So 32 spellers left after Round 5... (Always a very, very important stat to keep track of, who's left?) Round 4 was a bit more difficult than I remember in past years and weeded out about 33% of the field. Will Round 5 be the Round of Death? (It certainly was last year).
OK...my #2 speller and #5 speller in the power rankings are now both out. THE FIELD IS WIDE OPEN!!!! Lol. I'm still thinking an eighth grader takes this, y'all.
Jeremiah.....from LA. Coulda seen have on the street somewhere and woulda never known it. And what nationality is he? Hard to tell from appearance and/or monicker.
Laura Newcombe gets nematodiasis.......long-sounding word, but not that difficult, methinks......I spelled it on my screen before ESPN put it up.....but anyway, she's through!!!
Dude, Brian King, you're a BOY SCOUT!!! You should know what a caprifig is!!!!! Another victim of the dreaded "schwa." It's damning.
Grace Remmer gets brachydactylous and moves on!!!! I gotta say, that word is EASIER than the ones like "caprifig." Seriously. Maybe it's just me, but at this level, almost ALL the spellers can root that stuff out.
Boys v. Girls? Pretty even competition. I'd say the more one-sided competition is big state v. little state......dominated by the big states, even if you throw in the internationals w/ the small states. Georgian native Julia M. Derma tries to prove me wrong by getting "intercolline."
Gina Liu from ILLINOIS throws a dart in the wind at "Borborygmus"...... and hits. C'mon Team Illinois! (We're down to 1).
Wow, a "spell it how it sounds" word in a field of weird ones.......that's tough for Birthday girl Sonia Schlesinger. Her best guess is just to guess.....which might save her.
WHERE ARE THE ERIN ANDREWS SPELLER INTERVIEWS??????!!!!!!
Gaminerie.....I SWEAR this word was in last year's bee... I'll look it up later. Langsan looks lonely on that side of the aisle.
ICTERITIOUS.....I KNOW THAT WORD from the 2006 spelling bee for Saryn Hooks. Ahh, maybe have been a little beyond Anya Beth's time. Is this the "turn black the clock" section of the bee?
Ms. Johannesmeier has an awesome last name and has an even longer word.......thought she had it, but felt like she rushed it....wow. Parents had it.
If Matthew Evans knew the word, he didn't show it......I think Paul Loeffler's right, some of these Indian spellers woulda GOBBLED up "lasse." (Not in a racist way- disclaimer).
Neetu's body language says she's flustered....in the stop time.....pressure mounting......bottom of the ninth.....wow.....and she is OUT!!!!!! THIS FIELD IS WIDE OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!! First Ruiter, then Chandak. I'm getting goosebumps. Will a FIRST-YEAR win it?
Green-striped shirt kid (I'm having hard time following the names) is a stud. Up and coming.
IS ANAMIKA VEERIMANI HAVING PROBLEMS, TOO????!!! HOLY Guacamole. She may have to guess.....And she may have guessed right. Congrats. The Vijay Singh of this bee, she's probably now the favorite (Tiger and Phil missed the cut).
The Canabal-Rodrigueses are awesome. The San Juan Senorita is one of few 3rd-timers here. Is she destined to be the first winner from the Commonwealth?
Darren Rovell's favorite, Aditya Chemudupaty.... forgot about this guy. The silent killer this year at the end of the round. Best word to describe him: "Professional" in his dispatching of "genethliac." Darren Rovell may still have hope.
TREMENDOUS turn of events.......what in the world? Neetu Chandak's mom, bravo......we'll have to revisit this later, but that's really interesting. The guy to Dr. Bailley's left who does the roots, step up your game!!!! Game-changing. My question is, shouldn't she have to spell ANOTHER word in round 5, cuz she never actually spelled a word correctly? That'd seem fair to me.....
Regardless, turn to Round 6 w/19 left.
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