Want to know a little more about Dr. Bailly? We can tell you something about his backyard now.
"Loretta planted grapevines and climbing roses beside the pergola. I have one in my backyard," he told Achuth Vinay, speller 98.
Achuth, a California fourth grader and one of the nine-year-olds in the Bee, correctly spelled "pergola," an openwork arch or covering for a walk or passageway over which climbing plants are trained : an arbor : a trellis.
Achuth is the younger brother of 2017 champion Ananya Vinay.