2025 Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee
4/2/2025 | 1h 38m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Florida Big Bend spelling champions compete at WFSU to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Spelling champions, from Florida's Big Bend region, compete in a spelldown hosted by Envision Credit Union and WFSU Public Media. Contestants are eliminated after misspelling a word, until one winner remains. The winner advances to the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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2025 Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee
4/2/2025 | 1h 38m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Spelling champions, from Florida's Big Bend region, compete in a spelldown hosted by Envision Credit Union and WFSU Public Media. Contestants are eliminated after misspelling a word, until one winner remains. The winner advances to the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[MUSIC] Gina: COMING UP, THE ENVISION CREDIT UNION’S 2025 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE ON WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA.
30 OF OUR NORTH FLORIDA AREA’S BEST SPELLERS COME TOGETHER TO COMPETE FOR TODAY’S TITLE.
THE WINNER HEADS TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF A LIFETIME.
THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
[MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] Gina: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 UNION’S 2025 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
2025 MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VERY FIRST NATIONAL SPELLING BEE AND TODAY’S REGIONAL WINNER WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF COMPETING AT THE 2025 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
TODAY’S CONTEST WILL SHOWCASE THE TALENTS OF THE BRIGHTEST STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA.
IN ADDITION TO AN INVITATION TO THE NATIONAL BEE, THE WINNER TODAY WILL ALSO RECEIVE A VARIETY OF PRIZES, INCLUDING A THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARD YOUR FAMILY’S TRAVEL EXPENSES TO THE NATIONAL BEE FROM ENVISION CREDIT UNION.
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 TODAY’S COMPETITION.
FIRST, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR PRONOUNCER, DAY HARRINGTON, A FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER WITH LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS.
NEXT, MEET OUR HEAD JUDGE, DR. GRETCHEN SUNDERMAN.
SHE IS A PROFESSOR OF SPANISH AND LINGUISTICS AND ASSOCIATE CHAIR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
DR. TATJANA SALDAT-JAFFE, IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GERMAN AND LINGUISTICS WITH FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS.
AND DEBORAH SHEPARD.
SHE IS THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION FOR THE COLLEGE BOARD AND A FORMER LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER.
AND OUR RECORD KEEPER TODAY IS DONNA WOECKENER WITH ENVISION CREDIT UNION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OFFICIALS.
AT THIS TIME, I’D LIKE TO WELCOME ANDRE HARRIS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH ENVISION CREDIT UNION, TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
ANDRE: I JUST WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE 2025 ENVISION REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK A LOT OF LATE-NIGHT STUDYING TO GET HERE.
AND YOU ARE ALL ALREADY CHAMPIONS.
AND WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND CELEBRATE YOU AND WISH YOU GOOD LUCK ON TODAY'S COMPETITION.
Gina: ABOSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HARRIS.
LET US ALSO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE DETERMINATION OF OUR SPELLERS 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 100-YEAR 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 ROUND.
THIS REGIONAL SPELLING 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 BEE’S OFFICIAL REFERENCE – THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.
SPELLERS, WHEN YOUR MOMENT ARRIVES, JUST DO LIKE THE PROS DO IN D.C.—SLOW DOWN, ASK QUESTIONS, AND 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 WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THEM, THE AUDIENCE, AND THE FOLKS AT HOME.
RULES, ONE, IN COMPETITION AFTER THE SPELLER GIVES THEM 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, AND PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATION OR PRONUNCIATIONS AS LISTED ON THE PRONOUNCER’S COMPETITION WORD LIST PRODUCED BY THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
THREE, EACH SPELLER WILL RECEIVE THEIR OWN WORD TO SPELL AND WILL 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 THE SPELLERS IN THE ROUND MISSPELL THEIR WORD.
FIVE, IF NONE OF THE SPELLERS IN A SINGLE ROUND ARE ELIMINATED, ALL SHOULD REMAIN IN THE COMPETITION.
SIX, ALL SPELLERS ELIMINATED IN THE SAME ROUND ARE TIED TO 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 SPELL 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: THERE IS ONE MORE RULE.
THERE WILL BE NO CHALLENGES IF A SPELLER IS ELIMINATED.
IT IS THE SPELLER'S 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.
LET’S BEGIN.
Pronouncer Harrington: WE ARE NOW READY TO BEGIN ROUND ONE OF THE ENVISION CREDIT UNION 2025 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 IF YOU MISSPELL DURING THESE ROUNDS.
ONE OF THE JUDGES WILL RING A BELL.
[BELL RING] THEN, OUR HEAD JUDGE WILL PROVIDE THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD, AND YOU WILL RETURN TO YOUR SEAT.
AT THE END OF THE ROUND, THOSE WHO HAVE SPELLED A WORD WRONG WILL LEAVE THE STAGE AND JOIN 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?
LET’S SPELL SOME WORDS.
SPELLER NO.
1, WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU ARE FROM.
Dominic Walker: HELLO, I AM DOMINIC WALKER, I AM TEN YEARS OLD, IN FIFTH GRADE, AND MY SCHOOL IS TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS, IF YOU ARE READY, STAY UP HERE.
YOUR WORD IS GOOBER.
Dominic Walker: GOOBER, G-O-O-B-E-R, GOOBER.
Pronouncer Harrington: THAT IS CORRECT.
SPELLER NUMBER TWO.
WILL YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO.
Hannah Huang: MY NAME IS HANNAH HUANG AND I AM FROM RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPEAKER NUMBER TWO, YOUR WORD IS SHAMROCK.
Hannah Huang: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: SHAMROCK.
Hannah Huang: CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: ANY OF SEVERAL PLANTS HAVING THREE LEAFLETS, USED AS THE FLORAL EMBLEM OF THE IRISH.
Hannah Huang: SHAMROCK, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: SAY IT AGAIN.
Hannah Huang: SHAMROCK.
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN’T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
Hannah Huang: SHAMROCK.
S-H-A-M-R-O-C-K, SHAMROCK.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER THREE.
COME TO THE MIC AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO.
Kymbri Granger: HI, MY NAME IS KYMBRI GEANGER AND I GO TO FRANKLIN COUNTY K-12 SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD AMISH.
Kymbri Granger: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
Pronouncer Harrington: AMISH.
Kymbri Granger: DOES THAT HAVE BEEN ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington: ITDOES AMISH, A-MISH, AA-MISH.
Kymbri Granger: AMISH, A-M-I-S-H. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER SIX, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
Kipton Whittington: I AM KIPTON WHITTINGTON AND I CURRENTLY ATTEND BELL MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS BARBIE.
Kipton Whittington: BARBIE, AM I BY SAYING THAT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN’T BE SURE.
BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
Kipton Whittington: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: BARBECUE, CHIEFLY USED IN AUSTRALIA.
Kipton Whittington: BARBIE, B-A-R-B-I-E, BARBIE.
Pronouncer Harrington: THAT IS CORRECT.
SPELLER NUMBER SIX - SPELLER NUMBER SEVEN WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
Marley Hunter: MY NAME IS MARLEY HUNTER AND I AM FROM COTTONTAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington:YOUR WORD IS JAMMER.
Marley Hunter: CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: JAMMER.
Marley Hunter: JAMMER, J-A-M-M-E-R, JAMMER.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER EIGHT, WILL YOU PLEASE COME TOTHE MICROPHONE AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE?
Levi West: HI, MY NAME IS LEVI WEST AND I ATTEND JEFFERSON COUNTY K-12 AND I AM IN FIFTH GRADE.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS CHIEF.
Levi West: CHIEF, C-H-I-E-F, CHIEF.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER NINE.
WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF?
GORDON MACLEOD: MY NAME IS GORDON MACLEOD AND I GO TO BUCK LAKE ELEMENTARY AND I AM IN FIFTH GRADE.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS INFIRM.
INFIRM.
GORDON MACLEOD: CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN.
Pronouncer Harrington: INFIRM GORDON MACLEOD: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington:THOUGH HE GREW UP -- PARDON ME.
THOUGH HE GREW INCREASINGLY INFIRM, RICHARD’S MIND WAS STILL AS SHARP AS A TACK.
GORDON MACLEOD: INFIRM, AND I SAYING THAT CORRECT?
Pronouncer Harrington:I CAN’T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS CORRECT.
GORDON MACLEOD:INFIRM, I-N-F-E-R-M, INFIRM.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT INCORRECT SPELLING IS I-N-F-I-R-M. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 11.
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR SCHOOL.
Micah Galpin:MY NAME IS MICAH GALPIN, AND I ATTEND CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS DEBUNK, DEBUNK.
Micah Galpin:CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: TO EXPOSE THE SHAM, INTENTIONS, OR EXAGGERATED CLAIMS OF.
Micah Galpin:DEBUNK, D-E-B-U-N-K, DEBUNK.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 12, CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR SCHOOL, PLEASE.
Vanessa Wesbur: I AM VANESSA WESBUR FROM WRIGHT ELEMENTARY, SECOND GRADE.. Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD HAS A NEAR MOMENTUM SO I WILL GIVEYOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO ASK.
