Speller 122, Luke Suko, fist-pumped after spelling his word, "epigrammatic," correctly.
He asked for roots, the definition, the part of speech and a sentence. Luke looked nervous as he spelled with his hands in his pockets, and relieved when he got the word right.
Yesterday, he took a bow after spelling his word correctly.
Luke, a Maryland eighth grader, is in his second Bee.