Free Association v2.0 (Part 2)

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Clown central

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three-ring circus

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The ringmaster

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The Ring cycle

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The spin cycle

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“If the economy is bad it’s Biden’s fault; if it’s good it’s my economy.”

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Pretzel logic

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Steely Dan

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Hey 19

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That’s Aretha Franklin!

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I said, R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

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spelling bee

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Winning Spelling Bee words since 2000

Winner(s) in parentheses

2023: psammophile (Dev Shah, Largo, Florida)
2022: moorhen (Harini Logan, San Antonio, Texas)
2021: Murraya (Zaila Avant-garde, New Orleans, Louisiana)
2020: No competition held
2019: Eight-way tie
    auslaut (Rishik Gandhasri, San Jose, California)
    erysipelas (Erin Howard, Huntsville, Alabama)
    bougainvillea (Saketh Sundar, Clarksville, Maryland)
    aiguillette (Shruthika Padhy, Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
    pendeloque (Sohum Sukhatankar, Dallas, Texas)
    palama (Abhijay Kodali, Flower Mound, Texas)
    cernuous (Christopher Serrao, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
    odylic (Rohan Raja, Irving, Texas)
2018: koinonia (Karthik Nemmani, McKinney, Texas)
2017: marocain (Ananya Vinay, Fresno, California)
2016: Tie
    Feldenkrais (Jairam Hathwar, Corning, New York)
    gesellschaft (Nihar Saireddy Janga, Austin, Texas)
2015: Tie
    scherenschnitte (Vanya Shivashankar, Olathe, Kansas)
    nunatak (Gokul Venkatachalam, St. Louis, Missouri)
2014: Tie
    stichomythia (Sriram J. Hathwar, Corning, New York)
    feuilleton (Ansun Sujoe, Fort Worth, Texas)
2013: knaidel (Arvind Mahankali, New York, New York)
2012: guetapens (Snigdha Nandipati, San Diego, California)
2011: cymotrichous (Sukanya Roy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
2010: stromuhr (Anamika Veeramani, Cleveland, Ohio)
2009: Laodicean (Kavya Shivashankar, Olathe, Kansas)
2008: guerdon (Sameer Mishra, West Lafayette, Indiana)
2007: serrefine (Evan O'Dorney, Walnut Creek, California)
2006: Ursprache (Kerry Close, Spring Lake, New Jersey)
2005: appoggiatura (Anurag Kashya, San Diego, California)
2004: autochthonous (David Tidmarsh, South Bend, Indiana)
2003: pococurante (Sai Gunturi, Dallas, Texas)
2002: prospicience (Pratyush Buddiga, Denver, Colorado)
2001: succedaneum (Sean Conley, Aitkin, Minnesota)
2000: demarche (George Thampy, St. Louis, Missouri
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Holy crap!

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Pope poop

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What a dump.

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Smooth move, Ex-Lax.

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Metamucil

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My moderate to severe ailment that you’ve never heard of until now.

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Do not take this medication if you’re allergic to it.