NOTE: in case you didn't know, sometimes vt gives you a word without a definition or pronunciation. You just have to guess and move on...

Some of these words: affianced, expugnable, bulwarks, conferred.

Another little problem: sometimes the score you see while engaged in the bee is different from the score posted in the top ten list. Try opening a separate window to keep track of both.

I'm a retired HS math teacher and administrator. The bee has become a pleasant ritual, one of many which crowd my days and make me wonder how I had time to tie my shoelaces when I was working. I'm intrigued by the workings of the (aging) brain.... I've been at this over a year and I still can't spell ceruman (is that right? I have no idea.) Other new, words I learn and spell correctly right away- like splanchnic (I dreamed about splanchnic and it was on the next day's bee!)

It's been a pleasure tugging on the capes of the real spellers: Kedarnath, Jean, Dr. Woo, Liz, Dmitri...

Spell on!