"Håfa Adai!" said Ramon Padua Jr., speller 50, from Guam. It means hello in Chamorro.
The diminuitive fifth grader had to pull the mic stand down. He gave Dr. Bailly a thumb's up before spelling "demulcent" correctly.
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