New Nat's Notes (NNN) contains over 18,000 words and more!

This 2-volume set is geared toward those aiming for the highest reaches of competition and includes challenging words from the original Nat's Notes, plus difficult words from Paideia, the Consolidated Word List (CWL), and regional and national bees since the 1970s. NNN also includes 7,000 words not in CWL. Annually, New Nat's Notes contains over 60% of all off-list words at regional and national bees. The combination of NNN and Verbomania contains over 90% of the Written Round Words and over 70% of all off-list words in oral rounds used in 2011. This collection is available in alphabetic or difficulty sequence, and ALL words have pronunciations, definitions, and etymology!

• Over 18,000 words in 2 volumes
• Pronunciations & definitions
• Alphabetic or difficulty sequence

FAQ: Should I buy difficulty or alpha sequence?
New Nat's Notes and Verbomania may be purchased in alphabetic or difficulty sequence. Traditionally, studying alphabetically has been the norm, and seemingly the most logical since that is how the dictionary is arranged. But when it comes to learning spelling, studying words sequenced by difficulty is as logical as a child learns to spell smaller words like dog before graduating to longer words like Chihuahua. Difficulty sequenced Verbomania is arranged according to word length. Difficulty sequence is more challenging since word prefixes cannot be assumed simply by knowing a word's alphabetical placement. For instance, if a speller has never seen the word gigantic, the first letter could sound like a "j" or a "g”. However, if the speller knew that they were studying in the "g" section, the challenge of spelling the word without a prompt might be missed. The newer difficulty sequenced Verbomania also contains etymology; the alpha sequence does not.

Want this product with audio? Try - New Nat's Mentor - Group 1 (PC software) or New Nat's Flips (online flashcards)! 

Want to see how NNN fared at the 2011 National Spelling Bee - check out our After a Spell Newsletter!