Bighelp Connecticut Regional Contests 2022 (CTRC 2022)

Bighelp Spelling Bee Contest - Word List - Senior Level

Welcome to Bighelp Spelling Bee word list. Click on any word in this list to learn each word. We have provided reference links for each word from Wikipedia.org and Disctionary.com to assist the children in exploring each word in addition to spelling the word.

• acapella
• acquiescence
• acquisitive
• adamantine
• adhesion
• admonitory
• adventurism
• aerolithology
• agglutinate
• airborne
• allopelagic
• altruistically
• amalgamate
• ambidextrous
• amphidromic
• anachronistic
• ancillary
• apartheid
• aphrodisiac
• apocalyptic
• apotheosis
• arabesque
• arachnid
• archipelago
• armageddon
• asphyxiation
• atheistic
• atmogenic
• atrocious
• avionics
• ayatollah
• ballistics
• bamboozle
• barbiturate
• benediction
• benevolent
• benighted
• bequeath
• biofeedback
• birdie
• blandishment
• blustering
• bolshevik
• bona fide
• boondoggle
• botanical
• brigade
• broguing
• bulbous
• bullion
• bunyanesque
• buoyancy
• bushwhack
• caballero
• cacophonous
• caliber
• cameo
• campaign
• capitulation
• cardiologist
• charisma
• chevrette
• chilblain
• chronologize
• chrysalis
• coalition
• colloquium
• colossal
• commemorate
• commingle
• concierge
• concise
• confabulation
• conflagration
• constitute
• contingency
• conveyance
• corrugated
• couchette
• cranial
• croesus
• crusoe
• cryptanalysis
• cumulonimbus
• cyclolysis
• dauntless
• decorous
• delve
• demographic
• denomination
• deposition
• descry
• despotic
• destitution
• dilapidated
• disabuse
• disheveled
• dissent
• dissimilitude
• dixiecrat
• docile
• dowdy
• dreary
• dyslexia
• dystopia
• ecclesiastic
• effluent
• elaborate
• emphasizing
• endothelium
• enzyme
• epibenthos
• epilogue
• epitome
• escadrille
• eschew
• espionage
• ethnology
• eupepsia
• euphemism
• evangelist
• excruciating
• exorbitant
• expatriate
• extraneous
• exultation
• fallible
• farce
• farcical
• fastidious
• feign
• feral
• flinch
• formidable
• fortuitous
• fratricide
• frenzied
• fritter
• fulminate
• fungible
• fusilli
• fustanella
• garrulous
• gasconade
• gentrification
• geopolitical
• germinate
• gibbet
• grandeur
• grandiloquent
• groin
• grotesque
• guerrilla
• gynarchy
• gyrate
• harlequin
• holocaust
• homogenize
• homunculus
• honorarium
• hookaroon
• hooligan
• horrendous
• huggermugger
• hypochondriac
• hypolimnion
• idiosyncrasy
• ignominiously
• illustrious
• immemorial
• impromptu
• incendiarism
• inception
• infinitesimal
• infuriating
• intercession
• irascibility
• irrefutable
• irresolute
• isohaline
• isthumus
• jingoism
• jurisprudence
• juxtaposition
• kamikaze
• karaoke
• kestrel
• kinescope
• kremlinology
• labyrinthine
• lacerate
• languish
• larynx
• lassitude
• lattice
• leotard
• lethe
• limerick
• lineaments
• lodestar
• lucre
• luminary
• machiavellian
• magistracy
• maim
• matrilineal
• mausoleum
• melancholy
• mercantile
• meticulously
• minaret
• misanthropic
• misapprehension
• mistletoe
• mnemonic
• modus operandi
• musette
• mystique
• nefarious
• nenuphar
• neocolonialism
• niobium
• nonproliferation
• obfuscate
• officious
• ostentatious
• pachyderm
• papier-mache
• parietal
• paterfamilias
• penurious
• peripheral
• pharmacognosy
• pharynx
• philatelist
• philhellenism
• philologist
• picaresque
• pirouette
• plebiscite
• plinth
• pneumatic
• poltergeist
• precocious
• primogeniture
• progenitor
• prognostication
• provocateur
• psychobabble
• psychosomatic
• pyrometallurgical
• quasi
• quiddity
• quintessence
• reappraisal
• recrimination
• repatriate
• resplendent
• resuscitate
• revisionist
• rhetoric
• riffraff
• sanctimonious
• saturnine
• scrounge
• serotonin
• shalom
• shenanigans
• silhouette
• skittish
• sleight
• smorgasbord
• sphinx
• spontaneity
• spoonerism
• squeamish
• strangulation
• stultify
• subservient
• superencipherment
• supernumerary
• surreptitious
• surveillance
• swarthy
• swashbuckling
• syllogism
• symbiosis
• symphonette
• symposium
• synchroneity
• synchronize
• syncopation
• synthesis
• tangential
• tantalize