THE WORD IS BIRDIE, IT IS A NOUN MEANING A GOLF SCORE OF ONE LAST STROKE THEN PAR ON A GOLF COURSE.
Vanessa Wesbur: DEFINITION.
Pronouncer Harrington: A GOLF Pronouncer Harrington: A GOLFSCORE OF ONE STROKE LESS THAN PAR.
Vanessa Wesbur: BIRDIE, B-I-R-D-I-E, BIRDIE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 13 WILL YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO?
Aaliyah Williams: MY NAME IS AALIYAH WILLIAMS AND I GO TO WAKULLA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: PLEASE SPELL CANOE.
Aaliyah Williams: CANOE, C-A-N-O-E, CANOE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 14.
CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE?
ETHAN CHESNUT: MY NAME IS ETHAN CHESNUT, AND I AM FROM VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS MANTRA.
MANTRA, IS A NOUN MEETING A VERBAL SPELL, RITUALISTIC INCANTATION OR MYSTIC FORMULA USED EMOTIONALLY IN POPULAR HINDUISM AND BY IKANA BUDDHISM.
ETHAN CHESNUT:CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD, PLEASE.
Pronouncer Harrington: MANTRA.
ETHAN CHESNUT: MANTRA, M-O-N-T-R-A, MANTRA.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT.
IT IS -- THE CORRECT SPELLING IS M-A-N-T-R-A.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 15 CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US?
LILYAN WHEELER: HI, MY NAME IS LILYAN WHEELER AND I ATTEND AUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS DICEY.
LILYAN WHEELER: DICEY, CAN I PLEASE HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: SURE, IT MEANS RISKY OR UNPREDICTABLE.
DICEY.
LILYAN WHEELER: DICEY, CAN I PLEASE HAVETHE ORIGIN.
Pronouncer Harrington:THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORD IS FROM AN ENGLISH WORD OF ARABIC DERIVED FRENCH ORIGIN.
AND THE SECOND PART IS FROM ENGLISH.
LILYAN WHEELER: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST DICEY.
LILYAN WHEELER: DICEY, D-I-C-I-E, DICEY.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT INCORRECT SPELLING IS D-I-C-E-Y.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 16 CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU ARE FROM?
Caelum Ensminger MY NAME IS CAELUM ENSMINGER AND I AM FROM AUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS BENGAL.
Caelum Ensminger CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: BENGAL.
Caelum Ensminger: CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington:ANY OF A BREED OF LARGE DOMESTIC CATS THAT WEREDEVELOPED BY CROSSING A WILD LEOPARD WITH ANY OFVARIOUS DOMESTIC BREEDS OF CATS.
Caelum Ensminger IS THERE ANALTERNATE PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington:THERE ARE, BEN-GAL, BEN-GALL, BEN-GALL.
Caelum Ensminger BENGAL, B-E-N-G-A-L, BENGAL.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 17, PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME WHAT SCHOOL YOU ARE FROM.
Johanna Li: HI, MY NAME IS JOHANNA LI, AND I AM FROM MACLAY LOWER SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM, SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR IT.
THE WORK IS KAZOO.
IT IS A NOUN MEANING A DEVICE IN WHICH A PERSON SINGS OR HUMS, AND WHICH CONSISTS USUALLY OF AN OPEN-ENDED TUBE WITH A MEMBRANE-COVERED SIDE HOLE.
KAZOO.
Johanna Li: KAZOO, K-A-Z-O-O, KAZOO.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 18, WILL YOU US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO?
Emmanuella Olaitan: HI, MY NAME IS EMMANUELLA OLAITAN AND I ATTEND MACLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS ABAFT.
Emmanuella Olaitan:CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington:ABAFT MEANS TOWARDS OR AT THE STERN.
Emmanuella Olaitan: ABAFT, A-B-A-F-T, ABAFT.
THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 19, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
Dashel Mosley: I AM DASHEL MOSLEY, AND I ATTEND HOLY COMFORTER EPISCOPAL SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington:YOUR WORD IS HORSERADISH, HORSERADISH.
Dashel Mosley:CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD, PLEASE.
Pronouncer Harrington:HORSERADISH.
Dashel Mosley: ARE THEREANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:THERE IS A NONSTANDARD PRONUNCIATION, HORSE-RADISH.
HORSERADISH.
Dashel Mosley: HORSERADISH, H-O-R-S-E-R-A-D-I-S-H, HORSERADISH.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 20, WILL YOUINTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US, PLEASE?
Samuel Marshall: MY NAME IS SAM MARSHALL I COME FROM HOLY COMFORTER EPISCOPAL SCHOOL SCHOOL, SEVENTH GRADE.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS CORGI.
Samuel Marshall: DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A SMALL DOG OF ONE OF TWO BREEDS OF WELSH ORIGIN THAT HAS SHORT LEGS, A LONG BACK AND A FOXY HEAD WITH UPRIGHT EARS.
CORGI.
Samuel Marshall: CORGI, C-O-R-G-I, CORGI.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 21.
WILL YOU TELL US YOUR AND WE YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
Evan Parker: MY NAME IS EVAN PARKER, AND I ATTEND COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS NEATEN, NEATEN.
Evan Parker: MAY I HAVE THE PARTS OF SPEECH?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS A VERB.
Evan Parker: NEATEN, N-E-A-T-E-N, NEATEN.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 22.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
Ahmad Bilal: MY NAME IS AHMAD BILAL I AM FROM PANAMA CITY ADVANCED SCHOOL.. Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD, SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS BOWIE, MEANING -- IT IS A NOUN.
MEANING A LARGE HUNTING KNIFE, IN WESTERN FRONTIER REGIONS HAVING A GUARDED EDGE STRONG SINGLE-EDGED CURVED BLADES DIFFERENTLY THAN 15 INCHES LONG.
Ahmad Bilal: WILL YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: BOWIE.
Ahmad Bilal: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:THERE ARE, BOO-WIE, BOWIE.
Ahmad Bilal: BOWIE, B-O-W-I-E, BOWIE.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 23.
WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
Madison Diaz: MY NAME IS MADISON DIAZ AND I ATTEND CHRIST CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
Pronouncer Harrington:YOUR WORD IS CURTAILED.
Madison Diaz: CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: TO SHORTEN AND DURATION OR SCOPE, A BRIDGE, REDUCE.
CURTAILED.
Madison Diaz: ARE THEREANY ALTERNATE DEFINITIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST CURTAIL.
MADISON DIAZ: CURTAIL.
C-E-R-T-A-I-L.
CURTAIL.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT.
THE CORRECT SPELLING IS C-U-R-T-A-I-L. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 24, PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO?
Olivia Lammers:MY NAME IS OLIVIA LAMMERS AND I GO TO CORNERSTONE LEARNING COMMUNITY.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS WHIRLYBIRD.
OLIVIA LAMMERS: CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: WHIRLYBIRD.
OLIVIA LAMMERS: DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS A NOUN, A HELICOPTER.
OLIVIA LAMMERS: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: THERE ARE.
QUIRLY-BIRD, WHIRLYBIRD.
OLIVIA LAMMERS: WHIRLYBIRD, W-H-I-R-L-E-Y-B-I-R-D, WHIRLYBIRD.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING OF WHIRLYBIRD, W-H-I-R-L-Y-B-I-R-D. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 25, WILL YOU PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL.
Sophia Yu: HI, MY NAME IS SOPHIA, I GO TO SCHOOL AT COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS NEXT WORDHAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITHANOTHER WORD, I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS KODAK.
IT IS A VERB MEANING TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A SMALL AND CAMERA OF THE SAME NAME.KODAK.
Sophia Yu: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: KODAK.
Sophia Yu: KODAK, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
Sophia Yu: KODAK.
Pronouncer Harrington: I AM NOT SURE BUTIT SOUNDS RIGHT.
Sophia Yu: KODAK, K-O-D-A-K, KODAK.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 26 WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US PLEASE.
Elise Buck: MY NAME IS ELISE BUCK.
I GO TO THE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD THE WORD IS MEMES.
A PLURAL NOUN MEANING AMUSING OR INTERESTING ITEMS SUCH AS CAPTION PICTURES OR VIDEOS, OR GENRES OF ITEMS THAT ARE SPREAD WIDELY ONLINE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
MEMES.
Elise Buck:CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington:MEMES.
Elise Buck: MEMES, M-E-M-E-S, MEMES.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 27.
WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
Macy Edwards: HELLO MY NAME IS MACYEDWARDS AND I ATTEND TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD ALSO HAS A NEAR HOMONYM SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION AND PART OF SPEECH.
THE WORD IS CRANIUM, IT IS A NOUN MEANING PART OF THE SKULL THAT INCLUDES -- ENCLOSES THE BRAIN.
Macy Edwards: CRANIUM, C-R-A-N-I-U-M, CRANIUM.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 28 WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US?
Cecily Dean: MY NAMEIS CECILY DEAN, AND I AM HOMESCHOOLED.
Pronouncer Harrington: PLEASE SPELL SCREANO.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE MEANING, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: BINGO DESIGNED FOR PLAY BY AUDIENCES IN MOTION PICTURE THEATERS.
