15 Days Until the Bee!/Reading

I am so excited for the National Spelling Bee, and the spellers! Today, I will talk about how I learn strange words from reading. There are several books, cookbooks, news articles (not counting news from the spelling bee), magazines, textbooks, and other materials I've read that contain words that have been used at the National Spelling Bee.

Here are words from a book I'm currently reading, called Les Miserables:

Huguenot (2008) correctly spelled by Catherine Cojocaru in Round 8
oriflamme (2009) correctly spelled by Tim Ruiter in Round 13
nisus (2009) misspelled by Avvinash Radakrishnan in Round 6 (nyssus)
jacqueminot (2009) correctly spelled by Tim Ruiter in Round 11
devant (2010) misspelled by Nicholas Rushlow in Round 4 (divon)
caisson - I don't know when this word was used, but I saw it in the Consolidated Word List.


bourgeoisie
bourgeois       
bourgeoise


bourgeoisie, bourgeois, and bourgeoise appear many times in the book.


Here are some other words:

tutelage - 2010 computerized test (Left Behind)
schadenfreude - Spell It! (news article)
kibbutz (Left Behind)
bouleversement - 2010 computerized test (news article)
schizophrenia (textbook)
libido (Left Behind)
Limoges (I've seen this word refer to the city, but it was used in 1998)
nuncio - used in Round 4 at the 2009 national finals (Twelfth Night)
guerdon -2008 National Spelling Bee Winning Word (Much Ado About Nothing)
Laodicean - 2009 National Spelling Bee Winning Word (Bible)
forzato - used in Round 4 at the 2010 national finals (music book)
scherzo - Spell It! (music books)
apartheid - Spell It! (news article)
apparatchik - Spell It! (news article)
Maecenas - misspelled in Round 15 at the 2009 national finals [mycenus] (music site)
appoggiatura - 2005 National Spelling Bee Winning Word (Suzuki Flute School Volume 5)
Apollyon (Pilgrim's Progress)
blouwildebeesoog - I do not think this word has been used in the national finals, but I heard that there are several spellers who like this word. (not from a spelling bee website, but from a website about African diseases)
hebdomadally - misspelled in Round 5 at the 2009 national finals. Don't forget "heb-what-a-lee?"  [hebdomitally] (news article; hebdomadal was in a book I read)
confiserie - misspelled in Round 7 at the 2010 national finals. [colfeaserie] (I seriously saw the word in a store)

Reading is great for the National Spelling Bee! Maybe one of the next words you read, may be one of your words at the Bee. Stay alert!