timenoguy       1  
a peddler of books, especially of bibles and religious books and tracts
sycee       2  
a hypothetical lower order of man lacking the faculty of speech
sewellel       3  
Text Box: These words are from the dreaded final round, Round 4, where the words you have never heard of are impossible to spell (yet some do). Only 5 words a year, and usually only five spellers left competing. Earlier rounds have words like solder, kabuki, nadir, wizard, and gizzard. But Round 4 is something else again.  All definitions are from the great Merriam-Webster Third International Unabridged How many words did you recognize?  The Answers a rope stretched taut from a projecting obstacle to prevent rigging from chafing or fouling
aiwain       4  
a twin window derived from Arab architecture consisting usually of two narrow windows separated by a slim mullion
ajimez       5  
the fruit of a plant (Carum copticum) used both as a medicine and as a condiment
angary       6   the mountain beaver
alalus       7   newcomer; stranger
colporteur       8   silver money formerly used in China and made in the form of ingots measured by weight and usually stamped
kimberlin       9  
the right in international law of a belligerent to seize, use, or destroy property of neutrals, or to take over use of neutral ships in case of necessity