Sai Lakkimsetti

age 14 | grade 8

Georgia Association of Educators

Tucker, Georgia

Sai finished in 57th place (tied).

Round	Word/Question	Spelling/Answer Given
1	marcel	marcel
2	What does it mean to trounce?	win victory over in a decisive manner
3	flickery	flickery
4	lamprey	lamprey
5	What could be described as catatonic?	a breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones Correct answer: a trance-like state

journey to the Scripps National Spelling Bee

winning word in qualifying spelling bee

Nyctalopia

other words spelled correctly in local competition

Spumoni, heortology, kiskadee, anoa, corbina