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spelling bee

A spelling bee is a contest in which participants are given a word and must state what arrangement of letters is used to write that word, according to the dictionary. (noun)

An example of a spelling bee is a contest in which a person might be asked to spell "apprehensive" and would have to say "A... P.... P... R... E... H... E... N... S... I... V... E"

See spelling bee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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a spelling contest, esp. one in which a contestant is eliminated after misspelling a word

See spelling bee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A contest in which competitors are eliminated as they fail to spell a given word correctly. Also called spelldown.

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