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spelldown
[ spel-doun ]
/ ˈspɛlˌdaʊn /
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noun
a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
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Origin of spelldown
1940–45, Americanism; from phrase spell down to outspell others in a spelling match
Words nearby spelldown
spellbind, spellbinder, spellbound, spell-check, spell checker, spelldown, speller, speller-divider, spellican, spelling, spelling bee
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