137
Ishaan Gupta
age 12 | grade 7
Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development
Jersey City, New Jersey
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Ishaan finished in 2nd place.
| Round | Word/Question | Spelling/Answer Given |
| 1 | canions |
canions
|
| 2 | Something that is pervasive: |
spreads throughout
|
| 3 | Spelling test threshold met. | |
| 4 | rupestrian |
rupestrian
|
| 5 | Someone described as despotic displays: |
the oppressive exercise of absolute power
|
| 6 | lenitive |
lenitive
|
| 7 | coenosarc |
coenosarc
|
| 8 | Something described as eremic relates to: |
deserts or sandy regions
|
| 9 | manavelins |
manavelins
|
| 10 | dodecatheon |
dodecatheon
|
| 11 | Something described as contrapuntal relates to: |
interwoven melodies in a musical composition
|
| 12 | euphausid |
euphausid
|
| 13 | sambaqui |
sambaqui
|
| 14 | pasinia |
pasinia
|
| 15 | Nanyukian |
Nanyukian
|
| 16 | Kolami |
Kolami
|
| 17 | Igdyr |
Igdyr
|
| 18 | Ertebolle |
Ertebolle
|
Spell-Off Results - 25 correct out of 29
| Word | Result |
| torrone | incorrect |
| enthymeme | correct |
| iguape | correct |
| Denebola | incorrect |
| fais-dodo | correct |
| cywyddau | correct |
| pohutukawa | correct |
| monadnock | correct |
| émeute | correct |
| nannofossil | correct |
| tongkang | correct |
| Natchitoches | correct |
| flaith | correct |
| semele | correct |
| rusell | correct |
| sawder | incorrect |
| campernelle | correct |
| Nicol | correct |
| Zamenis | incorrect |
| Tharparkar | correct |
| tlachtli | correct |
| madoqua | correct |
| retiarius | correct |
| balintawak | correct |
| tessaraconter | correct |
| taurokathapsia | correct |
| rapakivi | correct |
| uayeb | correct |
| paroemia | correct |