SCREENO.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: SCREENO.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE.
Pronouncer Harrington: PLAYED BETWEEN FEATURED MOVIES ON SLOW WEEKNIGHTS.
SCREENO HAD ITS HEIGHT OF POPULARITY IN THE 1930s WHEN THEATERS USED THE GAME TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO PRONOUNCE IT ONE MORE TIME, I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE.
SCREENO, SCREENO.
Cecily Dean: SCREENO,S-C-R-E-E-N-O, SCREENO.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 29 WILL YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU WANT TO SCHOOL?
Jake Smith: MY NAME IS JAKE SMITH AND I GO TO PETER BOWLER’S SCHOOL, TO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
Pronouncer Harrington: YOUR WORD IS DREADLOCKS.
Jake Smith: CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: DREADLOCKS.
Jake Smith: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST DREADLOCKS.
Jake Smith: CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A HAIRSTYLE CONTAINING OF NARROW ROPELIKE STRANDS OF HAIR FORMED BY MATTING OR BRAIDING.
DREADLOCKS.
Jake Smith:D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K-S, DREADLOCKS, DREADLOCKS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: AND SPELLER NUMBER 30, WILL YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO?
Caroline Carter: MY NAME IS CAROLINE CARTER ANDI ATTEND UNIVERSITY ACADEMY.
Pronouncer Harrington:YOUR WORD IS DILLYDALLY.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOUPLEASE PROVIDE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: TO ACTWITH UNUSUAL OR IMPROPER SLOWNESS OR TO WASTE TIME BY LOITERING OR DELAY.
DILLYDALLY.
Caroline Carter: PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE.
Pronouncer Harrington: ROSARIO TENDS TO DILLYDALLY AFTER SCHOOL BEFORE STARTING HER HOMEWORK.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOUPROVIDE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS AN ALTERATION OF A WORD THAT IS POSSIBLY GERMANIC IN ORIGIN, AND WENT INTO FRENCH AND THEN ENGLISH.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANYALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST DILLYDALLY.
Caroline Carter: DILLYDALLY, D-I-L-L-Y-D-A-L-L-Y, DILLYDALLY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: ALL RIGHT, THAT ENDS ROUND ONE, YOU DID IT.
THOSE WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND, PLEASE EXIT THE STAGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING.
[APPLAUSE] IT SAYS I AM SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE HOW MANY SPELLERS REMAIN, BUT I CAN’T DO THAT.
SO ROUND TWO.
SPELLER NUMBER ONE.
DOMINIC, COME ON DOWN.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR A WORD IT CAN BE CONFUSED BY SO I WILL GIVE YOU DEFINITION WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO ASK.
THE WORD IS PUCKISH, AND ADJECTIVE MEANINGIMPISH OR WHIMSICAL, PUCKISH.
Dominic Walker: PUCKISH, P-U-C-K-I-S-H, PUCKISH.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER TWO, ANOTHERHOMONYM THAT COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.THE WORD IS KNIGHT IT IS A MAN WHO IS IGNITED MAN OF THE FEUDAL PERIOD SERVING A SUPERIOR FOR A TENURE OF LENGTH.
ESPECIALLY A MAN CEREMONIALLY INDUCTED BY A FEUDAL SUPERIOR INTO SPECIAL MILITARY RANK.
USUALLY AFTER COMPLETING REGULAR AREAS OF SERVICE AS A PAGE AND SQUIRE.
KNIGHT.
Hannah Huang: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THE KNIGHT WAS KNOWN FOR BRAVERY AND LOYALTY.
Hannah Huang: KNIGHT, K-N-I-G-H-T, KNIGHT.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER THREE.
YOUR WORD IS HEAVENLY.
Kymbri Granger: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: GEORGIA COULDN’T STAND TO BE STUCK INSIDE ON SUCH A HEAVENLY DAY.
Kymbri Granger:HEAVENLY, H-E-A-V-E-N-L-Y, HEAVENLY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
SPELLER NUMBER SIX.
YOUR WORD IS TRINKETS.TRINKETS.
Kipton Whittington: TRINKET, T-R-I-N-K-E-T-S, TRINKETS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER SEVEN.
PLEASE SPELL LIMELIGHT.
Marley Hunter: CAN YOU REPEAT IT?
Pronouncer Harrington:LIMELIGHT.
Marley Hunter:ANY OTHER PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:NO, JUST LIMELIGHT.
Marley Hunter:CAN YOU SAY IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington:THE YOUNG ACTOR ENJOYED BEING IN THE LIMELIGHT AND HAVING MILLIONS OF FANS.
LIMELIGHT.
Marley Hunter: LIMELIGHT, AND I STATE IT CORRECTLY?
Pronouncer Harrington: ONE MORE TIME.
Marley Hunter:LIMELIGHT.
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN’T BE POSITIVE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
Marley Hunter: LIMELIGHT, L-I-M-E-L-I-G-H-T, LIMELIGHT.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER EIGHT, THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS OR OREGANO, OREGANO, A NOUN MEANING ANY OF VARIOUS AROMATIC HERBS THAT ARE USED AS SEASONINGS IN COOKERY.
OREGANO.
Levi West: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: CARLO KNOWS THAT NO ITALIAN SUB SANDWICH IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT A SPRING CLEAN OF OREGANO.
Levi West: IS THERE ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT?
Pronouncer Harrington: OR OREGANO, OREGANO.
PARDON, I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, OR OREGANO, O-REGANO.
Levi West: PLACE OF ORIGIN.
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS IS A WORD THATWENT FROM GREEK TO LATIN TO SPANISH.
Levi West: OREGANO, OR O-R-A-G-A-N-O, OREGANO.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: I AM SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT, THE CORRECT SPELLING OF OREGANO IS O-R-E-G-A-N-O.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 11, PLEASE SPELL JOINERY.
Micah Galpin: CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: WORK DONE BY A PERSON WHOSE OCCUPATION IS TO CONSTRUCT ARTICLES AND FASTENING TOGETHER PIECES OF WOOD.
JOINERY.
Micah Galpin:ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST JOINERY.
Micah Galpin:JOINERY, J-O-I-N-E-R-Y, JOINERY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: I AM SORRY I CANNOT SEE, IS IT 12?
SPELLER NUMBER 12.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS FEEBLE AN ADJECTIVE MEANING MARKEDLY LACKING IN NORMAL STRENGTH OR ENDURANCE, WEAK OR DEBILITATED.
FEEBLE.
Vanessa Wesbur: ISTHERE ANOTHER PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington:ONLY THE ONE, FEEBLE.
Vanessa Wesbur:FEEBLE, F-E-E-B-L-E, FEEBLE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 13.
YOUR WORD IS FERRET, FERRET.
Aaliyah Williams: FERRET, F-E-R-R-E-T, FERRET.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 16.
THE WORD IS FALLACY.
FALLACY.
Caelum Ensminger: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST THE ONE, FALLACY.
Caelum Ensminger: CANYOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A PLAUSIBLE REASONING THAT FAILS TO TO SATISFY THE CONDITIONING OF VALID ARGUMENTS OR CORRECT INFERENCE.
FALLACY Caelum Ensminger CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: ALTHOUGH BEN’S ARGUMENT SEEMS CREDIBLE IT IS PURE FALLACY.
Caelum Ensminger: CAN YOU GIVE ME THE ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN.
Caelum Ensminger: CAN YOU REPEAT IT AGAIN?
Pronouncer Harrington:FALLACY.
Caelum Ensminger: FALLACY, F-A-L-L-O-C, MAY I START OVER?
Pronouncer Harrington:REMEMBER YOU HAVE TOSPELL IT THE WAY YOU HAVE SO FAR.
Caelum Ensminger F-A-L-L-O-C-Y.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT, THE CORRECT SPELLING OF FALLACY IS F-A-L-L-A-C-Y.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 17.
YOUR WORD IS CIDERY.
CIDERY.
Johanna Li: CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT MEANS A BUILDING OR PLANT FOR THE EXPRESS JUICE OF APPLES OR SOMETIMES OTHER FRUIT.
IT IS MADE INTO A BEVERAGE OR ANOTHER PRODUCT SUCH AS VINEGAR.
CIDERY.
Johanna Li: CIDERY, C-I-D-E-R-Y, CIDERY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 18.
YOUR WORD IS BREATHTAKING.
Emmanuella Olaitan: BREATHTAKING, B-R-E-A-T-H-T-A-K-I-N-G, BREATHTAKING.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 19, THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS EWE, MEANING THE FEMALE OF A SHEEP ESPECIALLY WHEN MATURE.
Dashel Mosley: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE WAYS TO PRONOUNCE?
Pronouncer Harrington:ONLY EWE.
Dashel Mosley: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD AGAIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: EWE.
Dashel Mosley:CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington:THE FEMALE OF A SHEEP ESPECIALLY WHEN MATURE.
Dashel Mosley: EWE, U-Y-O-U, EWE.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE PROPER SPELLING OF EWE IS E-W-E. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 20.PLEASE SPELL AFROTH.
