2022 Round 6 Results
Word Meaning Round
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 23rd place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Question | Answer Given |
| 1 | Sahasrad Sathish | Lake County Regional Office of Education | Something described as plebeian relates to: |
the common people
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| 11 | Achyut Ethiraj | SNSB Indiana Regional Bee | A milliner specializes in: |
making hats
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| 15 | Lara Randhawa | Riverside County Office of Education | A riposte is: |
a retort or retaliatory remark
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| 17 | Tejas Raman | Boulder Valley School District | Something considered isochronous is: |
frozen in time
Correct answer: equal in duration
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| 21 | Rehan Koshy | SNSB Regional Bee for Illinois and Texas | Something that is schmaltzy is: |
excessively sentimental
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| 27 | Shradha Rachamreddy | SNSB Regional Bee (Region Two) | What is another word for dactylogram? |
signature
Correct answer: fingerprint
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| 34 | Varshitha Bojanapati | SNSB Regional Bee (Region One) | What is an ethnonym? |
a name for a cultural group
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| 65 | Ekansh Rastogi | Orlando City SC | What is another word for kismet? |
fate
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| 76 | Vikram Raju | The Denver Post | Something described as Sisyphean: |
requires continual and often ineffective effort
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| 82 | Aaron Kuebler | Orlando City SC | Which of the following would most likely be considered a Gordian knot? |
a difficult puzzle
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| 84 | Avyay Kodali | Pepper Construction and Wight & Company | What is razzmatazz? |
robust energy and enthusiasm
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| 87 | Aliyah Alpert | Arizona Educational Foundation | If someone is verklempt, they are: |
choked up or overcome with emotion
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| 102 | Dhroov Bharatia | Dallas Sports Commission | What does cupidity mean? |
strong desire for wealth
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| 104 | Abhilash Patel | Orange-Ulster BOCES | A gherkin is a type of: |
pickled cucumber
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| 118 | Pranav Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | Who would most likely use a lancet? |
a musician
Correct answer: a surgeon
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| 135 | Yash Shelar | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Stockholm syndrome can be described as: |
a persistent doubt concerning one's accomplishments
Correct answer: a hostage bonding with their captor
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| 152 | Vivinsha Veduru | Texas Christian University | What is a ragout? |
a diverse group of people
Correct answer: a saucy meat and vegetable dish
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| 160 | Chris Dominick | WFMJ Television, Inc. | A leitmotif is: |
a dominant recurring theme
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| 178 | Sahana Srikanth | WCPO 9 | What is cybernation? |
automatic control by means of computers
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| 183 | Riya Anumakonda | Carolina Panthers | Something that is tendentious is: |
uncertain
Correct answer: biased
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| 189 | Kirsten Santos | Houston Public Media | What is parthenogenesis? |
reproduction that does not involve fertilization
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| 197 | Nitya Kathiravan | Somerset County Library System | Enology is the science of: |
winemaking
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| 198 | Ishika Varipilli | Houston Public Media | What is an example of retrenchment? |
returning to a hidden space
Correct answer: cutting a company's expenses
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| 205 | Vihaan Sibal | Rapoport Holdings, LLC | What color is vermilion? |
a vivid reddish orange
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| 206 | Saharsh Vuppala | Wyoming Systems Group of Businesses | When would you most likely receive lucre? |
as a reward or payment
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| 221 | Deetya Vuppala | Wyoming Systems Group of Businesses | An example of an ergogenic activity is: |
taking a course on public speaking
Correct answer: sleeping for an additional hour
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| 222 | Roy Seligman | The Ministry of Education | Someone described as rumbustical is: |
stubbornly sullen
Correct answer: overly exuberant
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| 223 | Surya Kapu | The City Journals | What is a jalopy? |
a dilapidated automobile
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| 224 | Graham Woodruff | The Roanoke Times | Preprandial refers to the period before: |
eating dinner
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| 231 | Harini Logan | The Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association | If something is antediluvian, it: |
belongs to an antiquated era
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| 234 | Shijay Sivakumar | Ector County Independent School District | What is a tessellation? |
a repeated geometric pattern
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