2024 Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee
4/20/2024 | 1h 55m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Envision Credit Union present the 2024 Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee. Also sponsored by WFSU.
2024 Big Bend Regional Bee is sponsored by Envision Credit Union. Local champions from counties across the Florida "Big Bend" compete against each other to spell the most difficult words in the dictionary. The winner will go on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee national competition at the end of May. Also sponsored by WFSU Public Media. Learn more about the Bee at https://www.spellingbee.com/
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Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee is a local public television program presented by WFSU
2024 Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee
4/20/2024 | 1h 55m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
2024 Big Bend Regional Bee is sponsored by Envision Credit Union. Local champions from counties across the Florida "Big Bend" compete against each other to spell the most difficult words in the dictionary. The winner will go on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee national competition at the end of May. Also sponsored by WFSU Public Media. Learn more about the Bee at https://www.spellingbee.com/
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipUNIONb 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE ON WFSU PUBLIC MEDIAb& 27 OF OUR NORTH FLORIDA AREAb BEST SPELLERS COME TOGETHER TO COMPETE FOR TODAYb TITLE.
THE WINNER HEADS TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF A LIFETIMEb& THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
[MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] >> Gina Jordan,Moderator: HELLO EVERYONE.
I AM GINA JORDAN, HOST OF MORNING EDITION ON WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA 88.9.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE ENVISION CREDIT UNIONb 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
TODAYb BEE WILL SHOWCASE THE TALENTS OF THE BRIGHTEST STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA VYING FOR THE TITLE OF REGIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION AND THE HONOR OF COMPETING AT THE 2024 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THE WINNER TODAY WILL ALSO RECEIVE A VARIETY OF PRIZES INCLUDING A THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARD YOUR FAMILYb TRAVEL EXPENSES TO THE NATIONAL BEE FROM ENVISION CREDIT UNION AND A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR MIDTOWN READER, AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.
THE COMPETITION WILL BEGIN IN A FEW MOMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, ALL COMPETITORS SHOULD BE IN POSITION FOR THE START OF THE COMPETITION.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICIALS WHO WILL PRESIDE OVER TODAYb COMPETITION.
FIRST, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR PRONOUNCER, JESSICA McGREW OF McGREW LAW FIRM.
NEXT, MEET OUR HEAD JUDGE: DR. LAURIE LEE.
SHE IS THE SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE WITH THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR READING AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
WE ALSO HAVE DR. GRETCHEN SUNDERMAN, SHE IS A PROFESSOR OF SPANISH AND LINGUISTICS AND ASSOCIATE CHAIR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPANISH AND LINGUISTICS AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
THANK YOU, OFFICIALS.
AT THIS TIME, Ib LIKE TO WELCOME ANDRE HARRIS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH ENVISION CREDIT UNION, TO COME TO THE STAGE TO SAY A FEW >> Andre Harris: HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS ANDRE ON BEHALF OF ENVISION CREDIT JEAN WFSU WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR SPARS FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR IN THE COMPETITION WE WANT TO SAY WE KNOW YOU WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET HERE THIS IS JUST A COMBINATION OF ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR OFFICIALS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA OPENING UP OUR DOORS AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE SPACE TO DO THIS.
LET'S HAVE A GREAT SPELLING BEE AND LET'S GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD.
>> Gina Jordan,Moderator: THANK YOU MR. HARRIS LET US ALSO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE DETERMINATION OF OUR SPELLERS AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY THESE PAST FEW MONTHS TO STUDY AND PREPARE FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPETITION.
FOR THAT, YOU SHOULD ALL BE COMMENDED.
BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK, A GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION CONTINUES.
THE FORMAT FOR THE COMPETITION WILL BE A TRADITIONAL SPELLDOWN; THAT IS, EACH OF THE SPELLERS YOU SEE HERE WILL RECEIVE ONE WORD PER BEE IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND COUNTY SPELLING BEE LEVEL AND THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
SUCCESS IN SCHOOL-LEVEL SPELLING BEES IS USUALLY TIED TO MEMORIZATION OF A LIST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED WORDS.
BEYOND THAT LEVEL, SUCCESS IS ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF LANGUAGE CONCEPTS AND PATTERNS TO CORRECTLY SPELL ANY ONE OF MORE THAN 470,000 WORDS IN THE BEEb OFFICIAL REFERENCE, MERRIAM-WEBSTER UNABRIDGED.
SO, SUCCESS IN TODAYb SPELLING BEE IS, IN THE BEGINNING, ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE MEMORIZED.
BUT, IN THE END, IT WILL LIKELY BE ABOUT WORDS THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOT STUDIED.
WHEN YOUR MOMENT ARRIVES, JUST DO LIKE THE PROS DO IN D.C.
SLOW DOWN, ASK QUESTIONS, THINK POSITIVELY AND YOU WILL BE READY TO MEET THE CHALLENGE.
ALL THE SPELLERS HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL RULES FOR THIS BEE, BUT THERE ARE A FEW ONES WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THEM, THE AUDIENCE, AND THE FOLKS AT HOME.
RULES: ONE IN COMPETITION, AFTER THE SPELLER GIVES THE PRONOUNCER A WORD, THE SPELLER SHOULD PRONOUNCE THE WORD BEFORE AND AFTER SPELLING IT.
TWO,THE SPELLER MAY ASK THE PRONOUNCER TO SAY THE WORD AGAIN, DEFINE IT, USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PROVIDE THE PART OF SPEECH, PROVIDE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN, OR PROVIDE AND ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATION OR PRONUNCIATIONS, AS LISTED ON THE PRONOUNCERS COMPETITION WORD LIST PROVIDED BY THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THREE, EACH SPELLER WILL RECEIVE THEIR OWN WORD TO SPELL AND NOT BE ASKED TO SPELL THE PREVIOUS WORD.
FOUR, UPON PROVIDING AN INCORRECT SPELLING OF A WORD, THE SPELLER IMMEDIATELY DROPS OUT OF THE COMPETITION UNLESS ALL SPELLERS IN A ROUND MISSPELL THEIR WORD.
FIVE, IF NONE OF THE SPELLERS IN A SINGLE ROUND ARE ELIMINATED ALL SHALL REMAIN IN THE COMPETITION.
SIX ALL SPELLERS ELIMINATED IN THE SAME ROUND ARE TIED FOR THE SAME PLACE.
SEVEN, IF ONLY ONE SPELLER IN A ROUND SPELLS CORRECTLY, A NEW ONE-WORD SPELLING ROUND BEGINS, IF THE SPELLER SUCCEEDS IN CORRECTLY SPELLING THAT WORD, THE SPELLER IS DECLARED THE CHAMPION.
EIGHT, IF THE SPELLER MISSPELLS THE ANTICIPATED CHAMPIONSHIP WORD A NEW SPELLING ROUND BEGINS WITH ALL THE SPELLERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND.
>> Gina Jordan,Moderator: THERE HAS BEEN ONE MORE RULE ADDED THIS YEAR.
THERE WILL BE NO CHALLENGES IF A SPELLER IS ELIMINATED.
IT IS THE SPELLERS RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD.
ON BEHALF OF ENVISION CREDIT UNION AND WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE FANTASTIC YOUNG SPELLERS.
LETb BEGIN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: WE ARE NOW READY TO BEGIN ROUND ONE OF THE ENVISION CREDIT UNION 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
FOR THIS FIRST ROUND ONLY, PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE OFFICIALS AND THE AUDIENCE BY SHARING YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU ATTEND.
SPELLERS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE EVENT THAT YOU MISSPELL DURING THESE ROUNDS.
ONE OF THE JUDGES WILL RING A BELL.
THEN, I WILL PROVIDE THE CORRECT SPELLING AND YOU WILL RETURN TO YOUR SEAT.
AT THE END OF THE ROUND, THOSE WHO HAVE SPELLED A WORD WRONG WILL LEAVE THE STAGE TO MEET THEIR FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE COMPETITION.
IF NO ONE SPELLS THEIR WORD CORRECTLY IN THE ROUND, EVERYONE ON STAGE WILL STAY FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES.
