Saketh Sundar, Speller 251 and a Maryland seventh grader, is out.
He misspelled "glycyrrhizin," a crystalline glycosidic acid constituting the sweet part of licorice root.
As in: The speller needed to take glycyrrhizin for the ulcer she developed trying to spell "glycyrrhizin".
Change that to a "he" and yeah, probably.
Saketh tied for 41st place in 2016 and 12th place last year.