Samuel Marshall: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: IN A STATE OF LIVELY OR ANGRY EXCITEMENT, AFROTH.
Samuel Marshall: AFROTH, A-F-R-O-T-H, AFROTH.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 21.
YOUR WORD IS AGILITY.
Evan Parker: MAY I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: QUICKNESS AND DEXTERITY OF MOVEMENT.
AGILITY.
Evan Parker:AGILITY, A-G-I-L-I-T-Y, AGILITY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 22.
YOUR WORD IS EPOXY.
Ahmad Bilal: CAN I HAVE THE MEANING?
Pronouncer Harrington: PARDON?
Ahmad Bilal: THE MEANING?
Pronouncer Harrington: ANY OF VARIOUS THERMOSETTING RESINS THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY GOOD ADHESIVENESS.
THE ABILITY, AND RESISTANCE TO CHEMICALS.
AND ARE USED CHEAPLY IN COATINGS AND ADHESIVES.
EPOXY.
Ahmad Bilal: EPOXY, A-P-O-X-Y, EPOXY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS E-P-O-X-Y.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 25.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR NEAR PROMINENT SO GIVING THE SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS FEZ A NOUN MEETING APRIL LESS GOALLESS HAD WITH A FLAT GROUND USUALLY FOR A LONG TASSEL ATTACK.
USUALLY MADE OF RED FELT, WORN BY MEN IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES LIKE TURKEY.
AND IS BEEN ADAPTED FOR WOMEN’S FASHION IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.FEZ.
Sophia Yu: ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
ONLY THE ONE.
FEZ.
Sophia Yu: FEZ, F-E-Z-Z, FEZ.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT, THE CORRECT SPELLING IS F-E-Z.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 26.
YOUR WORD IS ADSUM.
Elise Buck: MAY I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: USED TO INDICATE ONES PRESENCE USUALLY IN REFERENCE TO A ROLL CALL.
Elise Buck: MAY I HAVE THE ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS IS FROM LATIN.
Elise Buck: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: THERE IS, ADSUM, AUD-SOME.
Elise Buck: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: ADSUM, I AM SORRY, CAN YOU PAUSE A MOMENT I GOT THE SECOND PRONUNCIATION WRONG.
ADSUM, IS THE PRIMARY PRONUNCIATION AD-SOOm, ADSOM, ADSOOM.
Elise Buck: ADSUM, A-D-S-U-M, ADSUM.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 27.
YOUR WORD IS EINSTEIN.
Macy Edwards: EINSTEIN, E-I-N-S-T-E-I-N, EINSTEIN.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 28.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR COULD BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD, SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS DESCENT.
IT IS A VERB MEANING TO RID OF ODOR OR SMELL.
DESCENT.
Cecily Dean: DOES IT HAVEANY ALTERNATE I PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: DESCENT DESCENT.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: TO RID OF ODOR OR SMELL.
DESCENT.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington:BREEDERS OF PACK OF SKUNKS ROUTINELY DESCENT THEM.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD CONSISTS OF A LEGEND PART PLUS AND ENGLISH PART.
Cecily Dean: DESCENT, D-E-S-C-E-N-T, DESCENT.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 29.
YOUR WORD IS ISMS, ISMS.
Jake Smith: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST THE ONE, ISMS.
Jake Smith: OKAY, WHAT IS ITS ROOT LANGUAGE.. Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD WENT FROM GREEK TO LATIN TO FRENCH TO ENGLISH.
ISMS.
Jake Smith:OKAY, ISMS, I-Z-Z-O-M-S, ISMS.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING I-S-I-S-M-S. Pronouncer Harrington: AND SPELLER 30 THE LASTOF ROUND TWO, IT HAS A HOMONYM I WILL GIVE YOU THE PARTS OF SPEECH, THE DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS ANTE, IT IS A NOUN A POKER STAKE USUALLY ARBITRARILY FIXED AND USUALLY PUT UP BEFORE THE DEAL TO BUILD THE POT.
ANTE.
Caroline Carter:PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE.
Pronouncer Harrington:EACH PLAYER PUT A NICKEL ON THE TABLE AS AN ANTE.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU PROVIDETHE DEFINITION AGAIN.
Pronouncer Harrington: APOKER STAKE USUALLY ARBITRARILY FIXED AND USUALLYPUT UP BEFORE THE DEAL TO BUILD THE POT, AUNTIE.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS WORD IS LATIN.
Caroline Carter: ANTE, A-N-T-E, ANTE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: AND THAT CONCLUDES ROUND TWO.
GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY.
[APPLAUSE].
Pronouncer Harrington:HEY, SPELLER NUMBER ONE, ARE YOU READY TO START ROUND THREE?
SURE.
Pronouncer Harrington:YOUR WORD IS ADDLE, ADDLE.
Dominic Walker: ADDLE, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: TO THROW INTO CONFUSION OR DISORDER, MUDDLE, CONFOUND, ADDLE.
Dominic Walker: WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS ORIGINALLY ENGLISH.
Dominic Walker: ADDLE, A-D-D-L-E, ADDLE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
SPEAKER NUMBER TWO.
YOUR WORD IS CELESTIAL.
CELESTIAL.
Hannah Huang:CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: ASOR RELATED TO THE SKIES.
Dominic Walker: CELESTIAL, CELESTIAL, CELESTIAL.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER THREE.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS GAUCHO IT IS A NOUN MEANING COWBOY OR HERDMEN OF THE GENERALLY GRASS COVERED PLANE OF SOUTH AMERICA EAST OF THE ANDES.
GAUCHO.
Kymbri Granger: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: GAUCHO.
Kymbri Granger: GAUCHO, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington:SOUNDS -- I CAN’T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
Kymbri Granger: GAUCHO, G-A-L-C-H-O, GAUCHO.
[BELL RINGING].
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS G-A-U-C-H-O.. Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER SIX THIS IS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS SCROOGE A NOUN MEANING AND KNISLEY PERSON A SCROOGE.
Kipton Whittington: SCROOGE, S-C-R-O-O-G-E, SCROOGE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER SEVEN IN OTHER WORDS THAT HAS A HOMONYM.
THE WORD IS NOZZLES A PLURAL NOUN MEANING SHORT TUBES OR DUST THAT USUALLY TAPER OR HAVE A CONSTRUCTION.
OFTEN FORMS EVENTS OF HOSES OR PIPES AND USED TO DIRECT THE FLOW OF FLUID TO INCREASE THE VELOCITY OF THE FLOW.
NOZZLES.
Marley Hunter: NOZZLES, N-O-Z-Z-L-E-S, NOZZLES.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 11.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR A NEAR HOMONYM.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS PRISM.
IT IS A NOUN MEANING A TRANSPARENT BODY THAT IS BOUNDED IN PART BY TWO NONPARALLEL PLANE SPACES AND IS USED TO DISPLACE A BEAM OF LIGHT.
PRISM.
Micah Galpin:CAN YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THE PRISM CAST AN ARRAY OF COLORS ON THE TABLECLOTH.
PRISM.
Micah Galpin: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THE WORD IS AN ORIGINALLY GREEK WORD THAT PASSED INTO LATIN.
PRISM.
Micah Galpin: PRISM, P-R-I-S-M, PRISM.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 12.
YOUR WORD IS DIVVY, DIVVY.. Vanessa Wesbur: IS THERE ANOTHER PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST THE ONE, DIVVY.
VANESSA WESBUR: DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: TO PROVIDE OR DISTRIBUTE A NUMBER, DIVVY.
Vanessa Wesbur: DIVVY, D-I-V-V-Y, DIVVY.. Pronouncer Harrington: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 13.
THIS WORD AS A HOMONYM, WHICH IS I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS ACCOMPLICE, ACCOMPLICE, A NOUN MEANING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER IN WRONGDOING.
ONE THAT PARTICIPATES WITH ANOTHER CRIME EITHER THROUGH PRINCIPLE OR ACCESSORY.
ACCOMPLICE.
Aaliyah Williams: ACCOMPLICE, A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-C-E, ACCOMPLICE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 17.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR NEAR HOMONYM.
THE WORD IS CENSUS A NOUN MEANING UNOFFICIAL ENUMERATION OF THE POPULATION OF A COUNTRY, CITY, OR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT.
GENERALLY INCLUDING VITAL STATISTICS, AND OTHER CLASSIFIED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
CENSUS.
Johanna Li: CENSUS, C-E-N-S-U-S, CENSUS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 18 YOUR WORD IS VENDETTA.
PARDON ME, VENDETTA.
Emmanuella Olaitan: DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: A PROLONGED FEUD MARKED BY BITTER HOSTILITY.
VENDETTA.
Emmanuella Olaitan: VENDETTA, V-E-N-D-E-T-T-A, VENDETTA.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 20.
YOUR WORD IS DUDLEY, DUDLEY.
Samuel Marshall: THE DEFINITION.
Pronouncer Harrington: HAVING FLESH OR PINK COLOR UNDESIRABLE , IN SOME BREEDS, USE OF A DOGS NOSE.
DUDLEY.