JUDGES, ARE YOU READY?
SPELLER NO.
1 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND >> Speller: MY NAME IS CAROLINE CARTER FROM UNIVERSITY ACADEMY >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: PEAR IT IS A NOUN MEANING THE FLESHY OBLONG FRUIT OF A TREE THAT IS GENERALLY LARGER AT ONE END AND HAS GREAT CELLS THROUGHOUT THE FLESH.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] TRIED NOT TO COVER EVERYTHING WITH THE JUICE AS HE ATE THE RIGHT PEAR.
>> Speller: PEAR.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 2 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE MY NAME IS SHUJANKULSOOM FROM PANAMA CITY ADVANCED SCHOOL >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: APOLOGY .
>> Speller: APOLOGY CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: AND ADMISSION OF ERROR OR DISCOURTESY ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPRESSION OF REGRET.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE TEACHERRECEIVED A SINCERE APOLOGY FROM THE DISRESPECTFUL STUDENT.
>> Speller: APOLOGY .
[SPELLING WORD] APOLOGY .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 3 THESE APPROACH THE MICROPHONEINTRODUCE YOURSELF.
SRINIDHI REPRESENTING FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL HOME EDUCATION, ESCAMBIA COUNTY .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: ASTONISH IT IS A VERB MEANING TO STRIKE WITH A SUDDEN SENSE OF SURPRISE OR WONDER ESPECIALLY THROUGH SOMETHING UNEXPECTED OR DIFFICULT TO ACCEPTAS TRUE OR REASONABLE.
2 SURPRISES GREATLY TO MAS.
YOUR WORD IS ASTONISH .
>> Speller: ASTONISH CAN I HAVE Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:THIS WORD CONSISTS OF APART THE PROBABLY WENT FROM LATIN TO FRENCH TO ENGLISH PLUS AND ENGLISH ELEMENT .
>> Speller: ASTONISH ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NO THERE ARE NOT .
>> Speller: : CANYOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION AND PART OF SPEECH .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TO STRIKE WITH A SUDDEN SENSE OF SURPRISE AND WONDER ESPECIALLY DO SOMETHING UNEXPECTED DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT AS TRUE REASONABLE JUSTIFIES GREATLY TO AMAZE AND IT ISA VERB.
>> Speller: ASTONISH CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ASTONISH .
>>Speller: ASTONISH ISN'T THAT RIGHT .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAN YOU SAY THE WORD AGAIN .
Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TO THE BEST OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF YOU THAT IS THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION.
>> Speller: ASTONISH.
[SPELLING WORD]ASTONISH .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 4 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE IS LUKE CATHEY,FROM WEST FLORIDA HOME EDUCATION SUPPORT LEAGUE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: BIAS IT IS A NOUN MEANING AND INCLINATION OF TEMPERAMENT OR OUTLOOK.
PREJUDICE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: STEWARDS BIASED AGAINST CERTAIN GROUPS MAKES HIM UNFIT TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.
>>Speller: BIAS .
[SPELLING WORD] BIAS.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 5 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE Speller: MY NAME IS MASON ELEMENTARY.
SENTING >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: DAFT IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING SILLY OR FOOLISH YOUR WORD IS: DAFT.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE PART OF SPEECH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:IT IS AN ADJECTIVE .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS ORIGINALLY HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SILLY OR FOOLISH.
>> Speller: DAFT AMI SAYING THE WORD CORRECTLY .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I'M SORRY.
>> Speller: DAFT AM I SAYING THE WORD CORRECTLY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: [SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 6 THESE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE IS JAMES FLOYDREPRESENTING APALACHICOLA BAY CHARTER SCHOOL .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: DIVINE IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING SUPREMELY GOOD OR ADMIRABLE.
YOUR WORD IS: DIVINE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ACCORDING TO MINDY GRANDMA MAKES THEMOST DIVINE CUPCAKES ON THE PLANET.
>> Speller: DIVINE .
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 8 PLEASE APPROACH THEMICROPHONE .
>> Speller: MY NAME IS KIPTON WHITTINGTON, REPRESENTING BELL HIGH SCHOOL >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: GIGGLE .
>> Speller: GIGGLE.
[SPELLING WORD] GIGGLE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 9 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND Speller: MY NAME IS BROOKS BETHEA REPRESENTING MARIANNA K8 SCHOOL .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: SCALP .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE PART OF THE COVERING OF THE HUMAN HAD USUALLYCOVERED WITH HAIR.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD WORD] SCALP .CALP >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 10 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MYNAME IS MAE McNEILL REPRESENTING AUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY .
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: GALLEY .
>> Speller: CAN I PLEASE GET THE DEFINITION .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A LARGE LOW USUALLY ONE DIRECT SHIP PROPELLED BY BOTH SALES AND ORDERS TYPICALLY BEING 100 TO 200 FEET LONG OFTEN HAVING 20 HOURS ON EACH SIDE WITH MANY ROVERS TEACH OR USED THROUGHOUT MEDIEVAL TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THEMEDITERRANEAN.
>> Speller: GALLEY .
[SPELLING WORD] GALLEY.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 12 PLEASE APPROACH THEMICROPHONE .
>> Speller: MY NAME IS ANDREW COX REPRESENTING LEON COUNTY HOME SCHOOLERS >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CIDERY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:A BUILDING OR PLANT WHERE THE EXPRESSED JUICE OF APPLE OR SOMETIMES OTHER FRUIT USES A BEVERAGE FOR MAKINGOTHER PRODUCTS SUCH AS VINEGAR IS MADE.
>> Speller: CIDERY .
[SPELLING WORD] CIDERY .
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CIDERY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 13 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MY NAME IS MATTHEW MALLEY, REPRESENTING TRINITY CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: COLLIE IT IS A NOUN MEANING A DOG OF A BREED DEVELOPED IN SCOTLAND AND USED FOR GENERATIONS IN HERDING SHEEP STANDING 20 TO 24 INCHES AT THE SHOULDER WEIGHING 50 TO 60 POUNDS HAVING A LONG POINTED MUZZLE WITH LITTLE OR NO STOP AND OCCURRING IN 2 VARIETIES THE LONG-HAIRED WITH PROFUSE COAT VERY FULL ROUGH AND FEATHERING AND TO MEET HEALTH AND THE LEFT COMMON SHORTHAIRED WITH SOMEWHAT HARSH POSTCODE.
YOUR WORD IS A COLLIE.
>> Speller:COLLIE .
[SPELLING WORD] COLLIE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 14 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller:JULIA CADE REPRESENTING TRINITY CATHOLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: GRAPPLE IT IS A VERB MEANINGTO ATTEMPT TO DEAL TO COPE.
THE WORDIS GRAPPLE .
>> Speller: GRAPPLE .
[SPELLING WORD]GRAPPLE .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 15 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MY NAME IS MADISON DIAZ REPRESENTING CHRIST CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: YAMMER .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: TIK TOK INSISTENTLY AND OFTEN LOUDLY.
>> Speller: YAMMER .
[SPELLING WORD] YAMMER.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 16 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE IS EMANUEL LIZARAZO REPRESENTING COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL,ELEMENTARY >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: FOOTHILLS.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YAMMER ONE.
>> Speller: 1021.
[SPELLING WORD] FOOTHILLS.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NEXT SPELLER PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE IS BLAKEWHEELER REPRESENTING, COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL,MIDDLE .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: ELEMENT IT IS A NOUN IT MEANS ONE OF THE SIMPLE SUBSTANCES ERROR WATER FIRE AND EARTH OF WHICH ACCORDING TO EARLY NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE WAS COMPOSED.
YOURWORD IS: ELEMENT .
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ELEMENT .
>> Speller: ELEMENT BIAS 5.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: FELDMAN, I REPRESENT COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: ENCORE NOUN MEANING FURTHER APPEARANCE OF A PERFORMER OR ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE REQUESTED BY AN AUDIENCE YOUR WORDIS: ENCORE .
>> Speller: ENCORE.
