Try your hand at the National Spelling Bee sample test

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by: Andy Long

Posted: May 25, 2016 / 04:01 AM EDT

Updated: May 25, 2016 / 04:01 AM EDT

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – How is your spelling? Take this National Spelling Bee sample test and find out.

The sample test is an online version of the actual 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee preliminaries test. It contains 12 round one spelling words, and two rounds of vocabulary questions.

In 2015, a total of 283 spellers took the preliminaries test, of which 49 qualified for the semifinals by earning at least 29 points.

Would you have qualified for the semifinals? Tap here and find out.

Among the competitors at the 2016 spelling bee are 19 kids from Ohio, including three from central Ohio.What others are clicking on:

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