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 SchoolDanville, Kentucky66,618
2. 2Southern Middle SchoolSomerset, Kentucky49,754
3. 3East Hardin Middle SchoolGlendale, Kentucky39,832
4. 4Caldwell County Middle SchoolPrinceton, Kentucky36,503
5. 5Daviess County High SchoolOwensboro, Kentucky35,827
6. 6Henry F Moss Middle SchoolBowling Green, Kentucky35,693
7. 7Saint Gabriel the Archangel SchoolLouisville, Kentucky34,571
8. 8Spencer County Middle SchoolTaylorsville, Kentucky33,094
9. 9Boyle County Middle SchoolDanville, Kentucky20,147
10. 10Augusta Independent SchoolAugusta, Kentucky17,139
11. 11Bullitt Central High SchoolShepherdsvlle, Kentucky14,555
12. 12Jessie M Clark Middle SchoolLexington, Kentucky10,004
13. 13Saint Stephen Martyr SchoolLouisville, Kentucky9,620
14. 14Webster County High SchoolDixon, Kentucky7,635
15. 15Creekside Elementary SchoolSonora, Kentucky7,084
16. 16Clinton County Middle SchoolAlbany, Kentucky6,512
17. 17Fern Creek High SchoolLouisville, Kentucky6,033
18. 18Russell High SchoolRussell, Kentucky5,333
19. 19Todd Central High SchoolElkton, Kentucky5,189
20. 20Harlan Junior Senior High SchoolHarlan, Kentucky5,048
21. 21Lincoln County High SchoolStanford, Kentucky4,309
22. 22Randall K Cooper High SchoolUnion, Kentucky3,939
23. 23Wolfe County High SchoolCampton, Kentucky3,813
24. 24Dayton High SchoolDayton, Kentucky2,419
25. 25Farnsley Middle SchoolLouisville, Kentucky

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.