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Quiz Monkey |
| Language |
| Spelling |
I resisted having a Spelling category for many years; I suspected that there may be too many potential words to make it worthwhile (because you can never hope to get a list that's anywhere near complete). Also, in a Quiz League format (where, if one team gives the wrong answer, it's passed over to the other team for a bonus) they don't work so well because often there are rarely more than two or three possible answers.
But spelling questions are always popular (it was one of the eight first-round categories in Bullseye, after all) and it happens to be a favourite subject of mine personally.
I think what follows is an interesting selection. Try checking these with Bully:
| ACCELERATE | ACCIDENTALLY | ACCOMMODATE | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | ACQUAINTANCE |
| ACQUIESCE | ACQUIT | ANALYSIS | ANTIMACASSAR | ANTIRRHINUM |
| ASCETICISM | AUTOCHTHONOUS | BELLWETHER | BOUGAINVILLEA | BOURGEOISIE |
| BROCCOLI | BUREAUCRAT | CEILIDH | CEMETERY | CHIHUAHUA |
| CHLOROPHYLL | CHRYSANTHEMUM | COLLOQUIAL | COMMEMORATE | COMMITTEE |
| CONNOISSEUR | CONSENSUS | COROLLARY | CORRELATE | DAIQUIRI |
| DECEITFUL | DEFINITELY | DESICCATE | DIARRHOEA | DIPHTHERIA |
| DISAPPOINT | DULCIMER | DUMBBELL | DYSLEXIA | ECSTASY |
| ECZEMA | EMBARRASSED | EXISTENCE | FIERY | FLABBERGASTED |
| FLUORESCENT | FRACAS | FULFIL | GAUGE | GENIUS |
| GNEISS | GRAMMAR | GOVERNMENT | GUARANTEE | HAEMORRHAGE |
| HARASS | HIERARCHY | HIPPOPOTAMUS | HYPOCRISY | IDIOSYNCRASY |
| IMMEDIATELY | INADVERTENT | INNOCUOUS | INOCULATE | IRRESISTIBLE |
| KAMIKAZE | KINDERGARTEN | LIAISON | MACAQUE | MANOEUVRE |
| MILLENNIUM | MINUSCULE | MISCELLANEOUS | MISCHIEVOUS | MNEMONIC |
| MOCCASIN | MYXOMATOSIS | NECESSARY | OBSEQUIOUS | OCCASIONALLY |
| OCCURRENCE | ONOMATOPOEIA | OPHTHALMOLOGY | PARALLEL | PEJORATIVE |
| PEREMPTORY | PERJURY | PERSEVERANCE | PHARAOH | PHOSPHORESCENCE |
| PHYSIOGNOMY | PLAGIARISE | PRECEDE | PREROGATIVE | PRIVILEGE |
| PROCEED | PRONUNCIATION | PROPAGATE | PROSAIC | PSYCHIATRY |
| RECEIPT | RECOMMEND | REFEREE | REPERTOIRE | RHODODENDRON |
| SACRILEGIOUS | SARCOPHAGUS | SCHADENFREUDE | SECRETARY | SEIZE |
| SEPARATE | SHERIFF | SIEVE | SUPERSEDE | SYNONYMOUS |
| VACUUM | VERRUCA | VIGNETTE | WEIRD | WITHHOLD |
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