SAMUEL MARSHELL: DUDLEY, D-U-D-L-E-Y, DUDLEY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 21.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS RESTIVE.
IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING MARKED BY UNEASINESS, AND A LACK OF QUIETNESS OR INTEREST, FIDGETY.
RESTIVE.
Evan Parker: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS FROM A FRENCH WORD.
Evan Parker: RESTIVE, R-E-S-T-I-VE, RESTIVE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 26.YOUR WORD IS OUSTER.
Elise Buck:ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST OUSTER.
Elise Buck: CAN HAVE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: AN OBJECTION FROM A POSITION OR PLACE, OR AN EXPULSION.
Elise Buck: CAN I HAVE THE ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS FROM ANGLO FRENCH THAT DERIVED IT FROM LATIN.
Elise Buck: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: OUSTER Elise Buck: OUSTER, AND BY REPEATING IT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: OUSTER.
Elise Buck: OUSTER, A-U-S-T-E-R, OUSTER.
[BELLRINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING OF OUSTER IS O-U-S-T-E-R. .
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 27 YOUR WORD IS VLOGGING.
VLOGGING.
Macy Edwards: MAY I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: WRITING OR HAVING A BLOG THAT CONTAINS VIDEO MATERIAL.
VLOGGING.
Macy Edwards: VLOGGING, V-L-O-G-G-I-N-G, VLOGGING.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 28.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
IT IS CYMBALS, IT IS A PLURAL NOUN MEANING SLIGHTLY CONVEX METAL DISCS OF MIDDLE EASTERN ORIGIN.
EITHER USED IN PAIRS THAT ARE STRUCK GLANCINGLY TOGETHER TO CREATE A BRILLIANT CLASHING TONES.
OR SUSPENDED AND STRUCK OR STROKED WITH AN IMPLEMENT SUCH AS A DRUMSTICK OR WIRE BRUSH.
CYMBALS.
Cecily Dean:CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS WORD IS FROM AN ORIGINALLY GREEK WORD, PAST INTO LATIN, THEN FRENCH, BEFORE BECOMING ENGLISH.
CYMBALS.
Cecily Dean:CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THE VILLAIN TIMED HIS SHOT TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLANGING OF THE CYMBALS.
Cecily Dean: CYMBALS, C-Y-M-B-A-L-S, CYMBALS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: AND SPELLER 30.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM, OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS YORE, IT IS A NOUN MEANING TIME PASSED, AND ESPECIALLY LONG SINCE PASSED.
YORE.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: OH, THE DAYS OF YORE, YOUR DAD SAID WHEN HE FOUND HIS OLD BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL CARDS IN A SHOEBOX.
YORE.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS IS ORIGINALLY ENGLISH.
Caroline Carter:ARE THE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST YORE.
Caroline Carter: WEREPEAT THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington:TIME PASSED AND ESPECIALLY LONG SINCE PASSED.
Caroline Carter: YORE, Y-O-R-E, YORE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: THAT IS THE END OF ROUND THREE.
IF YOU WERE ELIMITED IN THIS ROUND, HAVE A SEAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPELLING TODAY.
THUS BEGINS ROUND FOUR, SPELLER NUMBER ONE, ON DOWN.
THE FIRST WORD OF ROUND THREE IS RENEWABLE.
RENEWABLE.
Dominic Walker: RENEWABLE, R-E-N-E-W-A-B-L-E, RENEWABLE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER TWO.
PLEASE SPELL RECANTED.
Hannah Huang: CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: WITHDREW OR REPUDIATED A STATEMENT OR BELIEF FORMALLY AND PUBLICLY, RECANTED.
Hannah Huang:RECANTED, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: SAY IT AGAIN.
Hannah Huang: RECANTED.
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN’T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
Hannah Huang: RECANTED, R-E-C-A-N-T-E-D, RECANTED.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
SPELLER NUMBER SIX, THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM SO I WILL READ THE DEFINITION AND PART OF SPEECH.
THE WORD IS EERILY, EERILY IT IS AN ADVERB MEANING MYSTERIOUSLY OR WEIRDLY.
Kipton Whittington: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATES?
Pronouncer Harrington: EERILY, EAR-ILY.
Hannah Huang:CAN YOU USE IT IN US SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington:MAINSTREET WAS EERILY QUIET AFTER A RAINSTORM.
Hannah Huang: EERILY, E-E-R-I-L-Y, EERILY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER SEVEN.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM THAT CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS INTERTIDAL, IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING OF OR RELATED TO, OR BEING PART OF THE SHORE ZONE THAT IS ABOVE THE LOWEST MARK OF THE USUALLY TWICE DAILY FALLING OF THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.
Marley Hunter: INTERTIDAL, I-N-T-E-R-T-I-D-A-L, INTERTIDAL.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 11.
SPELLER NUMBER 11 DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PLACARD?
I LIKE YOU GETTING COMFORTABLE.
YOUR WORD IS EXTINGUISH.
EXTINGUISH.
Micah Galpin:EXTINGUISH, E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H, EXTINGUI.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 12.
PLEASE SPELL EMBLAZONED.
Vanessa Wesbur: IS THERE ANOTHER PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington: THERE IS.
EMBLAZONED AND EM-BLAZONED.
Vanessa Wesbur: DEFINITION.
Pronouncer Harrington:SAID OFF CONSPICUOUSLY AS BY RICH OR BRILLIANT DECORATION.
EMBLAZONED.
EMBLAZONED, E-M-B-L-A-Z-O-N-E-D, EMBLAZONED.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 12.
I AM SORRY, 13.
SPELLER 13 THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION AS PART OF THE SPEECH.
THE WORD IS GNARLED, GNARLED IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING WARPED OR TWISTED WITH, OR AS IS WITH KNOTS OR KNOTSIES.
Aaliyah Williams: GNARLED, G-N-A-R-L-E-D, GNARLED.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 17 ANOTHER HOMONYM WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION AND PART OF SPEECH.
THE WORD IS REMNANTS, A PLURAL NOUN MEANING SMALL PARTS, MEMBERS, OR TRACES LEFT ONCE THE REST ARE GONE, REMNANTS.
Johanna Li: CAN YOU GIVE ME THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS IS FROM AN ORIGINALLY LATIN DERIVED FRENCH WORD, REMNANTS.
Johanna Li:CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington:SMALL PARTS, MEMBERS, OR TRACES LEFT ONCE THE REST IS GONE.
REMNANTS.
Johanna Li: REMNANTS, R-E-M-N-A-N-C-E, REMNANTS.
[BELLRINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS R-E-M-N-A-N-T-S. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 18.
YOUR WORD IS UNFAZED.
UNFAZED.
Emmanuella Olaitan: U-N-F-A-Z-E-D. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 20.
PLEASE SPELL ENVIABLE.
Samuel Marshall: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: SURE, HIGHLY DESIRABLE, ENVIABLE.
Samuel Marshall: ENVIABLE, E-N-V-I-A-B-L-E, ENVIABLE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER 21.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS PUNILY.
PUNILY.
Evan Parker: MAY I HAVE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: IN A MANNER LACKING OF FORCE OR VITALITY, OR WEAKLY, INSUFFICIENTLY PUNILY.
EVAN PARKER, PART OF SPEECH?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS AN ADVERB.
Evan Parker: PUNILY, P-U-N-I-L-Y, PUNILY.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 27.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS VOTIVE.
VOTIVE.
Macy Edwards: MAY I HAVE THE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: UNDERTAKEN OR PERFORMED IN FULFILLMENT OF A VOW.
Macy Edwards: MAY I HAVE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS YEAR THEY HAD A PILGRIM TO THE ESTATE OF HER FAVORITE PERFORMER.
Macy Edwards: VOTIVE, V-O-T-I-V-E, VOTIVE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 28?
THE NEXT WORD IS HAPHAZARD.
Cecily Dean:MEANING, PLEASE.
MAY I HAVE THE MEANING, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: MAKE, PERFORM, OR SELECTED ACCORDING TO CHANCE, WOMEN, OR SPECULATION, RATHER ON THE BASIS OF CONSIDERED JUDGMENT OR AFFIRMED KNOWLEDGE.
OR AIMLESS OR RANDOM.
HAPHAZARD.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THE APARTMENT HAPHAZARD FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT DID LOOK UNTIDY.
Cecily Dean: ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST HAPHAZARD.
Cecily Dean:MAY HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
THE OLD PART CAME FROM OLD DOORS TO ENGLISH, THE SECOND PART ONE FROM ARABIC TO ENGLISH TO FRENCH.
Cecily Dean: HAPHAZARD, H-A-P-H-A-Z-A-R-D, HAPHAZARD.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SPELLER NUMBER 30.
RIGHT?
AM I WRONG?
OKAY, THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM OR CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS UNBEKNOWNST.
IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING HAPPENING WITHOUT ONE BEING COGNIZANT, CONSCIOUS, OR AWARE.
UNBEKNOWNST.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: SURE, UNBEKNOWNST TO ALYSSA HER FRIENDS WERE PLANNING A SURPRISE PARTY FOR HER AT THE RANCH.
