There are 214 of the original 283 spellers who are still in the running. No more than 50 spellers will advance to the semifinals. Their on-stage spelling will be combined with a written test they took yesterday to determine who will move on.
preliminaries
Tuesday, May 28
8 a.m. - 7:40 p.m. ET
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