Joshua Mason, speller 190, asked if he could buy a vowel when he heard his word, "quaquaversal."
Joshua got the word right.
His family made a lot of effort for Joshua to get this far -- they sold their house and moved to another school district, that participated in the bee longer, so Joshua would have another chance to compete after he just missed making the national bee last year.
Read more about Joshua's family's move here: http://www.wxyz.com/news/spelling-bee/speller-mom-uproot-home-to-make-scripps-national-spelling-bee