[SPELLING WORD] ENCORE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Judge: SPELLER 19 APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE IS AIDEN SUNG, REPRESENTING CORNERSTONE LEARNING COMMUNITY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: DRIBBLES.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ILL MAJORED ABRUPT AND RUDE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE PLEASE READ.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MARIA COMPLAINED TO THE MANAGER ABOUT THE YAMMER FOR AN CORPORATIVE CLERK.
>> Speller: SURLY.
[SPELLING WORD] SURLY.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 20 AND PLEASE Speller: MY NAME IS THEODORE (TEDDY) STUART, REPRESENTING HOLY COMFORTER EPISCOPAL LOWER SCHOOL.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: LAWYER IT IS A NOUN MEANING ONE WHOSE PROFESSION IS TO CONDUCT LAWSUITS FOR CLIENTS OR TO ADVISE AS TO THE PROSECUTION OF LAWSUITS OR AS TO LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN OTHER MATTERS.
YOUR WORD IS: YAMMER 5.
>> Speller: LAWYER.
[SPELLING WORD] LAWYER.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS LAWYER.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 21 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MY NAME IS ALLIE WINSOR REPRESENTING HOLY COMFORTER EPISCOPAL MIDDLE SCHOOL >>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: MERELY.
>> Speller: YAMMER 6.
[SPELLING WORD] YAMMER 6 .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THAT IS CORRECT SPELLER 22 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> Speller: MY NAME IS EMMANUELLA (ELLA) OLAITAN, REPRESENTING MACLAY LOWER SCHOOL .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: YAMMER 7 IT IS A NOUN MEANING SMALL BROWN SPOT IN SKIN USUALLY DUE TOEXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT .
>> Speller: FRECKLE.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS FRECKLE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 23 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> Speller: MY NAME IS ETHAN WOODRING REPRESENTING MACLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: QUIRKY IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING FULL OF PECULIARITIES OF ACTION BEHAVIOR OR BEARING THE WORD IS QUIRKY.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: DION TELEVISIONSTOP IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS QUIRKY OF THE PART HEPLAYED AS WELL AS IS INTERESTING OFFSCREEN DEMEANOR.
>> Speller: PERKY .
[SPELLING WORD] QUIRKY .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: MY NAME IS ZADE SINNADURAI REPRESENTING THE MAGNOLIA SCHOOL >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: STERLING IT'S A NEGATIVE MEANING OF FULL VALUE FIRST QUALITY CONFORM TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD GENUINE THE BOARD IS STERLING.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE RECIPIENT OF THE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD WAS CITED FOR HER STERLING CHARACTER AND MATCHLESS ENERGY.
>> Speller: EWE.
[SPELLING WORD] STERLING.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS STERLING.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER 25 PLEASEAPPROACH THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MYNAME IS HARPER SMITH, REPRESENTING SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: GIZZARD IT IS A NOUN MEANING THE MUSCULAR ENLARGEMENT OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL OF BIRDS THAT HE MERELY FOLLOWS THE CROP IS BEST DEVELOPED IN SEED EATING BIRDS TYPICALLY HAVE THICK MUSCULAR WALLS AND ATOP HORNY PLANNING AND SERVES TO GRIND THE FOOD INTO MUSCULAR ACTION BEING COMMONLY ASSISTEDBY GRAVEL SWALLOWED BY THE BIRD.
YOURWORD IS: GIZZARD .
>> Speller: GIZZARD .
[SPELLING WORD]GIZZARD .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 26 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND Speller: MY NAME IS AIDEN PUGH, REPRESENTING WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: PROPOSAL.
>> Speller: PROPOSAL.
[SPELLING WORD] PROPOSAL.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 27 PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MYNAME IS KENDYL SHADEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL .
YOUR WORD IS: SPREADSHEET .
>> Speller:SPREADSHEET .
[SPELLING WORD] SPREADSHEET.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 28 PLEASE APPROACH THEMICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MY NAME IS CAMDEN CHESNUT REPRESENTING VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: AMUSEMENT .
>> Speller: AMUSEMENT.
[SPELLING WORD] AMUSEMENT.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 29 PLEASE APPROACH THEMICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF .
>> Speller: MYNAME IS MACKENZIE ST. JOHN, REPRESENTING McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: SHAGGY .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A NAMES] IT WAS TIME FOR HER SHAGGY DOG TO HAVE A LONG BATH.
>> Speller: SHAGGY .
[SPELLING WORD] SHAGGY.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 1 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
[APPLAUSE] >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: WE WILL NOW BEGIN ROUND TO SPELLER NUMBER ONE YOU CAN APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Speller: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: GRAHAM IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING MADE WHOLLY OR LARGELY OF WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: GINA USED GRAHAM CRACKERS TO MAKE THE CRUST OF HER FAMOUS CHOCOLATE PIE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: MADE WHOLLY OR LARGELY OF WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR .
>> Speller: GRAHAM.
[SPELLING WORD] GRAHAM.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 2.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: MERELY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NO MORE THAN BARELY ONLY SIMPLY .
>> Speller: CAN YOUUSE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: JOSEPH WAS MERELYREPEATING WHAT HIS BROTHER HAD TOLD HIM .
>> Speller: MERELY .
[SPELLING WORD] MERELY.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NEXT SPELLER YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: ESCHEW.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A ZONE OR REGION THAT FORMS THE MARGIN OF SETTLED OR DEVELOPED TERRITORY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: 'S WORK CAME TO ENGLISH FROM LATIN DERIVED FRENCH.
>> Speller: FRONTIER.
>> Gina Jordan,Moderator: CAN I HAVE THE PART OF SPEECH SPEED UPIT IS A NOUN .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE PART McGrew,Pronouncer: FRONTIER.
>>Speller: CAN I REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: FRONTIER .
>> Speller: AM ISAYING THIS McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE SUREBUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: FRONTIER .
[SPELLING WORD] FRONTIER .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NEXT SPELLER YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: TOASTMASTER IT IS A NOUN MEANING ONE THAT PROVIDES AS A BANQUET INTRODUCES THE AFTER DINNER SPEAKERS.
YOUR WORD IS: TOASTMASTER.
>> Speller: TOASTMASTER.
[SPELLING WORD] TOASTMASTER.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 5 YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: KENNEL IT IS A NOUN MEANING HOUSE FOR A DOG OR PACK OF HOUNDS THE WORD IS KENNEL.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ORIGINALLY LATIN DISCORD WENT THROUGH FRIENDSHIP OR THE FORTHCOMING ENGLISH .
>> Speller: CAN HAVE THE PART McGrew,Pronouncer: IT IS A NOUN.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE IT USED IN A SENTENCE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ROSCOE PLANS TO HELP HIS FATHER BUILD A CANDLE FOR THEIR BEAGLES.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: A HOUSE FOR A DOG OR PACK OF REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE WORD IS KENNEL.
>> Speller: AM I SAYING THIS CORRECTLY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:I CANNOT BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: KENNEL.
[SPELLING WORD] KENNEL .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 6 YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
YOUR WORD IS: TRAVERSE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] AND HIS FAMILY WILL TRAVERSE THE HEART OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ON THEIR YEARLY HIKE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TO GO OR TRAVEL ACROSS OR OVER.
>> Speller: TRAVERSE.
[SPELLING WORD] TRAVERSE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER NUMBER 8 YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: SCROOGE IT IS A NOUN MEANING A MISERLY PERSON THE WORD IS SCROOGE.
>> Speller: SCROOGE.
[SPELLING WORD] SCROOGE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: AWRY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: WRONG I MISS .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] PLANS FOR THE VICTORY PARADE WHEN HOPELESSLY AWRY.
>> Speller: AWRY.
[SPELLING WORD] AWRY.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: FERRET.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A SEMI-DOMESTICATED VARIETY OF EUROPEAN POLECAT THAT IS USUALLY ALBINO WITHRED EYES AND IS MUCH USED FOR HUNTING BULLETS IN EUROPE .
>>Speller: FERRET .