UNBEKNOWNST.
Caroline Carter: THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS IS ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLISH.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING HAPPENING WITHOUT ONE BEING COGNIZANT, CONSCIOUS, OR AWARE.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: UNBEKNOWNST, UNBEKNOWNST.
Caroline Carter: UNBEKNOWNST, U-N-B-E-K-N-O-W-N-S-T, UNBEKNOWNST.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: AND THAT, SPELLERS, IS THE END OF ROUND FOUR, AM I RIGHT, ROUND FOUR.
THIS IS THE END OF ROUND FOUR, IF YOU GOT OUT IN ROUND FOUR PLEASE TAKE A SEAT WITH YOUR FAMILY.
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BEGIN ROUND FIVE.
ROUND FIVE, SPELLER NUMBER ONE.
THE FIRST WORD OF ROUND FIVE IS GEMINI.
Dominic Walker: GEMINI, G-E-M-I-N-I, GEMINI.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER TWO.
YOUR WORD IS CARNITAS.
Hannah Huang: CAN YOU GIVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: SMALL CHUNKS OR STRIPS OF MEAT, ESPECIALLY PORK, THAT ARE FRIED OR ROASTED UNTIL CRISP.
CARNITAS.
Hannah Huang: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: ADDISON LOOKED OVER THE MENU BEFORE PICKING TACOS FILLED WITH CARNITAS AND SPICY TACOS.
Hannah Huang: WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
THIS IS FROM SPANISH THAT CAME FROM LATIN.
Hannah Huang:ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: CARNITAS, CARN-ITAS.
Hannah Huang: CARNITAS, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: CARNITAS, I THINK SO.
Hannah Huang: CARNITAS, C-A-R-N-I-T-A-Z, CARNITAS Dr. Sunderman: SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS C-A-R-N-I-T-A-S.
THANK YOU.
Dr. Sunderman: SORRY.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER SIX.
YOUR WORD IS HALIFAX.
Kipton Whittington: HALIFAX, AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY?
Pronouncer Harrington: I AM NOT SURE, BUT I THINK SO.
Kipton Whittington: HALIFAX, H-A-L-I-F-A-X, HALIFAX.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER SEVEN, YOUR NEXT WORD IS ABNEGATION.
ABNEGATION.
Marley Hunter: ARE THERE ANY OTHER PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST ABNEGATION.
Marley Hunter: ABNEGATION, A-B-N-I-G-A-T-I-O-N, ABNEGATION Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT.
THE CORRECT SPELLING IS A-B-N-E-G-A-T-I-O-N.
SORRY.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 11.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS QUADRILLION.
Micah Galpin:QUADRILLION, Q-U-A-D-R-I-L-L-I-O-N, QUADRILLION.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 12.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM MARKET SPELL LIKE ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS BILBO A NOUN MEANING A FINELY TEMPERED SWORD.
BILBO.
Vanessa Wesbur: IS THERE ANOTHER PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE BILBO.
Vanessa Wesbur: , THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS IS FROM A SPANISH PLACE NAME.
Vanessa Wesbur: BILBO, B-I-L-B-O, BILBO.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: I AM SORRY EDITORIALIZING IS PROBABLY WRONG BUT YOU ARE SUCH GOOD SPORTS.
THOSE WHO ARE OUT YOU ARE SAYING GOOD LUCK TO THE ONES NEXT TO YOU.
WAY TO GO, KEEP IT UP.
I DON’T KNOW, NUMBER 13.
ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT WORD IS CHINOOK, CHINOOK.
Aaliyah Williams: MAY I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
ONE DEFINITELY.
A WARM WIND THAT DESCENDS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
CHINOOK.
I AM SORRY I WAS GIVING YOU ONE OF THE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS, THE FIRST PRONUNCIATION IS CHE-NOOK.
Aaliyah Williams: CHINOOK, C-H-I-N-O-O-K, CHINOOK.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 18, YOUR WORD IS DISNEYFICATION.
DISNEYFICATION.
Emmanuella Olaitan: DISNEYFICATION, D-I-S-N-E-Y-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, DISNEYFICATION.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 20.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM.
OR CAN SOUND LIKE ANOTHER WORD, OR PART OF SPEECH, I WILL GIVE YOU THE DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS CAMBIO IS A NOUN MEANING A MONEY EXCHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN A LATIN COUNTRY.
CAMBIO.
Samuel Marshall: WHAT IS THE PART OF SPEECH?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS A NOUN.
Samuel Marshall: CAMBIO, C-A-M-B-I-O, CAMBIO.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: ALL RIGHT, SPELLER 21, YOUR WORD IS NARCOLEPTIC.
Evan Parker: WHAT IS THE PART OF SPEECH?
Pronouncer Harrington: IT IS AN ADJECTIVE.
EVAN PARKER?
DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: RELATED TO OR EFFECTIVE, A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A TRANSIENT, IMPULSIVE TO EXPERIENCE ATTACKS OF DEEP SLEEP.
USUALLY OF UNKNOWN CAUSE.
NARCOLEPTIC.
Evan Parker: NARCOLEPTIC, N-A-R-C-A-L-E-P-T-I-C, NARCOLEPTIC.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: I AM SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-T-I-C, SORRY.. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 27.
NEXT WORD IS BROMIDE.
BROMIDE.
Macy Edwards: BROMIDE, CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE, BROMIDE?
Pronouncer Harrington: ALLEN HAS A GIFT FOR MAKING AN OLD BROMIDE SEEM FUNNY AND FUNNY, BROMIDE.
Macy Edwards: BROMIDE, CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A COMMONPLACE OR HACKNEYED GENERALIZATION OR NOTION.
BROMIDE.
Macy Edwards: BROMIDE, B-R-O-M-I-D-E, BROMIDE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 28 PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS AGALMA.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: MEMORIAL, SPECIFICALLY A GREEK STATUE OF A GOD.
AGALMA.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS FROM GREEK.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
THOUGHT THAT THE AGALMA FOUND IN THE TEMPLE RUINS WAS LIKELY A VOTIVE OFFERING TO DEMETER, THE GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE.
AGALMA.
Cecily Dean: DO YOU HAVE ANY ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE, AGALMA.
Cecily Dean: AGALMA, A-G-A-L-M-A, AGALMA.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 30.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS NONCHALANT.
NONCHALANT.
Caroline Carter: WILL YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A DISPLAY OR AIR OF EASY UNCONCERN OR INDIFFERENCE.
NONCHALANCE.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: WHEN NICHE LEARNED SHE WON THE PRIZE AT THE SCIENCE FAIR SHE REACTED WITH SURPRISING NONCHALANCE.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WAS IN FRANCE ORIGINALLY LATIN.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: THERE ARE.
NONCHALANCE, NONCHAL-ENCE.
Caroline Carter: NONCHALANCE, N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-C-E, NONCHALANCE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: THAT ENDS ROUND FIVE, WE WILL START ROUND SIX.
SPELLER NUMBER ONE.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS UFOLOGY.
Dominic Walker: UFOLOGY, E-U-F-O-L-O-G-Y, UFOLOGY.
Dr. Sunderman: I AM SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS U-F-O-L-O-G-Y, SORRY.
Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER SIX THIS WORD SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER WORD SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE PART OF WORD, AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS UVULA A NOUN MEANING THE THE FLESHY LOBE IN THE MIDDLE OF A POSTERIOR BORDER OF THE SOFT PALATE.
UVULA.
Kipton Whittington: UVULA, U-V-U-L-A, UVULA.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER NUMBER 11.
THE NEXT WORD IS BIRRIA.
Micah Galpin:CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?
IT IS A MEXICAN DISH OF STEWED MEAT AND PEPPERS.
Micah Galpin:CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: BIRRIA.
Micah Galpin:BIRRIA, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT?
Pronouncer Harrington: SAY IT AGAIN.
Micah Galpin:BIRRIA.
Pronouncer Harrington: BIRRIA.
Micah Galpin: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE.
BIRRIA.
Micah Galpin:BIRRIA, B-I-R-R-A, BIRRIA.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: SORRY, THE CORRECT SPELLING IS B-I-R-R-I-A.. Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER 12, I FEEL LIKE WE TOOK A LEAP WITH THESE LAST ONES.
DO YOU FEEL IT TOO?
NO, OKAY, JUST ME.
SPELLER 12, YOUR NEXT WORD IS DALMATIAN.
Vanessa Wesbur: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN.
DALMATIAN PUPPIES ARE BORN WITH WHITE GOES, THE SPOTS APPEAR AT AROUND THREE WEEKS OLD, DALMATIAN.
Vanessa Wesbur: ARE THERE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington:JUST THE ONE, DALMATIAN.
Vanessa Wesbur:DALMATIAN, D-A-L-M-A-T-I-O-N, DALMATIAN.
[BELL RINGING] Dr. Sunderman: I AM SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT, THE CORRECT SPELLING IS D-A-L-M-A-T-I-A-N, DALMATION.. Pronouncer Harrington: YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ROOTING FOR YOU IT IS NOT JUST THE PARENTS IT COMES FROM EVERYWHERE.
