Kassie McKnight, speller 138, thought her word sounded comforting -- she just didn't know how to spell it.
"Avegolemono" is a soup or sauce made of chicken stock, egg yolks and lemon juice.
She misspelled, and was eliminated.
Gokul Venkatachalam, speller 140 and last year's third place finisher, spelled "lathyrism" correctly to stay in the competition.