It’s a hard life being a spelling bee contestant. Just some of the words that caught out the participants in this year’s contest have been bogatyr, opificer and prosopopoeia. But it could have been worse. Here are those words along with other words no one wants to come up against in a spelling bee.

Bogatyr
Number of letters: 7
Meaning: Russian medieval legend
Misspelled: bogateer

Opificer
Number of letters: 8
Meaning: A creator.

Prosopopoeia
Number of letters: 12
Meaning: A person speaking as someone or something else.
Misspelled: Prosopopoea

Radioimmunoelectrophoresis
Number of letters: 26
Meaning: A medical procedure involving a radioscope.

Psychoneuroendocrinological (27 letters)
Number of letters: 27
Meaning: Refers to a brain disorder.

spectrophotofluorometrically (28 letters),
Number of letters: 28
Meaning: A method of mining

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Number of letters: 30
Meaning: A type of medical problem

Sardoodledum: S-A-R-D-O-O-D-L-E-D-U-M By now, you've probably seen the video of the poor kid who comes up against the word sardoodledum. First he breaks out laughing then he desperately tries to drill the asker for more information. Eventually, he manages to work