We're back at it

Naomi Zarin, speller 1, spelled triceratops correctly, and we've started Round 3.

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In Round 2, spellers had a 400-word word list to study. Now, they just have the dictionary.

It's already taken its first spellers.

Rayne Korsmo, speller 2, misspelled tangelo, the fruit of a hybrid between a tangerine or mandarin orange and either a grapefruit or shaddock.

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Sharanya Pastapur, speller 3 - whose sister tied for second last year - was eliminated on rollicking, having or expressing a carefree joyousness.

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And speller 4, Aashray Mandala, was eliminated on pilferer, one that takes articles of small value, or a petty thief.

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Dhruv Kaderu, speller 7, is out on irrevocable, incapable of being recalled or taken back.

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