Two spellers were eliminated in a row: Audrey Melton (Speller 71) misspelled "philately" and Tristan Hankins (Speller 72) misspelled "Weimaraner." Both were eliminated.
Audrey is an eighth grader from Rock Falls, Illinois. Tristan is a sixth grader from Anderson, Indiana.
Our representative of Ghana, Khushi Jeswani (Speller 50) was also eliminated, on "commissar."