[SPELLING WORD] FERRET.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: DRIBBLES.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: PROPELS AND MAINTAINS CONTROL OVER A BOWL OR PARK BY SUCCESSIVE SLIGHT TAPS OUTERS Speller: CANYOU REPEAT THE WORD .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: DRIBBLES.
>>Speller: DRIBBLES .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: FOOSBALL IT IS A NOUN MEANING A TABLE GAME RESEMBLING SOCCER IN WHICH THE BALL IS MOVED BY MANIPULATING RODS WHICH SMALL FIGURES OF PLAYERS AREATTACHED ALSO CALLED TABLE SOCCER.
THE WORD IS FOOSBALL .
>> Speller: FOOSBALL >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: BOARDERS IT IS A PLURAL NOUN MEANING PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVIDED WITH REGULAR MEALS OR REGULAR MEALS AS WELL AS LODGING.
YOUR WORD IS: BOARDERS.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MERCER AND HER HUSBAND WERE INTERESTED IN FILLING SOME OF THEIR SPARE ROOMS WITH MERELY TO HAVEAN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INCOME.
>> Speller: BOARDERS .
[SPELLING WORD] BOARDERS.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NEXT SPELLER YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: MUSINGS IT IS A PLURAL NOUN MEANS SPOKEN OR WRITTEN DISCOURSES TREATED IN A CONTEMPLATIVE MATTER AND INTENDED TO EXPRESS THEIR AUTHORS REFLECTIONS.
YOUR WORD IS: TRAVERSE 7 MUSINGS.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
REVAMPED SPOKEN OR WRITTEN DISCOURSES TREATED IN A CONTEMPLATIVE MATTER AND INTENDED TO EXPRESS THEIR AUTHORS REFLECTIONS.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MUSINGS .
>>Speller: MUSINGS .
[SPELLING WORD] MUSINGS.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: KENNEL IT IS A NOUN MEANING A STRUCTURE BUILT ALONG OR AT AN ANGLE FROM THE SHORE OF NAVIGABLE WATERS SO THAT SHIPS MADE LIFELONG SIDE TO RECEIVE AND DISCHARGE CARGO AND PASSENGERS.
YOUR WORD IS: WHARF.
>> Speller: WHARF AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller:WHARF .
[SPELLING WORD] WHARF.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: EWE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT EWE.
>> Speller: EWE.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS EWE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: DIGRESSION IT IS A NOUN MEANING THE ACT OF TURNING ASIDE FROM THE MAIN SUBJECT OF ATTENTION IN A DISCOURSE OR LITERARY WORK.
YOUR WORD IS: DIGRESSION.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
BE FUN THOUGH INTERESTING LEWIS FELT THE LECTURERS 20 MINUTE AGGRESSION OF FOOTBALL STATISTICS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE GEOLOGY.
>> Speller: DIGRESSION.
[SPELLING WORD] DIGRESSION.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: HURRIEDLY.
>> Speller: HURRIEDLY.
[SPELLING WORD] HURRIEDLY.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: INLUENTIAL.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SOME ART HISTORIANS CONSIDER PABLO PICASSO THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTOF THE 20TH CENTURY .
>> Speller: INLUENTIAL.
[SPELLING WORD] INLUENTIAL.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS INLUENTIAL.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: DIALECT.
>> Speller: DIALECT.
[SPELLING WORD] DIALECT.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: AGITATION.
>> Speller: AGITATION.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS AGITATION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: ENVIABLE STREETERY CAN YOU USE THE WORD McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] ABILITY TO SPELL ONSTAGE UNDER PRESSURE WASENVIABLE .
>> Speller: ENVIABLE.
[SPELLING WORD] ENVIABLE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: FLEXITARIAN.
>> Speller: [SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS FLEXITARIAN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TWILIGHT.
>> Speller: TWILIGHT.
[SPELLING WORD] TWILIGHT.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 2 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
[APPLAUSE].
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER ONE YOU MAY COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
YOUR WORD IS: CAPACITY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
B5 MENTAL POWER CAPABILITY AND ACUMEN BLENDED TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND JUDGE AND COPE WITH PROBLEMS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL MENTAL ABILITY.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] WONDERED WHETHER HER CAT LACK THE CAPACITY TO FOLLOW COMMANDS OR Speller: PLEASE REPEAT THE WORD.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: CAPACITY .
>> Speller: CAPACITY .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: SPATULA IT IS A NOUN A FLAT THIN FLEXIBLE DOUBLE EDGED IMPLEMENT USED ESPECIALLY FOR SPENDING OR MIXING SOFT SUBSTANCES SCOOPING OR LIFTING.
THE WORD IS SPATULA.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: WITH BROWNIE BATTER ON HIS FACE SPATULA ON HIS FIST DC SMILED FOR HIS MOB AND THE CAMERA.
>> Speller: SPATULA.
[SPELLING WORD] SPATULA.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: PUTRID.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
REVAMPED IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITIONROTTEN .
>> Speller: PUTRID CAN I HAVE Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN .
>> Speller: CAN I GETTHE PARTS OF THE SPEECH .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: PRONUNCIATION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NO .
>> Speller: PUTRID AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE SURE .
>> Speller: PUTRID.
[SPELLING WORD] PUTRID.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: RECRUIT.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
REVAMPED TO HIGHER OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED TO PERFORM FOR A WORKFORCE ORGANIZATION TOSECURE THE SERVICES OF .
>> Speller: RECRUIT.
[SPELLING WORD] HURRIEDLY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: BREATHTAKING.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: COMMANDING INTENSE INTEREST STRIKING WITH AWE AND WONDER.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM AN ORIGINALL ENGLISH PART AND AN ORIGINALLY OLD MORRIS PART .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THE VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINWAS BREATHTAKING .
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: BREATHTAKING .
>> Speller: BREATHTAKING AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY.
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE SURE IT SOUNDS CORRECT TO ME.
>> Speller: BREATHTAKING .
[SPELLING WORD] BREATHTAKING.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CHARITABLE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MARKED BY A KINDLY DISPOSITION TO PROMOTE THE HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF OTHERS OR BY GENEROSITY IN AND PLEASURE AT DOING GOOD WORKS .
>> Speller: CHARITABLE.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CHARITABLE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: FASHONISTA.
>> Speller: FASHONISTA.
[SPELLING WORD] FASHONISTA.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: SLOVENLY IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING NEGLIGENT OF NEATNESS AND ORDER.
ESPECIALLY IN DRESS OR PERSON YOUR WORD IS: SLOVENLY.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATION'S .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SLOVENLY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NEGLIGENT OF NEATNESS AND ORDER ESPECIALLY IN DRESS OR PERSON.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SLOVENLY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE WORD IS TO WORD THAT CAME TO ENGLISH FROM GERMAN OR FLEMISH PLUS AN ENGLISH ELEMENT.
>> Speller: SLOVENLY.
>> Speller: >> Speller: SLOVENLY.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: UNIVERSITY.
>> Speller:UNIVERSITY .
[SPELLING WORD] UNIVERSITY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: 1067 IT IS A NOUN MEANING A HORSE DRAWN VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR PRIVATE USE AND FOR COMFORT OR ELEGANCEYOUR WORD IS: CARRAIGE .
>> Speller: CARRAIGE.
[SPELLING WORD] TREND 67.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: RESIDUE.
>> Speller: RESIDUE.
[SPELLING WORD] RESIDUE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TREND 69.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
REVAMPED UNDERTAKING OR PERFORM IN PERFORMANCE OF A BOWEL THE WORD IS VOTIVE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS YEAR SUE MADE HER PUTRID 9 PILGRIMAGE TO HER FAVORITE PERFORMER.
>> Speller: VOTIVE.
[SPELLING WORD] VOTIVE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: FUTILITY.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: FUTILITY .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE QUALITY OF SERVING NO USEFUL PURPOSEUSELESSNESS.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: FUTILITY .
>> Speller: FUTILITY >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: HEIST VON IT IS A NOUN MEANING ARMED ROBBERY HOLDUP SPECIFICALLY THE ACT OF BREAKING INTO AND ROBBING AN ESTABLISHMENT AS A BANK.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND CONNECTED WITH THEBANK HEIST AFTER A HIGH-SPEED CHASE ON THE INTERSTATE.
