http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/m...ling-bee-2011/

The fiendish was a bit challenging and makes me sad that I've become rather reliant on the auto-spelling checkers online and in applications.

Might also be fun for the non-natives since even I had a bit of difficulty hearing the word correctly.

Enjoy.

i neva yuse spel-cheques an hav know trubble wiv mi spelin

Why would I want to fund an OED spelling quiz?

Good fun, even though on fiendish I had no idea what some of the words were. I thought maybe I'd just misheard them, but even when I saw them written I was still clueless.

is bhaji now an english word

Seems so...

Good for a laff. Got 11/15 twice on fiendish, but I felt they let me off easy as many of the words were french...

took me 7 attempts, but finally managed to get 15/15!

Difficult level were definitely on my spelling lists in year 6 and high school.... fiendish I am having trouble cracking the 11/15 because there are some words that I don't even recognise...did the british english, might try the american english next...

US english is much easier! i did this one with my eyes closed:




hmm. sexy voice. say 'oscillate' again, pretty please?

in one try they completely got me

i was annoyed when i got 14/15 in one attempt. i suggested 'qatar' and the answer was 'catarrh'

gah! the fiendish level is frustratingly entertaining.
Thanks for sharing

I thought my spelling was pretty good - but after 3 attempts I keep on getting 12/15, making just one mistake in each word I get wrong.
Off to try again ....

I very nearly put in "bargee" instead of "bhaji", having lived closer to the canal than to the Indian takeaway when I was a kid .

14/15 for me anyway... put too many l's in vermilion.