LexiTopic: Education
The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified 92 words that are used in 100 different ways related to Education in the A-O portion of Spelling Bee lexicon, which comprises 74% of the entire lexicon.
The list is given below, followed by the topical analysis, with definitions.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words Related to EDUCATION in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Word List
ACADEMEACADEMIAACADEMICACADEMYACEDACINGADJUNCTALUMALUMNAANCHORMANAUDITAUDITINGBOARDBOMBBOMBEDBOMBING
BOOKWORKCAMPCAPPEDCAPPINGCHAIRCOACHCOEDCOLLEGECOMMENCEMENTCONNEDCONNINGCOOKBOOKCRACKCRAMDEANDIDACTIC
DOCENTDOCILEDOCILITYDOCTORDOCTORALDORMDORMITORYDRANKDRILLDROPOUTEDIFIEDEDIFYEDIFYINGEDUCABLEELECTIVEELEVATE
ENLIGHTENENLIGHTENINGEXAMEXPOUNDEXPOUNDEDFACULTYFELLOWFIELDFINALFLUNKGOWNGOWNINGGRADGRADINGGROUNDINGGURU
HALLHEADHONORHONORANDHONORARYHOODHOURINITIATEINITIATINGINITIATIONIVIEDLABORATORYLEGACYMACEMAJORMARK
MATRONMENTEEMETHODMILLMINORMINORINGMONITORMORALMORTARBOARDNEOPHYTENOVICE
ORAL
Words Related to EDUCATION in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Topical Arrangement
Subject Headings
Faculty and StaffInstitutions and LocationsStudents and Learners not all learners are in schoolsTeaching and LearningTraditions and Rituals
Faculty and Staff
ACADEMIC: a member (such as a professor) of an institution of learning (such as a university)ADJUNCT: an adjunct faculty member at a college or universityCHAIR: professorship (a university chair)COACH: a private tutor [from the concept that the tutor conveys the student through examinations]COLLEGE: the faculty, students, or administration of a collegeDEAN: the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university, or a college or secondary school administrator in charge of counseling and disciplining studentsDOCENT: a college or university teacher or lecturerDOCTOR: a learned or authoritative teacher; or a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (such as a PhD) conferred by a universityFACULTY: a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution; members of a facultyFELLOW: an incorporated member of a college or collegiate foundation especially in a British university; also, a person appointed to a position granting a stipend and allowing for advanced study or researchHEAD: a headmasterMATRON: a woman who supervises women or children (as in a school or police station)MONITOR: one that warns or instructs; also, a student appointed to assist a teacher
Institutions and Locations
ACADEME: a place of instruction; the academic life, community, or worldACADEMIA: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education: academeACADEMIC: of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learningACADEMY: a school usually above the elementary level, especially: a private high schoolCAMP: a place usually in the country for recreation or instruction often during the summer; also: a program offering access to recreational or educational facilities for a limited period of timeCOLLEGE: an independent institution of higher learning offering a course of general studies leading to a bachelor's degree; also: a university division offering this; also, a part of a university offering a specialized group of courses; also, an institution offering instruction usually in a professional, vocational, or technical field; also, a self-governing constituent body of a university offering living quarters and sometimes instruction but not granting degrees, called also residential college; also, a preparatory or high school; also, a building used for an educational or religious purpose DORM: a dormitoryDORMITORY: a room for sleeping; especially: a large room containing numerous beds; a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without private bathsHALL: a building used by a college or university for some special purpose, such as a dormitory or a college or a division of a college at some universities; also, the common dining room of an English collegeIVIED: academic: of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learningLABORATORY: a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis; broadly: a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study; a place like a laboratory for testing, experimentation, or practice
Students and Learners
ALUM: alumnus, alumna [M-W does not mark as abbreviation, though it gives that designation to “alum” for aluminum]ALUMNA: a girl or woman who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or universityCOED: short for coeducational student: somewhat old-fashioned: a female student in a coeducational institutionCOLLEGE: the faculty, students, or administration of a collegeDOCTORAL: a learned or authoritative teacher; or a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (such as a PhD) conferred by a universityDROPOUT: one who drops out of schoolGRAD: short for graduateLEGACY: a candidate for membership in an organization (such as a school or fraternal order) who is given special status because of a familial relationship to a memberMENTEE: one who is being mentored: a protégé (Mentor + -EE) derived from the name of Mentor, a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son TelemachusNEOPHYTE: a tyro, a beginner in learning; a beginner, one that begins something,especially: an inexperienced person (a neophyte when it comes to computers; neophytes fresh from graduate schools of business)NOVICE: a beginner, a tyro
Teaching and Learning