>> Speller: HEIST.
[SPELLING WORD] HEIST .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CONTRACTION.
>> Speller: DEFINITION MAC.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SHORTENING THE WORD SYMBOL OR WORD GROUP BY OMISSION.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CONTRACTION.
>>Speller: CONTRACTION .
[SPELLING WORD] CONTRACTION.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: OBSURE.
>> Speller: OBSURE.
[SPELLING WORD] OBSURE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TROUNCE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
REVAMPED TO DEFEAT DECISIVELY.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: BRIAN IS HELPING THE MICHIGAN WILL TROUNCE A LIFE ESTATE IN THE NEXT FOOTBALL GAME BUT MOLLY KNOWS THEY WON'T.
>> Speller: TROUNCE.
[SPELLING WORD] TROUNCE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: PLATOON.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: DE LIEUT.
SENT SCOUTS INTO THE JUNGLE AND FOLLOWED THEM WITH THE RESTOF THE PLATOON .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A SUBDIVISION OF A MILITARY UNIT IS A COMPANY THAT NORMALLY CONSISTS OF A HEADQUARTER UNIT AND 2 OR MORE SQUADS OR SECTIONS COMMANDED BY A LIEUTENANT .
>> Speller: PLATOON.
[SPELLING WORD] PLATOON.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS PLATOON.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: IRRIGATION.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: FARMERS RESORTED TO IRRIGATION DURING THE LONG DROUGHT.
>> Speller: [SPELLING WORD] IRRIGATION .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 3 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN ROUND 4.
SPELLER NUMBER ONE YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: LUMBAR IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING OF RELATING TO OR NEAR THE GROUP OF VERTEBRAE LYING BETWEEN THE THORACIC VERTEBRAE AND THE Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE DOCTOR INFORMED SASHA THAT HIS LOW BACK PAIN IS DUE TO A HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC.
>> Speller:CAN I HAVE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: DISCORD IS FROM LATIN .
>> Speller: REPEAT THE DEFINITION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:OF RELATING TO OR NEAR THE RIVER VERTEBRAE FIGHTINGBETWEEN THE THORACIC VERTEBRAEAND THE SACRUM .
>> Speller: LUMBAR .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: LUMBAR .
>> Speller: LUMBAR.
[SPELLING WORD] LUMBAR .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: PEONY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: AND HERBACEOUS OR FROM THE PLANT OF A GENUS NATIVE CHIEFLY TO EUROPE AND ASIA INCLUDES MOSTLY HYBRID PLANTS WIDELY CULTIVATED FOR THEIR SHOW WEEK SINGLE OR DOUBLE RED PINK OR WHITE FLOWERS .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THEN PLACED A BRIGHTLY COLORED FUTILITY IN A TALLBASE.
>> Speller: PEONY .
[SPELLINGWORD] PEONY .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: SEMESTER.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: EITHER OF THE 2 PERIODS OF INSTRUCTION INTO WHICH AN ECONOMIC YEAR IS USUALLY DIVIDED.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD WENT FROM LATIN TO GERMAN .
>> Speller:SEMESTER PART OF SPEECH .
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: IT IS A NOUN .
>> Speller: ANY ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONSREVIVED NO .
>>Speller: SEMESTER CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SEMESTER .
>> Speller: MY SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CAN'T BE SURE IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: SEMESTER >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: CORRECT THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: STUPEFY.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TO SHOCK WITH SURPRISE SHOCK OR CONSTERNATION TO STUN OR TO ASTOUND.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN.
>> Speller: STUPEFY.
[SPELLING WORD] STUPEFY.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS STUPEFY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: KIWI IT IS A NOUN MEANING A FLIGHTLESS MAZZONE BIRD THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DOMESTIC CHICKEN AND HAS WEAK AND UNDEVELOPED WINGS STOUT LEGS AND A LONG STRAIGHT OR SLIGHTLY CURVEDBILL YOUR WORD IS: KIWI .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: AND UNUSUAL FEATURE OF THE KIWI ITS NOSTRILS ARE LOCATED AT THE TIP RATHER THAN AT THE BASE OF ITS LONG BILL.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM AN INVENTED WORD AND AUSTRO NATIVE LANGUAGE OF NEW ZEALAND.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A FLIGHTLESS MAZZONE BIRD THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DOMESTIC CHICKEN AND HAS WEAK AND UNDEVELOPED WINGS STOUT LEGS AND A LONG STRAIGHT OR SLIGHTLY CURVED BILL.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: KIWI.
>> Speller: FOOTHILLS AM I SAYING THIS CORRECTLY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CAN'T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS CORRECT.
>> Speller: KIWI.
[SPELLING WORD] KIWI.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: MAROONED.
>> Speller: MAROONED.
[SPELLING WORD] MAROONED.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: PUNCTUATION.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE ACT PRACTICE OR SYSTEM OR INSERTING VARIOUS STANDARDIZED MARKS OR SIGNS IN WRITTEN OR PRINTED MATTER IN ORDER TO CLARIFY THE MEANING AND 2 SEPARATE STRUCTURAL UNITS.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: PUNCTUATION.
>> Speller: PUNCTUATION.
[SPELLING WORD] PUNCTUATION.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: VICINITY.
>> Speller: VICINITY CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A SURROUNDING AREA OR DISTRICT THE APPROXIMATE AREA OF THE LOCATION OR POSITION OF SOMETHING NEIGHBORHOOD .
>>Speller: REPEAT THE WORD .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: VICINITY.
>> Speller: VICINITY .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: BAPTISMAL.
>> Speller: BAPTISMAL.
[SPELLING WORD] BAPTISMAL.
>> Judge: CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CONUNDRUM.
>> Speller: CONUNDRUM.
[SPELLING WORD] CONUNDRUM.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: EDITORIAL.
>> Speller: EDITORIAL.
[SPELLING WORD] EDITORIAL.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: OPULENT.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TRENT 88.
>> Speller: OPULENT.
[SPELLING WORD] OPULENT.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS OPULENT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: SWELTERING.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: BESIDES THE SWELTERING HEAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS TO WATCH 4 JULY PARADE.
>> Speller: SWELTERING.
[SPELLING WORD] SWELTERING.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TECHNICIAN.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ONE W. LEARN THEPRACTICAL MECHANICAL OR SCIENTIFIC DETAILS AND SPECIAL SKILLS OF AN OCCUPATION .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN KEEPS THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTERS IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION.
>> Speller: TECHNICIAN.
[SPELLING WORD] TECHNICIAN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: COMPATRIOTS.
>> Speller: COMPATRIOTS.
[SPELLING WORD] COMPATRIOTS.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: REHERSAL.
>> Speller: REHERSAL.
[SPELLING WORD] REHERSAL.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: NOCTURNAL.
>> Speller: NOCTURNAL.
[SPELLING WORD] NOCTURNAL.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: WE WILL NOW BEGIN ROUND 5.
SPELLER NUMBER ONE YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: CARTILAGE IT IS A NOUN EATING UTENSILS AND ELASTIC TISSUE THAT COMPOSES MOST OF THE SKELETON OF THE EMBRYO AND VERY YOUNG VERTEBRAE AND IS FOR THE MOST PART CONVERTED INTO BONE IN THE HIGHER FORMS YOUR WORD IS: CARTILAGE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] HAD A SMALL PIECE OF CARTILAGE REMOVED FROM HIS ELBOW.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN.
>> Speller: WILL YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A TRANSLUCENT ELASTIC TISSUE THAT COMPOSES MOST OF THE SKELETON OF THE EMBRYOS AND VERY DUMB VERTEBRATE IS FOR MOST PART CONVERTED INTO BONE AND THE HIGHERFORMS.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CARTILAGE .
>> Speller: SHAGGY .
[SPELLING WORD] CARTILAGE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: EMISSARY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
REVAMPED AND AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE USUALLY EMPOWERED TO ACT MORE OR LESS INDEFINITELY AS IN COLLECTING WORK CONVEYING INFORMATION AS IN NEGOTIATING.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: EACH BELLIGERENT NATION SENT A EMISSARY TO THE PEACE TALKS .
