Are you a spelling phenom? Try your hand at the actual words from the Preliminaries to see if you could have qualified for the Quarterfinals.

Spellers completed the Round One test as part of the Preliminaries. Scores on the Round One test were combined with points potentially earned in Round Two to determine the Quarterfinalists. For further explanation, see Rule 4.

In order to take part in the online Preliminaries experience, your computer must have:

• sound;
• Javascript;
• a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768;
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer, Firefox or Safari;
• Flash 9 and
• Adobe Reader (for printing score reports only).