Monisha Mahadevan, speller 45, misspelled "rollmops" and is out.
"Are you ready?" Dr. Bailly asked Aniket Nuthalapati, speller 62.
"I think so," he said. He spelled "osteitic" to stay in.
And when Cy Orentlicher, speller 76, took the stage, he asked Dr. Bailly: "What are the choices for that?"
"You tell me," Dr. Bailly said.
"Fiiiiine," Cy replied. He spelled "capotasto" fine to stay in.