>> Speller: EMISSARY .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: STATISTICIAN.
>> Speller: STATISTICIAN CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ONE VERSED IN WERE ENGAGED IN THE COLLECTION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION OF MASSES OF NUMERICAL DATA.
>> Speller: STATISTICIAN CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
THIS WORD IS FORMED FROM A PART THAT WENT FROM LATIN TO GERMAN PLUS AN ENGLISH ELEMENT .
>> Speller: STATISTICIAN PART OF SPEECH.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: IT IS A NOUN .
>> Speller: STATISTICIAN ANY ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NO THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MERELY.
>> Speller: AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:I CANNOT BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: STATISTICIAN .
[SPELLING WORD] STATISTICIAN.
>> Speller: THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: MILLIVOLT.
>> Speller: FRONTIER CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: 1000 OF A VAULT 1000 OF A VAUL .
>> Speller: MILLIVOLT CAN YOU Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MONIQUE NEEDED A CONVERSION TABLE TO CONVERT CELSIUS TO MILLIVOLT AND BACK AGAIN.
>> Speller: MILLIVOLT.
[SPELLING WORD] MILLIVOLT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: OSMOSIS.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: OSMOSIS.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE FLOW OR DIFFUSION THAT TAKES PLACE THROUGH A SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE TYPICALLY SEPARATING ASOLVENT IN A SOLUTION OR A DILUTE SOLUTION AND A CONCENTRATED SOLUTION.
>> Speller: OSMOSIS .
[SPELLING WORD] OSMOSIS .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TREND 99.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: AN INSTRUMENT THEY CONSIST OF THE GLASS BARREL DIDYOU WITH A POINTER OR HOLLOW NEEDLEAND IS USED FOR THE INJECTION OF MEDICINES OR FOR ASPIRATIONAL Speller: SYRINGE .VITIES.
[SPELLING WORD] SYRINGE .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT .
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CONGENIALITY .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MUTUAL AGREEABLENESS .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAPT.
TREVOR FOSTERED A SPIRIT OF CONGENIALITY BETWEEN THE OFFICERS AND THE ENLISTED MEN.
>> Speller: CONGENIALITY .
[SPELLING WORD] CONGENIALITY.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CONGENIALITY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TREND 101 BILLIARDS.
>> Speller: BILLIARDS.
[SPELLING WORD] BILLIARDS.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CANTANKEROUS.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CANTANKEROUS.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MOCKTAIL HUMORIRRITABILITY AND DETERMINATION TO DISAGREE .
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: 102 CANTANKEROUS.
>> Speller: CANTANKEROUS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CANTANKEROUS .
>> Speller: CANTANKEROUS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CANTANKEROUS.
>> Speller: CANTANKEROUS.
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TRENT 102 .
>> Speller: CANTANKEROUS IS THAT RIGHT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CAN'T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: [SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CANTANKEROUS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TURDUCKEN.
>> Speller: TURDUCKEN DEFINITE BACK.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE FLASH OF A BONELESS DOMESTICATED FELLOWSTEPPED INTO THE FLESH OF A BONELESS SWIMMING BIRD STOPPED INTO THE FLESH OF A BONELESS LARGE DOMESTICATED BIRD AND USED AS FOOD .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer:TRAVIS OFFERED TO BRING A BACON WRAPPED TURDUCKEN TO HIS ENEMIES THANKS GIVING DINNER BEFOREREMEMBERING THE ROLE OF VEGETARIANS .
>> Speller: TURDUCKEN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TURDUCKEN .
>>Speller: TURDUCKEN .
[SPELLING WORD] TURDUCKEN.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS TURDUCKEN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: ROUSTABOUT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: IT'S A NOUN MEANING SKILLED OR SEMISKILLED LABOR.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THE ROUSTABOUT CONSISTED OFGENERAL WORK AROUND THE OIL RIG .
>> Speller: ROUSTABOUT.
[SPELLING WORD] ROUSTABOUT.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: AFFLUENT IT'S AN ADJECTIVE MEANING HAVING AN ABUNDANCE OF GOODS OR RICHES WEALTHY.
THE WORD IS AFFLUENT.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD WENT THROUGH LATIN TO FRENCH TO ENGLISH.
>> Speller: AFFLUENT.
[SPELLING WORD] AFFLUENT.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: VASSAL IS IN ADJECTIVE MEANING EASILY ACCOMPLISHED WERE OBTAINED.
>> Speller: FACILE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: STIMULI.
>> Speller: STIMULI.
[SPELLING WORD] STIMULI.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: SERRATED IT IS A NEGATIVE MEANING NOTCHED OR TRUTH ON THE EDGE THE WORD IS SERRATED.
>> Speller: SERRATED.
[SPELLING WORD] AFFLUENT.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS STIMULI.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 5 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN AROUND 6 SPELLER ONE YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CICADA.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ANY OF A FAMILY OF INSECTS THAT HAVE A STOUT BODY WIDE BLUNT HEAD AND LARGE TRANSPARENT WINGS AND THE MALES OF WHICH PRODUCE A LOUD BUZZING NOISE USUALLY BY STAGE RELATION ALSO CALLED HARVEST LIKE LOCUSTS.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE MALE CICADA PRODUCES SOUND BY VIBRATING MANAGER FROM HENCE ON THE LOWER SURFACE OF ITS ABDOMEN.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CICADA .
>> Speller: REPEAT THE DEFINITION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ANY OF A FAMILY OF INSECTS THAT HAVE A STOUT BODY LARGE BUTTHEAD AND THE MALES PRODUCE ALLOWED BUZZING NOISE USUALLY BY STAGE RELATION ALSO CALLED HARVEST LIKE LOCUSTS .
>> Speller: CICADA.
[SPELLING WORD] CICADA.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: PLANTAIN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE STARCHY FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE SAME NAME STABLE ITEM OF DIED THROUGHOUT THE TROPICS WHEN COOKED AND IS DISTINGUISHED IN APPEARANCE FROM THE ORDINARY BANANA BY ITS ANGULAR SHAPES AND YELLOWISH GREEN COLOR.
>> Speller: PLANTAIN CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: PRIDE SHIP SUB PLANTAIN ARE A COMMON STACK IN THE CARIBBEAN.
>>Speller: PLANTAIN .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: DOLMEN IT IS A NOUN MEANING A PREHISTORIC MONUMENT CONSISTING OF 2 OR MORE UPRIGHT STONESSUPPORTING A HORIZONTAL STONE SLAB SOUND ESPECIALLY IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE AND THOUGHT TO BE A TOMB .
>> Speller:DOLMEN .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE FIRST PART OFTHIS WORD WENT FROM LATIN TO BRITAIN THEN FRENCH THEN TO BRITAIN AND FRENCH BREAD .
>> Speller: DOLMEN ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: YES DOLMEN .
>> Speller: DOLMEN CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION AND PART OF SPEECH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A PREHISTORIC MONUMENT CONSIDERING OF 2 MORE UPRIGHT STONES SUPPORTING A HORIZONTAL STONE SLAB SOUND ESPECIALLY IN IT INADVANCE AND THOUGHT TO BE A TOMB IT IS A NOUN.
>> Speller: DOLMEN AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:I CAN'T BE CERTAIN BUT IT SOUNDS CORRECT.
>> Speller: DOLMEN.
[SPELLING WORD] DOLMEN .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: ESCHEW IS A VERB AND IT MEANS TO ABSTAIN FROM OR SHOWN.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YES THE MOST COMMON IS ESCHEW ESCHEW THOSE ARE ALL PRONUNCIATIONS OF THIS WORD.
>> Speller: TRENT 111.
>> Speller: AM I SAYING THIS CORRECTLY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE CERTAIN BUT IT SOUND CORRECT.
>> Speller: ESCHEW .
[SPELLING WORD] ESCHEW.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CAUSTIC.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MARKED BY OR INDICATIVE OF TART SHARPNESS SPECIFICALLY CHARACTERIZED BY INCISIVE WIT.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAUSTIC .
