Spell it for me?

Ankita Vadiala, speller 261, greeted Dr. Bailly with a "Howdy."

"Any chance you could just give me the spelling and make my life easier?" she asked.

"I wish," he said. "You can do it."

Ankita, who last year tied for 13th, did -- she spelled "geta" correctly, and is still in the bee.