• taphephobia
• tempestuous
• transcend
• transcendent
• trattoria
• trellis
• ubiquitous
• umbrage
• unabashed
• urchin
• usurious
• variegated
• vehemence
• veneer
• veracity
• verbalize
• veritable
• vicariously
• vicissitude
• visceral
• vitriolic
• winebibber
• wretchedness
• zephyr
• abacist
• abhorrently
• aborigine
• abradant
• accumulation
• acromegaly
• actinide
• addenda
• adoptee
• aerated
• agrarianism
• albeit
• alcazar
• alchemy
• alphanumerical
• anomaly
• anthropology
• aquiline
• archaic
• attorneys
• audacious
• balminess
• basilisk
• beatific
• beatitude
• bereavement
• billabong
• biscotti
• bravado
• brockage
• calibrate
• carbohydrates
• caricature
• cartel
• cartilage
• cauterize
• cellophane
• cerebellum
• chaperonage
• chasm
• Chihuahua
• cholera
• cincture
• cinematographer
• circumlocution
• cistern
• coffle
• consignment
• correspondence
• cynosure
• dalliance
• debris
• derisible
• dichotomy
• disingenuous
• dragoon
• dynamo
• Ebola
• ecru
• elaborative
• elucidate
• emulate
• endocrine
• ensemble
• entrepreneur
• epilepsy
• exaggerate
• extraordinarily
• facetious
• fallibility
• fantastically
• faux
• fictle
• firth
• fluctuant
• fluoride
• forage
• frangible
• fugleman
• geocentric
• gimmick
• gloaming
• grammarian
• grievance
• gymnure
• gyromancy
• habanero
• haughtiness
• herbaceous
• herringbone
• hexagonal
• hydronautics
• impediment
• imperilment
• impudent
• inaugurate
• indigenous
• indomitable
• inoculate
• insurrection
• intermittent
• interrogative
• invertebrate
• isolationism
• italianate
• jambalaya
• kanji
• kudize
• lichen
• limousine
• limpid
• litany
• loathe
• lugubrious
• luminosity
• magnificent
• malleable
• manageability
• mariculture
• mercerize
• millennium
• mortgage
• mozzarella
• myriad
• nebulosity
• negotiable
• obduced
• obloquy
• orthographize
• palate
• personage
• pertunium
• phalanx
• philosophize
• phylum
• pituitary
• planetarium
• poingnant
• polenta
• preposterous
• quadrilateral
• qualitative
• quarantine
• quisling
• quizzical
• qwerty
• rapport
• raucous
• recyclable
• regale
• resplendence
• retrospect
• rheometer
• ringent
• salaam
• salinity
• segue
• statistician
• stenographer
• subconscious
• subliminal
• subsequent
• supplicate
• tentativeness
• tertiary
• vernacular
• virulently
• whimsical
• whisperer
• witticism
• zigzaggedness
• zinnia
• galvanize
• percussion
• replenish
• panelist
• piecemeal
• levee
• drudgery
• paramount
• approachable
• perforate
• residential
• pizzeria
• terrarium
• sustenance
• turbulence
• enforceable
• tendency
• advantageous
• competitor
• feudal
• resurgent
• tentacle
• mahogany
• nonchalant
• wattled
• cayenne
• luscious
• electioneer
• factoid
• snarky
• receptacle
• covetous
• cultivation
• diverge
• sheathing
• collards
• monastery
• immediacy
• quadrangle
• balletic
• paralegal
• monarch
• asthma
• diamantine
• Madagascar
• constellation
• persevered
• haphazard
• playwright
• quellable
• indocile
• umbilical
• gibbon
• paralytic
• congelative
• exhilarated
• napoleon
• diabolical
• Ionic
• unmitigable
• emphatically
• monocle
• salamander
• parodic
• nebula
• festinate
• sorcerer
• balderdash
• hypertension
• premonition
• judicious
• pollutant
• decongestant
• crucible
• foosball
• gnome
• catapult
• scruple
• competitive
• monopolize
• affiliation
• apprentice
• hysterical
• miraculous
• encore
• centennial
• indelible
• financier
• rutabaga
• fallacy
• infatuation
• palatable
• ineffable
• vengeance
• analogize
• photosynthesis
• calisthenics
• adieu
• momentum
• burdensome
• soprano
• pheasant
• mallard
• burgundy
• essential
• synthetically
• pilgrimage
• hiatus
• arpeggio
• cintemporaneous
• coalescence
• comportment
• concomitant
• contemporaneous
• corpuscle
• duodenum
• effervescent
• entomophagous
• escargot
• exemplar
• extant
• extemporaneous
• fossilize
• fuchsias
• fuselage
• gastroenterology
• genre
• glucocorticoid
• gouge
• grandiloquence
• hyacinth
• idyll or idyl
• incendiary
• incunabulum
• indubitable
• kyoodle
• laureation
• leechcraft
• leliosis
• lorikeet
• mayoralty
• mezzanine
• monstrosity