>> Speller: CAUSTIC.
[SPELLING WORD] CAUSTIC.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CAUSTIC.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: FUSSBUDGET.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Gina Jordan,Moderator: ONE WHO WORRIES OR FRETS ABOUT TRIFLES.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: LUCY'S MOTHER CALLS HER A NATURAL BORN FROM ONE TRICERATOPS BELUSHI CLAIMS IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO BETHIS PRAYERFUL .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ONE PART OF THIS WORD IS IMITATIVEOF THE PART HAS NO CLUE ETYMOLOGY IN THE DICTIONARYSPIRIT REPEAT THE WORD .
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: FUSSBUDGET .
>> Speller: FUSSBUDGET .
[SPELLING WORD] FUSSBUDGET.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: GLOBULAR.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ROUND LIKE A BALL SPHERICAL.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NO THERE ARE NOT .
>> Speller: GLOBULAR.
[SPELLING WORD] GLOBULAR.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: PANCREAS.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
SPIT UP A LARGE COMPOUND GLAND IN HUMANS LIKE BEHIND THE LARGE VERTEBRAE OF THE STOMACH AND DEGREES DIGESTIVE ENZYMES AND THE HORMONE INSULIN.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN AND TOOK IT FROM GREG .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: WHEN THERE IS A SUDDEN RISE IN THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELTHE PANCREAS SECRETES MORE INCOME INSULIN TO COUNTERACT IT.
>> Speller: PANCREAS .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: AGATE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
[SPELLING WORD] >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: FINE GRADE MIXED WITH OPAL AND HAVING VARIOUS COLORS ARRANGED IN STRIPES OR BANDS BLENDED IN THE CLOUDS OR SHOWING MOSQUE - LIKE FORMS.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: AGATE .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ANY OTHER PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT VERY .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] INHERITED A BROOCH MADE OF AGATE AND DIAMOND FROM HER GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.
>> Speller: AGATE.
[SPELLING WORD] AGATE.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS AGATE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: SEQUENTIAL.
>> Speller: SEQUENTIAL.
[SPELLING WORD] SEQUENTIAL.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: NETTIQUETTE.
>> Speller: NETTIQUETTE.
[SPELLING WORD] NETTIQUETTE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 6 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
[APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOW BEGIN AROUND 7 AND JUDGES I'M AT 175.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SPELLER ONE YOU MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
YOUR WORD IS: NETTIQUETTE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ANY OF AN ORDER OF MAMMALS HAVING A POUCH PROCURING THE YOUNG INCLUDING FINGERS WHILE MATT'S BANDICOOTAND OPOSSUMS .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLE OF A MARSUPIAL IS A FEMALE KANGAROO WITH A LARGE DO WE IN HER POUCH.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FORMEDFROM A GREEK DERIVED LATIN WORD PLUS AN ENGLISH ELEMENT .
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MARSUPIAL.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE DEFINITION OF ANY OF AN ORDER OF MAMMALS HAVING A POUCH PROCURING YOUNG INCLUDES KANGAROOS SANTA CRUZ WOMBATS AND OPOSSUMS .
>> Speller: MARSUPIALIS THAT CORRECT .
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: THAT SOUNDS CORRECT.
>> Speller: MARSUPIAL .
[SPELLING WORD] MARSUPIAL.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: UTILITARIAN.
>> Speller: UTILITARIAN CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CHARACTERIZED BYRAINING AT USEFULNESS AS DISTINGUISHED FROM BEAUTY OR ORNAMENT .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: [LISTING NAMES] CHOSE A UTILITARIAN BRIEFCASE OVER THE FANCY MODEL.
>> Speller:UTILITARIAN .
[SPELLING WORD] UTILITARIAN .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: VACILLATE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: TO WAIVER IN MIND WILL WERE VACILLATE CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN.
>> Speller:VACILLATE PART OF SPEECH .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: VERB .
>> Speller:VACILLATE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: FOOTHILLS.
>> Speller: AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE CERTAIN BUT IT SOUNDS CORRECT.
>> Speller: VACILLATE.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: JUSTICIABLE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAPABLE OF BEING DECIDED BY LEGAL PRINCIPLES OR A COURT OF JUSTICE.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD CAME FROM FRENCH WHICH FORMED IT FROM A LATINWORD .
>> Speller:ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: JUSTICIABLE .
>> Gina Jordan,Moderator: JUSTICIABLE .
[SPELLING WORD] UTILITARIAN TO.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS JUSTICIABLE.
>> Speller: OKAY.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: DYSPEPTIC.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: HAVING OR SHOWING A BAD TEMPER ERODIBLE ILL TEMPERED.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: DYSPEPTIC.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM GREG.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: BLOGGERS DYSPEPTIC YOU ON THE TV SHOW INSULTED ITSREADERS .
>> Speller: DYSPEPTIC.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS DYSPEPTIC.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: MILLENNIAL.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: 1000 ANNIVERSARY OR ITS CELEBRATION.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:NO THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: MILLENNIAL .
[SPELLING WORD] MILLENNIAL.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS MILLENNIAL.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS 2 COMMON PRONUNCIATIONS THE WORD IS DEGLACIATION OR DEGLACIATION.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE PROCESS WHEREBY A GLASER OR ICE SHEET SYRINGE TO DISAPPEARANCE.
>> Speller: TRENT 125.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I WILL REPEAT THE WORD DEGLACIATION.
>> Speller: DEGLACIATION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: DEGLACIATION.
>> Speller: [SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CORNUCOPIA.
>> Speller: CORNUCOPIA.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: HISTRIONICS IT IS A PLURAL NOUN MEANING STAGE CONDUCT ALL TEMPERAMENT USUALLY INTENDED TO PRODUCE A PARTICULAR EFFECT OR RESPONSE IN OTHERS HISTRIONICS.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE OR NOT.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE WORD IS HISTRIONICS.
>> Speller: [SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 7 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NOW WE WILL BEGIN AROUND 8 SPELLER ONE YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: GERMANE IT IS A NEGATIVE MEANING HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP APPROPRIATE PERTINENT THE WORD IS GERMANE.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: JUDGE BEGIN RULE THE PLAINTIFF'S PAST RECORD IS NOT GERMANE TO THE CURRENT CASE.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: GERMANE.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ORIGINALLY LATIN THIS WORD WENT THROUGH FRENCH BEFORE BECOMING ENGLISH.
>> Speller: GERMANE.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS GERMANE.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: CUMULUS IT IS A NOUN MEANING A MESSY CLOUD FORM USUALLY OCCURRING IN THE LOW OR MIDDLE CLOUD REGIONS AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 2000 AND 15,000 FEET HAVING A FLAT BASE AND ROUNDED OUT LINES OFTEN PILED UP LIKE A MOUNTAIN.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: DEFINITELY CUMULUS REMINDED MAGGIE OF COTTON CANDY .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CUMULUS .
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CUMULUS .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: TRICERATOPS.
>> Speller: DEFINITION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ANY ANIMAL OR FOSSIL OF THE HUGE AND DIVERSE ENDOSPORES HAVE ON THE SKULL WITH 2 LARGE SKULLS ON THE EYES AND A GREAT VOTING CODE OR TRANSVERSE CRUST OVER THE NECK.
>> Speller: CAN IHAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN WHICH FORMED IT FROM GREEK PART SPREAD .
>> Speller:TRICERATOPS PART OF A SPEECH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: IT IS A NOUN .
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE OR NOT.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TRICERATOPS .
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE CERTAIN BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: TRICERATOPS .
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: SYMPATICO POSSESSING ATTRACTIVEQUALITIES APPEALING LIKABLE .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE McGrew,Pronouncer: ORIGINALLY FROM A GREEK DERIVED LATINWORD THIS WORD PASSED INTO ITALIAN AND SPANISH .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THE HERO OF THE NOVEL IS THOROUGHLYSYMPATICO CHARACTER IS A THOROUGHLY SYMPATICO CHARACTER.
>> Speller: SYMPATICO .
