Four Ohio students were left after Wednesday's initial spelling round.
Head Judge Kava Shivashankar rings the elimination bell following an incorrectly spelling by a competitor during the third round of competition in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., Tuesday, May 28, 2024. NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland - Spellers dropped like flies in the second day of Scripps National Spelling Bee competition, with 89 of the 148 who made it to Wednesday’s quarterfinals knocked out.
One after the other, spellers left the stage in disappointment. The word “dialypetalous” was the downfall for Chippewa Junior/Senior High School 7th grader Zachary Daniel Yeager, 13 in the competition’s fourth round. Kendall Jo Mehl, a 12-year-old 6th grader at Otsego Junior High School, was out after misspelling “nisus.
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