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Spelling Lists for 11th Grade

Our spelling lists for 11th grade include this set of 80 challenging words. Your most ambitious spellers won't be afraid to take them on, however. Will you? Use the printable page to see all 80 words.

11th Grade Words

The printable list includes all 80 of our 11th grade spelling words. Additional lists of difficult words appear below. Please note that this is a general list to supplement other curriculum. The needs of your students may vary.

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In addition to learning to spell the words above, students should also learn their meanings, pronunciations and correct usages. Spelling is just the start of complete language learning!

Quick Quiz: Find a word in the list above for each of these definitions:

1) gaudy

2) imaginary

3) boisterous; unruly

4) a misunderstanding or fight

5) a kind of Cajun dance

Find my answers below.

More Spelling Lists for 11th Grade

In addition to spelling lists for 11th grade, try some of these word lists to challenge your high school students:

More 11th Grade Spelling Resources

Try some of these brain teasers and word puzzles to challenge your high school students. Spelling has never been so much fun, or so tricky! Find lots more brain teasers, crosswords, and word scrambles by using the blue tabs at the left.

Pull-Apart Synonyms - Extremely challenging free word scramble game! Separate the letters in each line, without rearranging the letters, to spell two synonyms. Work carefully. Some letters may appear to belong in one word, but because of their position in the row of letters, they may belong in the other word. Is this as easy as it sounds???

Yum-Yum! A delicious word scramble, full of compound food words. You won't find any doughnuts or fruitcakes here, but you will find 15 other foods. Word scramble puzzles are fun for most students. They'll be practicing important spelling skills while they are rearranging letters and forming new words! Why NOT make spelling practice this FUN?!?

Man wearing glasses, laden with lots of luggage, from our Travel Teaser spelling and logic puzzler

Travel Teaser - One of our most difficult logic brain teasers. Can you figure out who went where and when? You'll need to know the correct spellings of several tricky words, plus you'll need to read carefully, and -- of course -- use skills in logic and critical thinking.

An Impossible Brain Teaser - This looks straightforward, for sure. But just wait until you try to solve it for yourself! Careful reading and spelling skills required. Why settle for boring, rote comprehension worksheets, when you can really challenge your high-preforming students with brain-straining exercises like this?!?

Detective with a large magnifying glass, from our Spelling Brain Teasers for adults at www.spelling-words-well.com

Brain Teasers for Adults & Upper Grade Students - Two REALLY difficult letters with hidden messages. Good spelling skills are the key to uncovering them! Review those spelling demons, put on your thinking caps, and dive in!

Which One Is It? Don’t try to solve this tricky puzzle while you’re blindfolded. Instead, use what you know about correct spelling! Choose the one word that is spelled correctly and write it into the crossword puzzle.

Puzzle worksheets for spelling practice: Tricky word search puzzle and word scramble games. Spelling worksheets disguised as word play! I'm a big fan of word play, word puzzles and brain teasers. They help build higher-level thinking skills. Plus they're a nice change from ordinary worksheets.

Cryptogram Worksheet: Puzzle page for upper grades. Includes instructions so students, parents or teachers can make more cryptogram puzzles with any word list. This is a Wacky Weather Cryptogram word puzzle!

1. kitschy
2. chimerical
3. obstreperous
4. imbroglio
5. zydeco

Use our list of 11th grade spelling words for classroom quizzes and competitions, games and worksheets. We have free spelling lessons that can help you learn or teach some of these tricky words.

Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.

Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.

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