"I am so glad I know this word," said Ethan Haeri, speller 450.
Still, Dr. Bailly told him to keep calm.
The Texas fourth grader giggled as he spelled "Budapest," a city in Hungary, currently the capital, which is comprised of formerly separate towns on either side of the Danube River which were united in 1872.
"Yayyyy!" he said when it was deemed correct, raising his fists in the air as he went back to his seat.
