I Just Don't Have the Words, and Neither Did They

It's that time of year again, time for the National Spelling Bee.  I usually try and catch it every year, but this year I forgot all about it.  I remembered a week beforehand.  I remembered it the day before.  I even remembered it that morning, but I forgot it by the time it was actually airing.  In any case, I am kind of glad I missed it this year, especially considering that it didn't end until after midnight.  Keeping junior high students up that late is not really all that acceptable.  Furthermore, the competition ended in an eight-way tie.  When there are that many in a tie, it is not longer a competition.  While some recent bees ended with co-champions, having eight tied for first is not fun.  That had to be a better way to end this than just having all eight 'win.'  How can any of them say they won it all, when seven others can say the same thing?  At least the words were somewhat better this year, but not by much.  I could only find two of the eight winning words in my store's main dictionary:  erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection; and bougainvillea, a tropical woody vine.  [Note:  My Mac's spell check feature caught both words.] I found two more on my computer's dictionary:  aiguillette, the braiding found on military-style uniforms; and pendeloque, a type of faceting used on certain gemstones, particularly diamonds. [Note:  My Mac recognized the first, but not the second.]  I had to search for three more words on the internet:  auslaut, the consonant sound at the end of a syllable; palama, the webbing between the toes of aquatic fowl; and cernunous, droopy when pertaining to plants.  [Note:  My Mac didn't recognize any of these words.]. While I did look it up, I already kind of knew the eighth and final word, probably from my love of CCGs and/or RPGs.  That word is odylic.  It pertains to the vibrant life force found in some individuals, that is sometimes strong enough to bend others to their will.  Strangely enough, it is archaic and somewhat obsolete, but it was the only one I knew.  My computer didn't know it either, possibly because of the possible other spellings of the word when used in different situations other than the one used in the Bee.  I am not sure how to work many of these words into everyday conversations.  I am pretty sure it would be impossible to work more than two into any regular one, and even that could be awkward.  The best I can come up with would be "The duck's palama got caught in the cernunous vines of the bougainvillea while it was chasing me due to the odylic attraction from the aiguillettes on my jacket."  Well, I tried and it doesn't sound too weird.  I mean, it theoretically could make sense.  Barely could happen, but it could.  Maybe the duck thought they were food?  Hey, the Bee is known for wild example sentences.  It could almost be a dream job of mine to come up with similar sentences.  Almost every competitor asks for one, even when one isn't necessary.  Those sentences are the only reason why I am sad I missed out.