilate | amputation | shimmering |
| concordance | unintelligible | ingredient | respectful |
| confederacy | noticeboard | transcendental | correction |
| discriminating | photograph | monumental | fractional |
| deliveries | frightened | hodgepodge | instructor |
| repugnance | faithfully | definition | salmonella |
| introduced | interested | interpretation | philanthropist |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | consanguineous | consumptive | irrelevant |
| anatomical | recommendation | tradition | compromise |
| arithmetic | derivative | cadence | impervious |
| polysaccharide | indiscriminate | regrettable | tribunal |
| journalism | charioteer | nonexistent | ineluctable |
| anachronistic | deductible | fashionable | milieu |
| ostentatiously | peacefully | patronymic | competition |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| impalpable | respiration | orthopaedic | philosopher |
| tempestuous | requiem | interpreter | explanation |
| shrubbery | sedulous | indignantly | demagogue |
| preparatory | personality | discipline | compliance |
| likelihood | amputate | advancement | quotient |
| liquidation | unconcerned | illustrious | chromium |
| fealty | colloquial | misdemeanor | unrequited |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| exegesis | industrious | gravitation | torpor |
| consignment | abeyance | verbatim | antithesis |
| antibiotics | frantically | plasticity | martinet |
| sapiential | perspicuous | zinciferous | lilliputian |
| treacherous | nuisance | imperial | continental |
| dilatory | hesitation | commutation | labyrinth |
| implicitly | profligate | putrefy | listless |
10th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| embezzlement | organization | reminiscent | embarrassment |
| indiscretion | interruption | considerable | incomparable |
| suggestions | disseminate | commencement | egocentricity |
| unenforceable | delineate | inflammatory | procrastinating |
| counterpart | glockenspiel | depreciation | palpitations |
| essentially | mitochondria | imperatively | preeminent |
| promiscuous | congratulations | adjudicate | reconcilable |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| preservative | noctambulist | earthenware | inconvenient |
| loneliness | metamorphose | Fahrenheit | abrogate |
| ventriloquism | ombudsman | paleontology | methodical |
| thoroughfare | fanaticism | stenographer | velocity |
| saccharine | interrogative | incumbency | pendulous |
| supercilious | erroneous | idiosyncrasy | perpetuate |
| ampullaceous | complimented | contaminated | counterfeit |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| avuncular | jocular | legislature | debutant |
| trespassing | preventable | corruptible | rudiment |
| emphasis | voluptuous | countenance | beatific |
| indivisible | gregarious | overwhelmed | millionaire |
| reverie | herculean | talisman | stratagem |
| threshing | maladaptive | capricious | atrocious |
| inadequate | influential | gratifying | staccato |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| profession | pantoscope | considerate | appurtenances |
| fricassee | vigorously | inscrutable | coagulant |
| tutelary | strumpet | pronunciation | heretical |
| whimsical | abrasion | troglodyte | corroboration |
| travail | lobbyist | abdicate | proletarian |
| distraction | ingurgitate | incidentally | beguiling |
| salutary | botanist | hazardous | antithetical |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| transgress | obeisance | characteristic | misanthrope |
| preponderance | articulation | forbearance | quintessential |
| legislation | parsimonious | convalescent | predecessor |
| representative | irrefragable | gullibility | nonagenarian |
| adulation | electrolysis | installation | incapacitated |
| onomatopoeia | malignant | centrifugal | incendiary |
| neurological | idiosyncratic | xylophonist | embarcadero |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| peregrinate | grammatically | misconception | distinguished |
| passionately | cooperation | duplicity | cognizant |
| polychromatic | accommodations | consanguinity | aerodynamic |
| fibrillation | justification | challenging | pertinent |
| captivating | extraordinary | ostracize | vaudeville |
| listlessness | insurrection | boutonniere | synchroneity |
| hydrofluoric | technography | rhapsodical | refurbish |
11th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| undesirable | dissonance | evanescent | photocopier |
| delineation | counterweight | cobblestone | handicapped |
| insignificant | valedictorian | headmistress | precautionary |
| refreshment | approximation | acknowledged | plantation |
| substantiate | typographical | demonstrate | fulfilment |