EVERYONE IS ROOTING FOR ALL OF YOU.
SORRY.
OUR NEXT SPELLER IS NUMBER 13.
OUR NEXT WORD IS OCTONOCULAR.
Aaliyah Williams: MAYI HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington:HAVING EIGHT EYES, OCTONOCULAR.
Aaliyah Williams: , IS THAT THE ONLY PRONUNCIATION?
Pronouncer Harrington:YES, IT IS.
OCTONTOCULAR.
Aaliyah Williams: OCTONOCULAR, O-C-T-O-N-O-C-T-U-L-A-R, OCTONOCULAR.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT, THE CORRECT SPELLING IS O-C-T-O-N-O-C-U-L-A-R, SORRY, OCTONOCULAR.
PronouncerHarrington: OKAY, SPELLER 18.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS - PARDON ME.
NEONATOLOGY.
NEONATOLOGY.
Emmanuela Williams: CAN I GET THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: A BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH THE CARE, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISEASES OF NEWBORN INFANTS.
Emmanuela Williams: WHAT IS THE WORD AGAIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: NEONATOLOGY.
I AM SORRY, ALL OF THE TIME I WILL SAY IT CORRECTLY THIS TIME.
NEONATOLOGY.
Emmanuela Williams: NEONATOLOGY, N-E-O-N-A-T-O-L-O-G-Y, NEONATOLOGY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
[LAUGHTER] Pronouncer Harrington:SPELLER NUMBER 20.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS LUDICROUS.
Samuel Williams: CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: MERITING DERISIVE LAUGHTER OR SCORN AT ABSURDLY IN-DEPTH, FALSE, OR FOOLISH.
LUDICROUS.
Samuel Williams: AND I HAVE THE PART OF SPEECH?
Pronouncer Harrington: AN ADJECTIVE.
Samuel Williams: ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST LUDICROUS.
Samuel Williams: LUDICROUS, L-U-D-I-C-R-O-U-S, LUDICROUS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 27.
THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS ZEPPELIN.
A NOUN, A RIGID AIR SHIP CONSISTING OF A CYLINDRICAL - I WILL START THAT OVER.
ZEPPELIN, A NOUN, A RIGID AIR SHIP CONSISTING OF A CYLINDRICAL TRUST AND COVERED FRAME SUPPORTED BY INTERNAL GAS CELLS.
ZEPPELIN.
Macy Edwards: ZEPPELIN, Z-E-P-A-L-I-N, ZEPPELIN.
[BELLRINGING].
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT.
THE CORRECT SPELLING IS Z-E-P-P-E-L-I-N, ZEPPELIN.
Pronouncer Harrington: ALL RIGHT, SPELLER 28.
YOUR NEXT WORD WORD IS CHURCHIANITY.
CHURCHIANITY.
Cecily Dean: MAY I HAVE THE THE MEANING?
Pronouncer Harrington: USUALLY EXCESSIVE OR SECTARIAN ATTACHMENT TO THE PRACTICES AND INTERESTS OF A PARTICULAR CHURCH.
CHURCHIANITY .
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD WAS MADE FROM A PART THAT WENT FROM GREEK TO GOTHIC TO GERMANIC TO ENGLISH.
PLUS A LATIN DERIVED ENGLISH ELEMENT.
CHURCHIANITY.
Cecily Dean:CAN I HAVE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: I ONLY HAVE THE ONE, CHURCHIANITY.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THE PASTOR URGED THE CONGREGATION TO MOVE PAST CHURCHIANITY AND FIND COMMON CAUSE WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS.
Cecily Dean: CHURCHIANITY, C-H-U-R-C-H-I-A-N-I-T-Y, CHURCHIANITY.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: OKAY, SPELLER 30.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS LEVIATHAN.
LEVIATHAN.
Caroline Carter: WILL YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: BY THE TIME THE STORY REACHED THE THIRD STORY, THE SEA TURTLE THAT RAN INTO BRAD’S KAYAK TURNED INTO A LEVIATHAN THAT HE BARELY ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: ANY OF VARIOUS LARGE SEA ANIMALS.
LEVIATHAN.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: ONLY THE ONE, LEVIATHAN.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD WENT FROM HEBREW TO LATIN TO ENGLISH.
Caroline Carter: LEVIATHAN, L-E-V-I-A-T-H-A-N, VIA THAN.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: AND THAT ENDS ROUND SEVEN, I AM SORRY, ROUND SIX.
GOOD SPELLING.
GOOD SPELLING, EVERYONE, DOWN TO JUST FIVE.
OKAY, WE WILL START WITH SPELLER NUMBER SIX.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS SOPHOMORIC.
SOPHOMORIC.
Kipton Whittington: SOPHOMORIC, S-O-P-H-O-M-O-R-I-C, , SOPHOMORIC.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 18, YOUR NEXT WORD IS QWERTY.
Emmanuella Olaitan: THE DEFINITION, PLEASE.
Pronouncer Harrington: THE QWERTY WAS INITIALLY DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE JAMMING OF TYPEWRITER KEYS.
SHE ASKED FOR THE DEFINITION.
Pronouncer Harrington: WHAT DID I SAY?
QWERTY A STANDARD TYPEWRITER OR COMPUTER KEYBOARD.
Emmanuella Olaitan: AND THE WORD WAS?
Pronouncer Harrington: QWERTY.
Emmanuella Olaitan: QWERTY, Q-U-I-R-T-I-E, QWERTY.
[BELL RINGING] SORRY THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS QWERTY.
Emmanuella Olaitan: THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
Pronouncer Harrington:THANK YOU FOR SPELLING.
SPELLER NUMBER 20 NEXT WORD IS IMPETUS.
Samuel Williams: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A DRIVING OR IMPOSING FORCE, IMPETUS.
Samuel Williams: WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington:THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN.
Samuel Williams: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: ROSS’S GIRLFRIEND WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND HIS NEW EXERCISE PROGRAM.
Samuel Williams: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE, IMPETUS.
Samuel Williams:IMPETUS.
I-M-P-I-T-U-S, IMPETUS.
[BELLRINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING IS I-M-P-E-T-U-S. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 20 THIS WORD IS A COMMON HOMONYM AND CAN BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER WORD.
THE WORD IS MECCA, A NOUN MEANING A PLACE REGARDED AS A CENTER OF ACTIVITY OR INTEREST, OR AS THE GOAL OF ITS PRACTITIONERS OR CONNOISSEURS.
MECCA.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS FROM SAUDI ARABIAN GEOGRAPHICAL NAME.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: MECCA.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: MRMR.
AND MRS. DARCY SWEET SHOP THAT IS HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE AND DARK CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY MOUSSE IS A DESERT LOVERS.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A PLACE REGARDED AS THE CENTER OF AN ACTIVITY OR INTEREST OR AS THE GOAL OF ITS PRACTITIONERS OR CONNOISSEURS.
Cecily Dean: DO YOU HAVE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE, MECCA.
Cecily Dean: MECCA, M-E-C-C-A, MECCA.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: ALL RIGHT, SPELLER NUMBER 30.
ANOTHER WORD WITH A HOMONYM, USE THE PART OF SPEECH AND DEFINITION.
THE WORD IS KANJI.
KANJI MEANS A JAPANESE SYSTEM OF WRITING BASED ON THE CHINESE SYSTEM.
AND PROPOSED PRINCIPALLY OF CHARACTERS BORROWED OR ADAPTED FROM CHINESE.
Caroline Carter: WILL YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: AS PART OF THE UNIT ON JAPAN THE STUDENTS READ A SHORT PAPER ON THE HISTORY OF KANJI.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: JAPANESE.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU REPEAT THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A JAPANESE SYSTEM OF WRITING BASED ON THE CHINESE SYSTEM.
AND BASED ON CHARACTERS BORROWED OR ADAPTED FROM CHINESE.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST KANJI, KANJI.
Caroline Carter: KANJI, K-A-N-J-I, KANJI.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT, NICE JOB.
Pronouncer Harrington: THAT ENDS ROUND SEVEN.
IF YOU GOT OUT IN ROUND SEVEN, THANK YOU.
MY GOSH.
NOW THEY WANT YOU TO MOVE UP, COME UP TO THE FRONT, SPELLER SIX.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS GINGIVITIS.
GINGIVITIS.
Kipton Whittington: GINGIVITIS, G-I-N-G-I-V-I-T-I-S, GINGIVITIS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 28.
THE NEXT WORD IS KRYPTON.
KRYPTON.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THEM MEANING?
Pronouncer Harrington: A COLORED GASEOUS ELEMENT THAT OCCURS IN AIR AND NATURAL GASES.
AND IS USED IN ELECTRIC LAMPS, AS IN SMALL PORT LAMPS FOR EXTREMELY BRIGHT ILLUMINATION.
KRYPTON.
Cecily Dean: MAY I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS IS GREEK.
Cecily Dean: DOYOU HAVE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: I DO KRYPTON, KRYPOON.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: A LIGHTBULB FILLED WITH KRYPTON WILL LAST LONGER, AND SHINE MORE BRIGHTLY THAN A REGULAR TUNGSTEN BULB OF THE SAME WATTAGE.
