Sometimes spellers try to sneak non-standard questions in there. Like this one, from speller 245, Cassie Rust.
"If this word was a color, what color would it be?" she asked Dr. Bailly.
"I'm not too good at those synesthetic judgments," he answered.
Cassie, a Utah sixth grader, misspelled "dysrhythmia" and is out.
And Jasmina Frederico, speller 248, also had a request.
"Would you do me a favor and give me an easy word?" she asked.
"I'd like to. I'm hoping," Dr. Bailly said.
The Utah fifth grader misspelled "ineducable" and was eliminated.
And Jasmina Frederico, speller 248, also had a request.
"Would you do me a favor and give me an easy word?" she asked.
"I'd like to. I'm hoping," Dr. Bailly said.
The Utah fifth grader misspelled "ineducable" and was eliminated.