No help

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 09:31

Bee Week

"Can I have the language of origin?" asked Iscent George, Speller 103. "It's unknown," Dr. Bailly told the Arizona eighth grader. "That's not helpful," she responded. Still, she spelled "blight"...

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Time's up

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 09:26

Bee Week

Janelle Newell, Speller 85, asked Dr. Bailly to again say her word, "celtuce." By then, though, the stage lights were red. The rules say that during that period, the pronouncer can't interact with ...

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Happy birthday

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 09:22

Bee Week

Ojas Vatsyayan, Speller 82, got a heck of a birthday present: he spelled "messianic" correctly on stage. It means mystically idealistic in a manner suggesting a leader destined to bring about ...

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No time for piano

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 09:07

Bee Week

"Good morning!" Lindsay Davis, Speller 78, chirped. "Been practicing piano?" Dr. Bailly asked the Arizona eighth grader. Yesterday, she commented on her piano habits after a sentence mentioned...

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Nerves won't do him in

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 09:03

Bee Week

Jayden Lee, Speller 67, was a little nervous -- his word -- when he approached the microphone. The California fifth grader spelled his word, "cadged," correctly, though. It means got by beggin...

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Is it too early to declare a winner?

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:58

Bee Week

We mean on the clothing front. Because Simone Kaplan, Speller 60 and a Florida sixth grader, has catapulted herself into the lead in the sartorial category. Simone is wearing black...

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What's up with you?

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:38

Bee Week

"What's up, Doc?" asked Ryan Uc, Speller 58, a California eighth grader. "Spelling Bee," Dr. Bailly replied. And a good one, at that. Ryan spelled "retrusion" correctly.  ...

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Sounds like a nice place

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:34

Bee Week

"Hi Dr. Bailly. I really need an easy word," Ritvik Teegavarapu, Speller 34 and a Florida eighth grader. "I don't think any of you need an easy word. You're too good," Dr Bailly replied. Th...

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Slow that down

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:23

Bee Week

"Can you say the word a little slower?" asked Saachi Sharma, Speller 31, a Florida eighth grader. It served her well. Using her finger to write the word on her arm, she spelled "doddery" corre...

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And a good day to you

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:18

Bee Week

"Top of the morning to you, Dr. Bailly," Robert Foster, Speller 20, greeted his pronouncer. The Maryland sixth grader's word was "intertribal," existing or occurring between social groups...

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Hey! That's us!

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:15

Bee Week

Not that we're biased or anything, but we think Noah Dooley, Speller 13, got the best word in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Maryland seventh grader's word was "blogosphere." As in, Th...

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Funny sentence, No. 1

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:08

Bee Week

Nathan Ostermann, Speller 10, was the recipient of our first funny sentence, for the word "aphorism," which means a terse and often ingenious formulation of a truth or sentiment usually in a sing...

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We see some air typing

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 08:04

Bee Week

Dhyana Mishra, speller 5, air-typed her way to spelling "vitiation" correctly. It's the quality or state of being made ineffective either wholly or in part. Dhyana is a Florida seventh grad...

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Welcome back!

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 07:58

Bee Week

Good morning, spelling fans! We're back with the first group in mere moments. Excited to spell with you today! Watch on ESPN3.   ...

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Our first speller is our first bell

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 17:30

Bee Week

To begin, Jerry Li, Speller 1 and a Connecticut eighth grader, misspelled "panoply," a magnificent or impressive array. While the spellers had a word list of 600 words to study for the la...

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And that does it!

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 17:24

Bee Week

Here are your stats: 452 - spellers who spelled correctly, and will be spelling on stage tomorrow. 64 - spellers who misspelled, and are out. We'll see you here again tomorrow morning! ...

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We have some comedians

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 17:18

Bee Week

Nathan Estep, Speller 507 and a Virginia eighth grader, has quite a family history: siblings Marissa, Samuel, George and Edwin have all participated in the Bee. Nathan's word was "cacography," whic...

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From the U.S. Virgin Islands

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 17:14

Bee Week

Jah'Quane Graham, Speller 504, is a sixth grader and the only representative from the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is out, eliminated on "Beringia," a region of grassland steppe that once stretch...

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Space

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 17:11

Bee Week

Vihaan Sibal, Speller 498, got "poste restante" -- a mail-delivery service or a department of a post office that handles the delivery of mail at a post office window to persons who do not have an...

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Related to champions

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 17:06

Bee Week

Srivarun Hathwar, Speller 494, has some big shoes to fill. The Virginia sixth grader has two older cousins who are Scripps National Spelling Bee champions. Sriram Hathwar won in 2014, while Jair...

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