Cecily Dean: KRYPTON, K-R-Y-P-T-O-N, KRYPTON.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: OKAY, SPELLER 30.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS REBARATIVE.
Caroline Carter: CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A DEFINITION?
WHAT I AM SORRY I THINK YOU ARE SKIPPING A PRONUNCIATION.
Pronouncer Harrington:THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT IS NOT THE WORD.
REBARBATIVE.
Caroline Carter: WILL YOU PROVIDE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: SURE.
SERVING OR TENDING TO REPEL OR IRRITATE.
REBARBATIVE.
Caroline Carter: WOULD YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THERESA FOUND SHE FOUND THE SCHOOL PLAY REBARBATIVE.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE I GOT WRONG AT FIRST.
REBARBATIVE.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS FROM FRENCH, WHICH FORMED IT FROM LATIN.
Caroline Carter: REBARBATIVE, R-E-B-A-R-B-A-T-I-V-E, REBARBATIVE.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
[APPLAUSE].
Pronouncer Harrington:THAT WAS A QUICK ROUND.
SPELLER SIX, ROUND NINE, YOUR NEXT WORD IS PUCHERO, PUCHERO.. Kipton Whittington: PUCHERO AND MY SAYING THIS WORD CORRECTLY?
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN’T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
P-U-C-H-E-R-O, PUCHERO.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: NICE JOB, SPELLER 28.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS AIKIDO.
AIKIDO.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE MEANING?
Pronouncer Harrington: A JAPANESE MARTIAL ART THAT USES TECHNIQUES EMPHASIZING THROWS AND HOLD TO NEUTRALIZE OR REDIRECT AND OPPONENTS ATTACK.
AIKIDO.
Cecily Dean:AIKIDO, A-I-K-I-D-O, AIKIDO.
Dr. Sunderman: AND THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 30.
YOUR WORD IS FEALTY.. Caroline Carter: WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: MEANING FAITHFULNESS OR ALLEGIANCE.
Caroline Carter: USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE.
Pronouncer Harrington: ONE BY ONE THE NOBLES NOTE BEFORE THE QUEEN AND SWORE FEALTY TO THE GROUND.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: ORIGINALLY LATIN THIS WORD WENT THROUGH FRENCH BEFORE BECOMING ENGLISH.
Dr. Saldat-Jaffe: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE, FEALTY.
Caroline Carter: FEALTY, IS THAT CORRECT?
Pronouncer Harrington: SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
Caroline Carter: FEALTY.
Pronouncer Harrington: IT SOUNDS CORRECT, I CANNOT BE SURE.
Caroline Carter: FEALTY, F-E-A-L-T-Y, FEALTY.. Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
[APPLAUSE] Pronouncer Harrington:THAT WAS ROUND 10.
HOW DO I KEEP GETTING THIS WRONG?
IT IS JUST COUNTING.
I AM SORRY, GUYS, THAT WAS ROUND NINE.
SPELLER SIX, YOUR NEXT WORD IS ULTRADIAN, NO, IT IS NOT.
ULTRADIAN.
Kipton Whittington: ULTRADIAN, U-L-T-R-A-D-E-A-N, ULTRADION.
[BELLRINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THE CORRECT SPELLING IS U-L-T-R-A-D-I-O-N. Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 28.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS DIALYSIS.
DIALYSIS.
Cecily Dean: MEANING, PLEASE?
CAN I HAVE THE MEANING, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: OF COURSE, THE SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES BY MEANS OF SEMI PERMEABLE MEMBRANES.
DIALYSIS.
Cecily Dean: CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: BLOOD WAS REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT, PURIFIED BY DIALYSIS, AND THEN RETURNED TO THE PATIENT’S BLOODSTREAM.
Cecily Dean: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS FROM GREEK.
Cecily Dean: DO YOU HAVE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE.
DIALYSIS.
Cecily Dean: DIALYSIS, D-I-A-L-Y-S-I-S, DIALYSIS.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: SPELLER 30.
YOUR NEXT WORD IS KANBAN.
Caroline Carter: WILL YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: KANBAN Caroline Carter: MAY I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: A MANUFACTURING STRATEGY FOR PARTS ARE DELIVERED ONLY AS NEEDED.
KANBAN.
Caroline Carter: LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS JAPANESE.
Caroline Carter: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: JUST THE ONE, KANBAN.. Caroline Carter: WILL YOU REPEAT THE WORD?
Pronouncer Harrington: KANBAN Caroline Carter: AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY?
Pronouncer Harrington: I CAN’T BE SURE BUT IT SOUNDS CORRECT.
Caroline Carter: KANBAN, C-A-N-B-A-N, KANBAN.
[BELLRINGING] Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS INCORRECT, THE CORRECT SPELLING IS K-A-N-B-A-N, KANBAN.
OKAY.
Pronouncer Harrington: OKAY.
SPELLERS WHO MISSPELLED THIS ROUND CAN STAY ON THE STAGE.
WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT IN OUR COMPETITION IF THE REMAINING SPELLER IN THE COMPETITION SPELLS THIS ONE CORRECTLY WILL DECLARE VIEW THE CHAMPION.
IF YOU MISSPELL THIS TEXT WORD WE WILL REINSTATE THE SPELLERS WHO MISSPELLED IN THIS ROUND AND RESUME THE COMPETITION.
THE LET’S MOVE TO THE NEXT WORD, OKAY.
NO, IF YOU MISSPELL IT EVERYONE IS BACK IN.
OKAY.
ROUND 11.
ALL RIGHT.
POTENTIALLY CHAMPIONSHIP WORD.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD TO READ THIS.
IT IS A COMPOUND ENTRY.
AGAIN YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THESE LETTERS RIGHT YOU DO NOT NEED TO HYPHENATE UNLESS YOU WANT TO.
THE WORD IS PRIMA DONNA.
Cecily Dean: YOU HAVE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?
Pronouncer Harrington: I DO, PRIMA DONNA, PREMA DONNA Cecily Dean: CAN I HEAR IT IN A SENTENCE?
Pronouncer Harrington: SURE, THE ACTOR WAS SUCH A SPOILED PRIMA DONNA THAT NO ONE WANTED TO WORK WITH HIM.
Cecily Dean: CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN, PLEASE?
Pronouncer Harrington: THIS WORD IS FROM LATIN DERIVED FROM ITALIAN.
Cecily Dean: MAY I HAVE THE DEFINITION?
Pronouncer Harrington: SURE, A PERSON WHO FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO WORK UNDER DIRECTION OR AS PART OF A TEAM.
ONE WHO IS IMPATIENT FOR RESTRAINT OR CRITICISM.
PRIMA DONNA.
Cecily Dean:PRIMA DONNA, P-R-I-M-A-D-O-N-N-A, PRIMA DONNA.
Dr. Sunderman: THAT IS CORRECT.
Pronouncer Harrington: CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] Pronouncer Harrington: CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU ARE THE 2024 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION, AND YOU WILL REPRESENT ENVISION CREDIT UNION AT THE 2024 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
WELL SPELLED, EVERYONE, YOU DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
[APPLAUSE] WE ARE HERE WITH TODAY’S WINNER CECILY DEAN AND HER DAD.
I ALSO HAVE HERE ANDRE HARRIS WITH ENVISION CREDIT UNION, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS REGIONAL BEE.
SO, CECILY, YOU HAVE BEEN SPELLING FOR A LONG TIME?
Cecily Dean: YES, A FEW YEARS.
Gina: WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
Cecily Dean: IT IS SOMETHING FUN, GIVES ME SOMETHING TO DO AND SOMETHING FUN.
Gina: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST EXCITING THING ABOUT REPRESENTING ENVISION CREDIT UNION AT THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE?
Cecily Dean: GOING OUT OF TOWN.
Gina: TRAVEL IS ALWAYS FUN.
ANDRE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY?
Andre Harris: WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF ENVISION CREDIT UNION FOR THIS AWESOME HONOR.
AND SUPPORTING, DOING A GREAT JOB SPELLING WORDS TODAY.
Gina: WE DO HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING PRIZES.
WILL GIVE YOU AN INVITATION TO COMPETE AT THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IN WASHINGTON DC.
WE ALSO WILL GIVE YOU $1000 FOR YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM ENVISION CREDIT UNION.
YOU GET A ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO MIRRIAM WEBSTER UNABRIDGED, THE OFFICIAL DICTIONARY OF THE BEE.
A ONE YEAR TO BRITANNICA PREMIER ONLINE.
AND THE THE SAMUEL LOUIS SUGARMAN AWARD: A UNITED STATES MINT PROOF SET.
A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT, AND OF COURSE, THE ENVISION CREDIT UNION 2025 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE TROPHY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU AND TO SPONSOR YOU ON YOUR SPELLING JOURNEY.
AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE ALL THE SPELLERS WHO COMPETED TODAY.
THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE RECOGNIZES YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOO.
THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES THE 2025 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPION SPELLER AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL CHAMPIONS.
ON BEHALF OF ENVISION CREDIT UNION AND WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US!
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