2026-2027 School Spelling Bee Study List Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering resource links, alternate/preferred spellings, and key terms across the 2026-2027 School Spelling Bee Study List.

Official Dictionary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee

merriam-webster.com

Spelling Bee Resource Center

Platform providing free accounts for spelling bee prep and parent resources at spellingbee.com/resource-center.

Word Club

App for spelling games and audio pronunciations available at spellingbee.com/word-club.

fertilizer

A study list term whose British spelling variant is fertiliser.

materialize

A study list term whose British spelling variant is materialise.

odorant

A study list term whose British spelling variant is odourant.

glycerin

The preferred spelling listed on the study list, with glycerine noted as an alternative.

brazier

The preferred spelling listed on the study list, with brasier noted as an alternative.

kerosene

The preferred spelling listed on the study list, with kerosine noted as an alternative.

duende

A Two Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as fascism, predecessor, and matrilineal.

cosmodrome

A Two Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as regolith, haddock, and precedent.

spes phthisica

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as lactobacillus and vibrissae.

Bildungsroman

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as Krio, lactobacillus, and Cappadocia.

trichobothria

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as frankincense, stomatopods, and Sierra Leone.

solenodon

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as ampulla, sensilla, and Sierra Leone.

bioluminescence

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as thermotaxis, mayonnaise, and chickadee.

echolocation

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as conflagration, despondent, and trenchant.

a cappella

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as irascibility, bogong moth, and Amharic.

Amharic

A Three Bee section term on the study list located alongside words such as Gloucester, prosciutto, chitinous, Krio, and Addis Ababa.

Addis Ababa

A Three Bee section geographic proper noun term included on page 6 of the study list.