The American Bazaar’s minute-by-minute coverage of the 89th Spelling Bee from National Harbor.
Arvind Mahankali, champion of the 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee 2013! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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And now Arvind must also spell the next word correctly. The word is “knaidel”. He gets it RIGHT! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Arvind Mahankali, for the win — his word is “tokonoma”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Arvind still has to spell his word correctly to win… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Sivakumar, his word is “cyanophycean”. He gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Sivakumar, his word is “haupia”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Arvind Mahankali, his word is “crapaud”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriram Hathyar, his word is “ptyalagogue”. He gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Sivakumar, his word is “avellaneous”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Arvind Mahankali, his word is “dehnstufe”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriran Hathyar, and his word is “bidoville”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Amber Born, her word is “hallali”. She gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Shivakumar, his word is “facomme”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Arvind Mahankali, word is “chalumeau”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriram Hathyar is back, and his word is “thalweg”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Amber Born, funny as always, is back, and her word is “lansquenet”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Vanya Shivakumar, and her word is “zenaida”. She gets it wrong…. #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Sivakumar, and his word is “semainier”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Vismaya Kharkar is up next, and her word is “abaddon”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Syamantak Payra is back, and his word is “cipollino”. He gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Chetan Reddy is up, and his word is “kaburi”. He gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Up next is Arvind Mahankali, his word is “thonnier”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriram Hathyar is back up, his word is “mamaliga”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Back at the mic is Amber Born, whose word is “misochenia”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up is Vanya Shivakumar, her word is “cravenette”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up is Vanya Shivakumar, her word is “cravenette”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Sivakumar, geography whiz, is back up, and his word is “mesoula”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Grace Remmer is up, her word is “melocoton”. She gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Vismaya Kharkar is back, and her word is “temenos”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Syamantak Payra is up, and his word is “cataba”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up is Arvind Mahankali, and his word is “galere”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriram Hathyar is back, this time his word is “ushabti”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Amber Brown is back up, and her word is “aposematic”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up is Vanya Shivashankar, and her word is “schillibier”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Pranav Sivakumar takes the stage again, and his word is “transrenane”. He get is right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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New round begins, Grace Remmer starts things off with “emmeleia”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Vismaya Kharkar is back up, and her word is “lebensraum”. She get is right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up is Chetan Reddy, whose word is “envoutement”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Arvind Mahankali takes the stage, and his word is “trichocercous”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriram Hathwar is back up at the mic, and his word is “catachresis”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Up next is Amber Born, whose word is “einkanter”. She get it correct! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Vanya Shivakumar takes the stage yet again, and her word is “myelogenous”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Back up next is Pranav Sivakumar, his word is “spenglerian”. He gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Christal Schermeister is up again, and her word is “doryline”. She gets it wrong… #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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New round begins. Grace Remmer is back up. This time her word is “lefse”. She’s right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up is Vismaya Kharkar, whose word is “sciomancy”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next speller up is Syamantak Payra, and his word is “panjandrum”. He spells it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee — The American Bazaar (@ambazaarmag) May 31, 2013
Chetan Reddy takes the stage, and his word is “tournedos”. He spells it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee — The American Bazaar (@ambazaarmag) May 31, 2013
Arvind Mahankali, a season Spelling Bee vet, is up next. His word is “glossophagine”. He answers right!#Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Sriram Hathwar is up next, and his word is “singerie”. He is correct! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Future comedienne Amber Born is up, and her word is “lethean”. She gets it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Vanya Shivashankar, sister of 2009 champion Kavya, is up now. Her word is “minaudries”. She got it right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next is Pranav Sivakumar, whose word is “odontoloxia”. And he’s right! #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Nikitha Chandran is up, and her word is “pathognomonic”. Spells incorrectly, and she’s out. #Scripps #NationalSpellingBee
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Next up: Christal Schermeister. Word: psephologist. And she’s right!
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First contestant: Grace Remmer. Word: “greffier”. And she’s got it right!
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