ACED: to earn a high grade on (something, such as an examination), especially: to get an A onACING: to earn a high grade on (something, such as an examination), especially: to get an A onANCHORMAN: M-W’s 1st def.: person who is last … such as the student who has the lowest scholastic standing in a graduating classAUDIT: to attend (a course) without working for or expecting to receive formal creditAUDITING: to attend (a course) without working for or expecting to receive formal creditBOARD: an examination given by an examining board, often used in plural (e.g., pass the medical boards)BOMB: slang: to fail (a test) (I bombed my history exam)BOMBED: slang: to fail (a test) (I bombed my history exam)BOMBING: slang: to fail (a test) (I bombed my history exam)BOOKWORK: work that involves the use of books, such as schoolworkCONNED: to commit to memory (conned the poem)CONNING: to commit to memory (conned the poem)COOKBOOK: broadly: a book of detailed instructions; also, (adj.): involving or using step-by-step procedures whose rationale is usually not explained (a cookbook approach)CRACK: to open (a book) for studyingCRAM: to prepare hastily for an examination; to study a subject intensively especially for an imminent examination; also, the last-minute study especially for an examinationDIDACTIC: designed or intended to teach; or intended to convey instruction and information in addition to serving another purpose (such as pleasure and entertainment)DOCILE: easily taught (a docile pupil)DOCILITY: easily taught (a docile pupil)DRANK: past tense and past participle of drink: to receive into one's consciousness (drinking deep of the culture)DRILL: to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction; also, to impart or communicate by repetitionEDIFIED: to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; to uplift; also: to enlighten, informEDIFY: to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; to uplift; also: to enlighten, informEDIFYING: to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; to uplift; also: to enlighten, informEDUCABLE: capable of being educated; specifically: capable of some degree of learningELECTIVE: (noun): an elective course or subjectELEVATE: to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally (great books that both entertain and elevate their readers)ENLIGHTEN: to furnish knowledge toENLIGHTEN: to furnish knowledge to: instructENLIGHTENING: to furnish knowledge toENLIGHTENING: to furnish knowledge to: instructEXAM: short for examination, the act or process of examining: the state of being examined; an exercise designed to examine progress or test qualification or knowledgeEXPOUND: to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detailEXPOUNDED: to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detailFIELD: an area or division of an activity, subject, or professionFINAL: the last examination in a course —often used in pluralFINAL: the last examination in a course —often used in pluralFLUNK: to fail especially in an examination or courseGRADING: to assign to a grade or assign a grade toGROUNDING: training or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledgeGURU: a teacher and especially intellectual guide in matters of fundamental concernHONOR: an academic distinction conferred on a superior studentHOUR: a class session; a credit hour or semester hourINITIATE: to instruct in the rudiments or principles of something: to introduce; also, a person who is instructed or adept in some special field; also, (adj.) instructed in some secret knowledgeINITIATING: to instruct in the rudiments or principles of something: to introduce; also, a person who is instructed or adept in some special field; also, (adj.) instructed in some secret knowledgeINITIATION: the condition of being initiated into some experience or sphere of activity: knowledgeablenessLABORATORY: an academic period set aside for laboratory work (a course of study requiring two lectures and one laboratory per week)MAJOR: an academic subject chosen as a field of specialization; also, of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization (The student's major field is geology.); also, a student specializing in such a field (a history major); also, to pursue an academic major (majored in English)MARK: a symbol used to represent a teacher's estimate of a student's work or conduct, especially: a grade; also, to determine the value of by means of marks or symbols: grade (mark term papers)METHOD: a systematic plan followed in presenting material for instruction (the lecture method)MILL: a difficult and often educational experience —used in the phrase through the millMINOR: of or relating to an academic subject requiring fewer courses than a major (minor subjects); also, a minor academic subject; also, a student taking a specified minor; also, to take courses in a minor subjectMINORING: of or relating to an academic subject requiring fewer courses than a major (minor subjects); also, a minor academic subject; also, a student taking a specified minor; also, to take courses in a minor subjectMORAL: the moral significance or practical lesson (as of a story); a passage pointing out usually in conclusion the lesson to be drawn from a story
ORAL: an oral examination —usually used in plural
Traditions and Rituals
CAPPED: to give a cap to as a symbol of honor, rank, or achievementCAPPING: to give a cap to as a symbol of honor, rank, or achievementCOMMENCEMENT: the ceremonies or the day for conferring degrees or diplomasDOCTOR: a person awarded an honorary doctorate (such as an LLD or Litt D) by a college or universityGOWN: a distinctive robe worn by a professional or academic person; also, the body of students and faculty of a college or universityGOWNING: donning the distinctive robe worn by a professional or academic person in preparation for commencement or another ceremonyHONORAND: one that is awarded an honor (as an honorary degree)HONORARY: having or conferring distinction; conferred or elected in recognition of achievement or service without the usual prerequisites or obligations; an honorary degreeHOOD: an ornamental scarf worn over an academic gown that indicates by its color the wearer's college or universityMACE: an ornamental staff borne as a symbol of authority before a public official (such as a magistrate) or a legislative body; also, one who carries a maceMORTARBOARD: an academic cap consisting of a closely fitting headpiece with a broad flat projecting square top