[SPELLING WORD] SYMPATICO.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS SYMPATICO.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: BODKIN.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: BODKIN.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: USE IT IN A SENTENCE .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: HAMLET MENTIONS ABEAR ELEMENT IN THE FAMOUS SOLILOQUY DIMENSIONS TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE QUESTION .
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: BODKIN.
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
YOUR WORD IS: TUSSOCK IT IS A NOUN MEANING A SMALL BOWL OF A MORE SOLID GROUND IN A MARSH OR BOG USUALLY COVERED WITH AND DOWN TOGETHER BY THE ROOTS OF LOW VEGETATION AS GRASSES OR SAGES.
>> Speller: REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: TUSSOCK .
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: AFTER TROMPING INTO THE BOG SANJAY SAT DOWN ON THE FIRST SOMEWHAT DRY YAMMER 33 TUSSOCK ENCOUNTERED.
>> Speller: >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A SMALL BOWL AND MORE SOLID GROUND AND MARSHALL BOG USUALLY COVERED WITH AND BOUND WITH THE ROOTS OF LOW VEGETATION AS GRASSES OR SAGES.
>> Speller: >> Speller: TUSSOCK SPELL MAC.
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS TUSSOCK.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 8 OF THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THAT PREVIOUS ROUND PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE.
AS WE HAVE KNOWN TO SCHOLARS FOR MANY IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND COMING UP TO THE FRONT IF YOU CAN TAKE A SEAT ON THE END THERE.
YOU WILL BE AT THE MICROPHONE JUST AS A REMINDER IF SPELLER 3 MISSES THIS WORD AND SPELLER 21 GET IT CORRECT THEN DOLLARS 21 NEEDS TO HAVE A SEPARATE GROUND WHERE SHE WILL ALSO GET HER OWN WORD THAT SHE MUST SPELL CORRECTLY.
NOBODY LEAVE THE STAGE UNTIL WE HAD 2 ROUNDS AT LEAST.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN ROUND NUMBER 9.
SPELLER NUMBER 3 YOUR WORD IS: SUBTERRANEAN.
>> Speller: DEFINITION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MOTIONING OPERATING OR CIVIL FOR OPERATING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
>> Speller:SUBTERRANEAN .
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FORMED FROM A LATIN ELEMENT PLUS ANENGLISH ELEMENT .
>> Speller: SUBTERRANEAN PART OF SPEECH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: YES SUBTERRANEAN .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: SUBTERRANEAN.
>> Speller: SUBTERRANEAN AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:I CANNOT BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: SUBTERRANEAN .
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Speller: THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: EXCELSIOR.
>> Speller: EXCELSIOR ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YES EXCELSIOR .
>> Speller: EXCELSIOR.
[SPELLING WORD] EXCELSIOR.
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ROUND NUMBER 10 YOUR WORD IS: CORNUCOPIA.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MARKED BY CAUSTIC BITING QUALITY .
>> Speller: TRAINED WITH 36 CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS IS A WORD FROM A WORD THE PAST FROM LATIN TO FRENCH PLUS IN ENGLISH ELEMENT.
>> Speller: PART OF SPEECH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:IT IS AN ADJECTIVE .
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: VITRIOLIC .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: MODIFY .
>> Speller: AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:I CANNOT BE CERTAIN BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: VITRIOLIC .
IS CORRECT.ORD] >> Speller: THANK YOU.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: GIZZARD BLASTOGENESIS .
>>Speller: BLASTOGENESIS .
[SPELLING WORD] >> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: ROUND NUMBER 11 JUDGES I MET 228.
YOUR WORD IS: TRAIN WITH.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: A SHEER COTTON FABRIC AND OPEN PLAIN WEAVE USUALLY HEAVILY SIZED FOR STIFFNESS AND DRESSES COSTUMES DUST COVERS TRIMMINGS AND SOME INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
>> Speller: TARLATAN.
>> Speller: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THIS WORD IS FROM FRENCH.
>> Speller: PART OF SPEECH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:IT IS A NOUN.
>> Speller: ANYALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT.
>> Speller: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD REVIVE TARLATAN .
>> Speller: TARLATAN .
[SPELLING WORD] TARLATAN .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: YOUR WORD IS: CRITH .
>> Speller:ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NOT .
>> Speller: CAN YOU USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE?
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: DE CRITH IS A UNIT OF MATH USED FORWEIGHING GASES.
>> Speller: CRITH .
>> Judge: [BELL RINGING] THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IS CRITH.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: NOW WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND GRAIN WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT OF OUR COMPETITION WHERE IF THE REMAINING SPELLER STILL IN THE COMPETITION SPELLS THE NEXT WORD IN THIS ONE-PERSON ROUND CORRECTLY, WE WILL DECLARE YOU THE CHAMPION.
IF YOU MISSPELL IN THIS NEXT ROUND, WE WILLREINSTATE THE SPELLERS WHO MISSPELLED IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND AND WE WILL RESUME THE COMPETITION.
YOUR WORD IS: FLAGELLUM .
>> Speller: MAY HAVE THE DEFINITION.
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: LONG TAPERINGPRODUCTION THAT IS THE PRIMARY ORGANISM OF MOTION FOR LEARNING ALGAE OR BACTERIA.
Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer:THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN .
>> Speller: FLAGELLUM.
>> Speller: PART OF SPEECH.
>> JessicaMcGrew,Pronouncer: IT IS A NOUN.
>> Speller: FLAGELLUM.
>> Speller: ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS .
>> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: THERE ARE NONE .
>> Speller: CAN HAVE THE WORD ONE MORE TIME .
>>Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: FLAGELLUM .
>> Speller: AM ISAYING THIS McGrew,Pronouncer: I CANNOT BE CERTAIN BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> Speller: FLAGELLUM .
[SPELLING WORD] FLAGELLUM .
>> Judge: THAT IS CORRECT.
[APPLAUSE] >> Jessica McGrew,Pronouncer: CON GRATULATION YOU ARE UP TO 2023 REGIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION YOU WILL REPRESENT BIG BEND IN THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL BEND IN THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
>> Speller: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
you've just watched Envision credit unions 2024 Big Bend Regional spelling Bee.
I'm Suzanne Smith with WFSU Public Media.
Since that regional competition took place, we learned that Srinidhi Rowe is no longer able to advance to the national competition.
The regional B's runner up, Allie Winsor, has now been named the 2024 regional champion and will represent the Big Bend region at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, at the end of May.
Allie is here with us right now to talk a little bit about how she's preparing for the bee.
And Allie, you're an eighth grader at Holy Comforter Episcopal Middle School here in Tallahassee.
And this is your last year to compete in the Bee.
What was it like to hear that you were back in the competition and heading to D.C.?
Felt really good because I had a second chance now and I can keep going.
How hard is it to jump back into preparing for the Bee?
I imagine that since it was your last year, you didn't.
You didn't stop studying.
How do you get back into it?
It's difficult, but you eventually get back in the routine.
What is your routine?
To prepare for a national bee.
I use this app called Word Club and I have all the words in it and.
Yeah, and it just test you on all the words that you need to do.
Okay.
How do you what advice do you have for students who are thinking about competing next year?
Are there any study habits other than that app that you think that they should try to do?
Don't procrastinate.
If you put all your work in little by little, it pays off.
Mm hmm.
Well, thank you for that advice.
And now we get to tell you what you're going to be receiving as the champion of the regional Big Bend Spelling Bee.
You will be receiving the official invitation to compete in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.
$1,000 towards your travel expenses from Envision Credit Union, A gift certificate from Midtown Reader, an independent bookstore right here in Tallahassee, a one year subscription to Merriam-Webster's Unabridged, The Official Dictionary of the Bee, a one year subscription to Britannica Premier Online.
The Samuel Lewis Sugarman Award, which is a United States mint proof, set a certificate of achievement.
And of course, from Andre Harris over here, the Envision Credit Unions 2024 Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee Trophy.
Congratulations.
We also want to celebrate all of the spellers who competed in this year's event.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee recognizes your accomplishments to thank you, everyone.
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