| featureless | proliferation | expostulation | psychological |
| scrutinize | nullification | destructive | dictionaries |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| administration | malaise | hydroelectric | cheesecloth |
| familiarise | accompaniment | bloodcurdling | arachnophobia |
| accommodation | precipitation | restrained | abscess |
| perfidious | parenthesis | lexicographer | catamaran |
| cleanliness | juxtaposition | syllabication | insularity |
| irretrievable | concessionary | participant | meteorology |
| nonchalant | commercialize | recuperation | irresistible |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| confectionery | unsuccessful | continuation | controversial |
| penitentiary | bicameral | parallelogram | inexpensive |
| haphazard | abaciscus | outstanding | unimportant |
| communicating | hindrance | counterpoint | preposition |
| mononucleosis | asceticism | schoolhouse | butterscotch |
| intelligence | expropriation | unforgettable | butterfingers |
| acupuncture | extraneous | grandfather | authoritarian |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| philanthropic | heterogeneity | turbulence | acetaminophen |
| granddaughter | indoctrinate | congratulate | italicization |
| permanently | irreverential | firefighter | announcement |
| harmoniously | aberration | correctional | ameliorate |
| affectionate | unimpeachable | hallucination | subdivision |
| miscalculate | effervescent | disturbance | lackadaisical |
| conciliatory | beautifully | debilitate | prerequisite |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| apparition | soundtrack | chronological | introspective |
| renovation | instrumental | neophyte | phytoplankton |
| discontinue | paperweight | marshmallow | denomination |
| instantaneous | disappearing | unprecedented | tonsillectomy |
| commiserate | fundamentally | resourceful | unconscious |
| fortuitous | schizophrenia | contraction | containers |
| procrastination | bibliography | featherweight | hearth |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| punctuation | gastronomical | unimaginable | worthlessness |
| contemporaneous | pericardium | personalize | photosynthesis |
| inadvertently | pumpernickel | antagonist | constellation |
| revolutionary | impeachment | supermarket | serendipitous |
| prosperity | screwdriver | enervating | deteriorating |
| egotistical | concentration | semiconscious | nocturnal |
| supposition | incorrigible | precocious | capitulate |
12th Grade Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| congressional | compassion | circuitous | hypothalamus |
| equivalence | approximate | intermediate | abeyant |
| sanctimonious | submissive | disconcert | insecticide |
| punctilious | marsupial | affirmation | schnitzel |
| conciliate | grandparent | peculiarities | manumission |
| hydrodynamics | inauspicious | actuarial | millennium |
| participate | successfully | derivation | compliment |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| anniversary | frigidarium | inconvenience | complementary |
| rehabilitation | questionable | synthesis | insurmountable |
| undernourished | nonessential | hallucinations | incompatible |
| delicatessen | verisimilitude | inaccurately | detachable |
| grandiloquence | stalactite | compensation | convergence |
| perfunctory | exaggerate | recondite | utilitarianism |
| recalcitrant | expeditionaries | belligerent | commissariat |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| clairvoyant | impeccable | squirrelly | antagonize |
| melancholy | claustrophobia | jocularity | centennial |
| organizing | derailment | fraternity | camaraderie |
| spontaneity | specialist | electromagnetic | rollercoaster |
| paranormal | concatenate | navigation | characters |
| pretentious | bioluminescent | illiteracy | conspiracy |
| accomplice | stewardess | surreptitious | profitable |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| outrageous | condescending | disability | exasperation |
| irrigation | stevedores | Hispaniola | irreproachable |
| propulsion | scriptwriter | lymphatic | mournful |
| vociferous | discourage | fragmented | perspicacity |
| graduation | interplanetary | threadbare | medication |
| mechanical | reciprocal | complaisance | podiatrist |
| collaborate | foreordination | rejuvenate | conviction |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| preferable | coincidence | architectural | pronounceable |
| rhapsody | enunciation | perspective | anathematize |
| svelte | decaffeinate | unidentified | obstreperous |
| increasing | declamatory | trajectory | pachyderm |
| intersection | astigmatism | stringent | enthusiastic |
