How to spell and pronounce loess

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loess - noun; Level 6; origin: Swiss German; pronunciation: ˈles, ˈləs, ˈlōˌes. a usually yellowish-brown, unlayered windblown deposit ranging from claylike material to fine sand and often forming fertile soil.

löss - noun; Level 6; origin: Swiss German; pronunciation: ˈles, ˈləs. a usually buff or yellow-brown deposit of fine windblown sediment that can form fertile soil.

loess is in Level 6, Set 02 of the Spelling Bee Hive practice sets.

Where loess appears: 1 competition and 1 study list on record.

Scripps National Spelling Bee: asked 1 time in 2022 - Round 1 (2022).

Words of the Champions: listed 5 times in 2020–2024.

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