We have our first misspellings of this group:
Alyssa Evans, speller 344, a Pennsylvania seventh grader misspelled "atrophy," to undergo a wasting away or progressive decline.
Joel Jose, speller 345 and a North Carolina third grader misspelled "Knickerbocker," a descendant of the old Dutch settlers of New York.
And Edmund Thomas, speller 349 and a Texas seventh grader in his second Bee, misspelled "odeon," a contemporary theater or concert hall.
