Two students from Colorado qualified for the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
OXON HILL, Md. — Tuesday wasn't butyraceous for the students who were knocked out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which included one of the two qualifiers from Colorado.Muthukumar's first word of the day was"nyctinasty." If you're like me, you're asking yourself"what the heck does that mean?!" Well, I saved you a little time and googled it myself.
Aditi competed at last year's Spelling Bee, tying for 74th place. She told the Associated Press she tried to address her weaknesses on words derived from French or from the many languages of the Indian subcontinent. But she expects she'll have to confront a word she doesn't know while competing in her final bee.
The semifinals of the National Spelling Bee will air live on ION on Wednesday, and the finals will air live on Thursday.
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