Boyle wins state Vocabulary Bowl title, Somerset second

BOYLE COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Talking about a way with words.

Boyle County has won its second straight state title and ranked 66th nationwide among 43,500 schools across the United States and Canada in the seventh annual Vocabulary Bowl.

Southern Middle School in Somerset finished second in the state.

Students battled it out virtually to see who could master the most words by answering as many questions as possible on Vocabulary.com.

Boyle County mastered 66,618 words to 49,754 for Southern Middle. Twenty-five schools from across the state participated, including schools in Stanford, Wolfe County, Lexington, and Harlan.

  1. Boyle County High SchoolDanvilleKentucky66,618
  2. 2Southern Middle SchoolSomersetKentucky49,754
  3. 3East Hardin Middle SchoolGlendaleKentucky39,832
  4. 4Caldwell County Middle SchoolPrincetonKentucky36,503
  5. 5Daviess County High SchoolOwensboroKentucky35,827
  6. 6Henry F Moss Middle SchoolBowling GreenKentucky35,693
  7. 7Saint Gabriel the Archangel SchoolLouisvilleKentucky34,571
  8. 8Spencer County Middle SchoolTaylorsvilleKentucky33,094
  9. 9Boyle County Middle SchoolDanvilleKentucky20,147
  10. 10Augusta Independent SchoolAugustaKentucky17,139
  11. 11Bullitt Central High SchoolShepherdsvlleKentucky14,555
  12. 12Jessie M Clark Middle SchoolLexingtonKentucky10,004
  13. 13Saint Stephen Martyr SchoolLouisvilleKentucky9,620
  14. 14Webster County High SchoolDixonKentucky7,635
  15. 15Creekside Elementary SchoolSonoraKentucky7,084
  16. 16Clinton County Middle SchoolAlbanyKentucky6,512
  17. 17Fern Creek High SchoolLouisvilleKentucky6,033
  18. 18Russell High SchoolRussellKentucky5,333
  19. 19Todd Central High SchoolElktonKentucky5,189
  20. 20Harlan Junior Senior High SchoolHarlanKentucky5,048
  21. 21Lincoln County High SchoolStanfordKentucky4,309
  22. 22Randall K Cooper High SchoolUnionKentucky3,939
  23. 23Wolfe County High SchoolCamptonKentucky3,813
  24. 24Dayton High SchoolDaytonKentucky2,419
  25. 25Farnsley Middle SchoolLouisvilleKentucky

Throughout the past seven months, 1.3 million students across North America competed on behalf of their schools to master the most words. Students answered 450 million questions, mastered a collective total of 36.6 million words, and expanded their lexicons in the classroom and at home.

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