Are you a teacher
looking for spelling bee lists to use in your next classroom competition? Or perhaps you're a
parent or student trying to "study ahead" on some typical spelling bee words. Either way, this list should help!
This page features 120 spelling bee words for 8th grade. It's a great study list for students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Use the links below to find our lists for other grades.
Printable spelling bee list for 8th grade
depth | forgetting | example | educate |
entire | horizon | freight | earliest |
threat | relieve | muscle | meant |
exchange | securing | obedient | unsanitary |
leisure | crypt | supervisor | persuade |
glamorous | optimistic | envious | controversy |
deficiency | schedule | characteristic | environment |
amusement | criticize | venom | awkward |
arrangement | considerable | barometer | vulnerable |
mercenary | plaintiff | omitted | deterrent |
cameos | malicious | obscure | propeller |
perceived | taboo | technology | surmise |
internally | specific | protein | criminal |
precipitate | forgery | unbelievable | unduly |
annoyance | vessel | insufficient | capably |
belligerent | amnesty | snobbery | applicant |
anxious | fashionable | machinery | laboratory |
shuddering | sacrifice | fibrous | escalator |
privilege | burglary | melodious | embargo |
outrageous | rectangular | honorary | minimize |
contrary | passageway | vertigo | malady |
lucrative | extraordinary | abstain | procrastinate |
serviceable | parliament | necessity | recurrent |
ominous | permeate | religious | occurred |
prestigious | scandalized | voracious | universal |
transient | meticulous | personification | inevitable |
vigilant | interrogate | malignant | benevolent |
consequence | unenforceable | nostalgia | omnipotent |
vivacious | precocious | indulgence | vulnerable |
vacillate | inconvenience | potpourri | ubiquitous |
phenomenon | caricature | surveillance | metamorphosis |
You may wish to adjust our list for your specific group of students. Feel free to use additional easier words, or insert some more difficult ones.
Give students lots of practice in oral spelling before competitions. Ask students to spell words frequently aloud, even from their seats, for a bit of "performance" practice.
Be sure to use spelling bee words in sentences when quizzing students. For instance, bizarre, should be clarified so it won't be confused with bazaar: The dog's behavior was so bizarre, the veterinarian knew it was gravely ill.
Our Spelling Bee Toolbox eBooks are comprehensive resources for anyone who wants a simple way to put together a classroom, all-school or multi-school spelling bee.
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Also, see our 100
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pronunciations, sentences and more.
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If you're looking for more words to study, see our list of frequently misspelled words. Or take our Dictionery/dictionary quiz!
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