She paused while pretending to write the word on her hand, a common technique among spellers.
The finals were the same as always: no vocabulary, just spellers trying to avoid the doomsday bell.
The finals looked the same as always: No vocabulary, just spellers trying to avoid the doomsday bell.
That fabled place, officially labeled the "Comfort Room, " is no longer a cookie-and-lemonade-laden refuge for tearstained spellers.
The finals would look the same as always: No vocabulary, just spellers trying to avoid the doomsday bell.
Two spellers had a chance to make history to complete the first pair of siblings to win the bee.
Some part of me definitely wishes I had taken the time to acquaint myself better with the other spellers.
When spellers and parents pointed out that "viruscide" was an OK variant of "virucide, " it allowed 13-year-old Nikitha Chandran of St.
The struggle began with 10m spellers, all under the age of 16.
The gut-gnarling stress of attempting to piece together words plucked from a seemingly alien tongue (spellers faced "leucoryx" "barukhzy" and "hoomalimali" just Wednesday) is more than most reasonable adults could bear.
Everyone, even the worst spellers, deserves to be heard.
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The 11 finalists were culled from 42 semifinalists Thursday afternoon, with spellers advancing based on a formula that combined their scores from a computerized spelling and vocabulary test with their performance in two onstage rounds.
The field was whittled down from 42 semifinalists Thursday afternoon, with spellers advancing based on a formula that combined their scores from a computerized spelling and vocabulary test with their performance in two onstage rounds.
Some of the spellers liked it, some didn't, and many were in-between, praising the concept but wondering why it wasn't announced at the beginning of the school year instead of seven weeks before the national bee.
Some of the spellers liked the change, some didn't, and many were in-between, praising the concept but wondering why it wasn't announced at the beginning of the school year instead of seven weeks before the national bee.
The week began with 281 spellers and was whittled down to 42 for the semifinals Thursday afternoon and 11 for the prime-time finals, with spellers advancing based on a formula that combined their scores from computerized spelling and vocabulary tests with their performance in onstage rounds.
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