THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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200
'Make yourself useful & spell...'
U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N
200
'In 1998 this game celebrated its 50th anniversary with a huge game using giant letter tiles at London's Wembley Stadium'
Scrabble
200
'Whether you're male or female, you're this kind of "man" as a first-year student'
Freshman
200
'Zn'
Zinc
200
'The route to the summit of this 12,388-foot Japanese peak includes 10 stages called gome'
Mount Fuji
400
'Don't be conservative as you spell...'
F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M
400
'One of the world's most popular RPGs, role playing games, is D&D, this game'
Dungeons & Dragons
400
'From the Latin for "sleep", it's a building at a college for housing students'
Dormitory
400
'Fe'
Iron
400
'"El Cap" is what climbers call this over 3,000-foot wall of rock in Yosemite'
El Capitan
600
'Overcome your opponents & spell...'
N-E-M-E-S-I-S
600
'Round the clock is a type of this game played in pubs & pizza parlors'
Darts
600
'This graduation ceremony is not the "beginning" of your college career, it's the end'
Commencement
600
'I'
Iodine
600
'Sime climbers call 27,800-foot Makalu the most beautiful peak in this Asian range'
Himalayas
800
'We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell...'
I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T
800
'They're the 2 piles of cards from which players draw during a Monopoly game'
Chance & Community Chest
800
'From the Latin for "half-yearly", these divisions of a college's academic year can be 15 to 18 weeks long'
Semesters
800
'Kr'
Krypton
800
'There was a cause celebre in 1786 when Jacques Balmat had the savoir faire to climb it'
Mont Blanc
1000
'Resolve yourself to spelling...'
D-E-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T
1000
'You're on a roll if you know this dice game was invented by a wealthy couple to play on their luxury boat'
Yahtzee
1000
'For the college sports-minded, it's what NCAA stands for'
National Collegiate Athletic Association
1000
'Ag'
Silver (argentum)
1000
'These Wyoming peaks include the South, the Middle & the most imposing Grand'
Tetons