How to spell and pronounce specious

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specious - adjective; Level 5; origin: Latin; pronunciation: ˈspē-shəs. superficially plausible but actually wrong; deceptively pleasing.

specious is in Level 5, Set 14 of the Spelling Bee Hive practice sets.

Where specious appears: 1 competition and 3 study lists on record.

Scripps National Spelling Bee: asked 2 times in 1997, 2005 - Round 3 (2005); Round 4 (1997).

Words of the Champions: listed 2 times in 2020–2021.

Consolidated Word List: listed 1 time.

Londa Mutomba Spelling Bee: listed 1 time in 2025.

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