| edification | etymology | anthropology | reminisce |
| housekeeping | confidentially | institution | straightened |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| reconnaissance | declaration | disembodied | scrupulous |
| tachometer | merchandise | incipient | scandalized |
| importance | observation | androgynous | protuberant |
| diphtheria | sequester | intangible | handwrought |
| simultaneous | improvement | incongruous | hedonism |
| maraud | inspiration | exhibition | financially |
| indigence | separatist | pestiferous | tribulation |
Adult Spelling Bee Words
List 1
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| boisterously | hallucinogen | narcissistic | indispensable |
| correlation | registration | transcontinental | metaphorical |
| flabbergasted | entrepreneurs | functionality | amoeba |
| matriculate | Mississippi | mercantilism | vegetarianism |
| brainstorming | unpleasantness | antipollution | decentralization |
| intimidated | acquaintance | introduction | concessionaire |
| confidentiality | spontaneous | proposition | chrysanthemum |
List 2
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| punctuality | aeronautical | sentimental | refectory |
| disciplinary | commonplace | conservation | collaboration |
| inconsequential | conscientious | fluorescent | exterminate |
| superiority | disposition | persnickety | oscilloscope |
| stratification | unanswerable | tablespoonful | evangelical |
| apocalyptic | troublesome | incoherently | prestidigitation |
| discrepancy | despondency | beleaguered | transatlantic |
List 3
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| claustrophobic | sensational | commendable | inextinguishable |
| cinematographer | tetrahedron | construction | examination |
| carbohydrate | uninhibited | monstrosity | pterodactyl |
| orthopedist | acknowledgement | supernatural | inflammable |
| purification | inquisition | fluctuation | anthropomorphous |
| chiropractor | cataclysmic | impractical | athleticism |
| demonstrable | disingenuousness | exacerbated | astonishment |
List 4
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| workmanship | incomprehensible | generalissimo | demonstration |
| barbiturate | omnipresent | encyclopedia | acquiescence |
| independence | cellophane | disintegrate | matriculation |
| transcription | complication | alcoholism | vacancies |
| relationship | entrepreneur | congratulated | hackneyed |
| mobilization | metamorphosis | eavesdropper | reclusive |
| tribulations | truculently | pamphleteer | animation |
List 5
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| affenpinscher | appurtenance | remuneration | conflagration |
| gerrymander | insolence | sophistical | inopportune |
| ephemeral | consequently | salutatorian | kindergarten |
| divisibility | rearmament | sinusitis | postulate |
| tumultuous | paparazzi | remembrance | formidable |
| unscrupulous | pneumatic | indomitable | hippopotamus |
| illustration | intensification | grammarian | posthumous |
List 6
| Word | Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| corporation | divergent | emphatically | uncollectible |
| frontispiece | miscellaneous | reinforcement | administered |
| adversity | arachnophobia | ophthalmology | intransigent |
| perpendicular | vacillate | veterinarian | deference |
| philanthropy | omnipotence | blitzkrieg | laryngitis |
| honorific | excommunicate | commissioner | subsidiary |
| generalization | exhilarating | nutritiously | nationalities |
Spelling Bee Words – Frequently Asked Questions
What are spelling bee words?
Spelling bee words are curated vocabulary lists used in competitive spelling bees. They are organized by grade level so students at every stage can practice age-appropriate words, from simple 3-letter words in 1st grade to advanced vocabulary like "chrysanthemum" and "prestidigitation" at the adult level.
How many spelling bee words are in each list?
Each grade level contains six lists of 28 spelling bee words, giving you 168 words per grade to practice. Across all grades (1st through 12th and adult), there are over 2,100 total spelling bee words.
How do I use these spelling bee word lists to study?
Start with the grade level appropriate for the student. Have someone read each word aloud, use it in a sentence, and ask the student to spell it. Work through one list at a time before moving to the next. Repeat any lists where mistakes were made.
Where do these spelling bee words come from?
These spelling bee words are compiled from SpellQuiz, a widely-used spelling education platform. The lists are designed to match school grade levels and progressively introduce more complex vocabulary and spelling patterns.