• pallor
• parliamentary
• pompadour
• Pompeii
• posthumous
• pullet
• Pyrrhic victory
• scythe
• somnambulist
• spelunker
• stroganoff
• succinct
• surmountable
• surrealist
• tachistoscope
• thalassic
• thespian
• thistle
• timorously
• topiarist
• tutelage
• ullage
• unwonted
• vacillate
• woebegone
• xanthic
• xenophobic
• xerophyte
• yokel
• hawkeye
• metronome
• Sasquatch
• gargoyle
• philodendron
• megatonnage
• indefeasible
• obstreperous
• marguerite
• Brahmsian
• bathymetry
• schlockmeister
• phlebitis
• espagnole
• pantisocracy
• formaldehyde
• ichthyosaur
• wentletrap
• janiform
• percutaneous
• heterostrophy
• synoptophore
• grivation
• dicotyledon
• geosynchronous
• melamine
• Montessorian
• tuberculosis
• helicoidal
• fascistic
• deluginous
• epilation
• stalactite
• Coolidgean
• calliope
• panacea
• dermatitis
• resinogenous
• seismograph
• proscenium
• impeccable
• tortellini
• gelid
• hallucination
• sinusitis
• incorrigible
• subsultory
• angioplasty
• oscilloscope
• thermotropism
• nucleophilic
• metastasize
• celerity
• iliad
• niveous
• notabilia
• cannelloni
• tholobate
• patisserie
• campanile
• epidemiology
• diapedesis
• lycanthrope
• bricolage
• rosacea
• polska
• camelopard
• transcutaneous
• proboscis
• grebe
• fiefdom
• ornithopter
• somnipathy
• totalitarian
• apocalypse
• cryonics
• flagellatory
• kimono
• truncheoned
• primwort
• danio
• osculate
• Norwegian
• nubuck
• opacity
• agoraphobia
• onerous
• vestige
• marionette
• subterranean
• psychoanalysis
• labyrinth
• enfranchise
• aggrandizement
• circuitous
• adjudicate
• omniscient
• analgesia
• conundrum
• latitudinarian
• anemone
• anticoagulant
• paramecium
• rotisserie
• brigadier
• haddock
• whetstone
• candelabra
• attrition
• mosquitoey
• crocodilian
• aioli
• airborne
• archaic
• arachnid
• adhesion
• altruistically
• ambidextrous
• avionics
• armageddon
• archipelago
• atrocious
• acquisitive
• atheistic
• benevolent
• bequeath
• ballistics
• benighted
• buoyancy
• bushwhack
• botanical
• brigade
• bulbous
• birdie
• bona fide
• bullion
• crusoe
• campaign
• cranial
• commingle
• colossal
• coalition
• cacophonous
• caliber
• cameo
• cardiologist
• charisma
• commemorate
• concise
• constitute
• contingency
• dixiecrat
• dissent
• dreary
• dauntless
• decorous
• demographic
• deposition
• disheveled
• destitution
• dilapidated
• disabuse
• descry
• docile
• dyslexia
• dowdy
• despotic
• denomination
• delve
• effluent
• elaborate
• excruciating
• ethnology
• evangelist
• exorbitant
• epitome
• epilogue
• eschew
• expatriate
• extraneous
• exultation
• formidable
• fritter
• fulminate
• fungible
• frenzied
• fortuitous
• fastidious
• fallible
• farcical
• feign
• flinch
• farce
• feral
• garrulous
• geopolitical
• germinate
• gibbet
• grandeur
• grotesque
• guerrilla
• groin
• gasconade
• huggermugger
• hooligan
• horrendous
• hypochondriac
• holocaust
• homogenize
• idiosyncrasy
• ignominiously
• illustrious
• immemorial
• impromptu
• inception
• isthumus
• irrefutable
• irresolute
• infuriating
• intercession
• jurisprudence
• jingoism
• kamikaze
• kinescope
• lassitude
• leotard
• limerick
• luminary
• lacerate
• lattice
• lineaments
• lodestar
• lucre
• languish
• machiavellian
• misapprehension
• matrilineal
• melancholy
• meticulously
• mnemonic
• mystique
• mercantile
• minaret
• modus operandi
• magistracy
• maim
• nefarious
• neocolonialism
• nonproliferation
• obfuscate
• officious
• ostentatious
• parietal
• paterfamilias
• penurious
• peripheral
• philatelist
• plebiscite
• plinth
• pneumatic
• precocious
• primogeniture
• progenitor
• psychobabble
• psychosomatic
• Pyrrhic victory
• quiddity
• quasi
• resplendent
• resuscitate
• riffraff
• revisionist
• rhetoric
• scrounge
• serotonin
• shalom
• skittish
• shenanigans
• silhouette
• sleight
• smorgasbord
• sphinx
• spontaneity
• stultify
• subliminal
• subservient
• succinct
• surveillance
• swarthy
• syllogism
• symbiosis
• symposium
• synchronize
• synthesis
• tangential
• tantalize
• tempestuous
• transcend
• variegated
• veneer
• verbalize
• veritable
• vitriolic