♪♪ [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

I'M GINA JORDAN, HOST OF "MORNING EDITION" ON WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME COW TO THE BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE SPONSORED BY ENVISION CREDIT UNION SHOWCASING THE TALENTS OF THE BRIGHTEST STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA VYING FOR THE TITLE OF REGIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION AND THE HONOR OF COMPETING AT THE 2020 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND.

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'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICIALS WHO WILL PRESIDE OVER THIS MORNING'S COMPETITION.

FIRST, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR PRONOUNCER, JESSICA McGREW, OF McGREW LAW FIRM.

[APPLAUSE] OUR HEAD JUDGE, LAURIE LEE.

SHE IS THE IMPROVING LITERACY RESEARCH ALLIANCE MANAGER WITH REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY SOUTHEAST.

ALSO LAURA ROGERS, SHE IS TALLAHASSEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, AND DR.

GLENNEN SUNDERMAN -- GRETCHEN SUNDAYERMAN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.THANK YOU, OFFICIAL, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH ENVISION CREDIT UNION, KELLY WALTER, TO COME TO THE STAGE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING.

WELCOME, EVER.

CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS, FOR MAKING IT TO THE BIG BEND REGIONAL.HOW Y'ALL FEELING?

[LAUGHTER] OKAY?KIND OF NERVOUS?

IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE, THAT'S RIGHT.

WELCOME.

ENVISION CREDIT UNION IS SUPER PROUD TO SPONSOR THE BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE THIS YEAR.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, ENVISION CREDIT UNION WAS STARTED BY TEN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, SO EDUCATION AND SPORTING EDUCATIONAL -- SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES IS AT THE HEART AND CORE OF WHAT WE DO.

SO WE ARE SUPER PROUD AND HONORED.

AND THANK YOU, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS TODAY.

IT JUST MEANS A LOT, I'M SURE, TO THESE STUDENTS TODAY.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU, WFSU FOR HOSTING AND FOR GINA FOR BEING A GREAT EMCEE.AND WE'RE JUST SUPER EXCITED AND VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND WE ARE HONORED TO SPONSOR THIS EVENT THIS OR YEAR.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHO THE BIG WINNER IS, WHO WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT ROUND.

SO I APPLAUD YOU GUYS, LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MAKING IT HERE TODAY.

[APPLAUSE]AND I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.THANK YOU, JUDGES, THANK YOU, JESSICA.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

GOOD LUCK.

>> THANK YOU, MS.

WALTER.

TODAY YOU WILL WITNESS A GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION.

THIS FINAL LOCAL SPELLING BEE IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT 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.

SUCCESS AT THE NATIONAL BEE IS ALL ABOUT APPLICATION OF LANGUAGE, CONCEPTS AND PATTERNS TO CORRECTLY SPELL ANY OF THE MORE THAN 470,000 WORDS IN THE BEE'S OFFICIAL REFERENCE.

NOT ONE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION HAS EVER CLAIMED TO HAVE MEMORIZED EVERY WORD IN NEVER YAM WEBSTER UNABRIDGED.

MANY NATIONAL CHAMPS, HOW MUCH, HAVE LAID CLAIMS TO MASTERING THOSE CONCEPTS AND PATTERNS.

SO SUCCESS IN TODAY'S SPELLING BEE IS, IN THE BEGINNING, ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE MEMORIZED.

BUT IN THE END IT'LL LIKELY BE ALL ABOUT WORDS THAT YOU PROBABLY IS NOT STUDIED.

WHEN YOUR MOMENT ARRIVES, SLOW DOWN, ASK QUESTIONS, THINK POSITIVELY, AND YOU'LL BE READY TO MEET THE CHALLENGE.

THE FORMAT FOR TODAY'S COMPETITION WILL BE A TRADITIONAL SPELLDOWN.

THAT IS, EACH OF THE SPELLERS YOU SEE HERE WILL RECEIVE ONE WORD PER ROUND.

WHEN AT THE MICROPHONE, SPELLERS SHOULD SAY THE WORD, SPELL IT, THEN SAY THE WORD AGAIN.

THOSE WHO SPELL THEIR GIVEN WORD CORRECTLY WILL ADVANCE TO ANOTHER ROUND WHILE THOSE WHO DO NOT WILL EXIT THE COMPETITION AT THE END OF THE ROUND.

ALL THE SPELLERS HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL RULES FOR THIS BEE, BUT THERE ARE A FEW ONES WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THEM, THE AUDIENCE AND THE FOLKS AT HOME.

♪ ♪ >> RULES.

ONE, IN COMPETITION AFTER THE PROANNOUNCER GIVES THE SPELLER A WORLD, 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 TO ANNOUNCER'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 SHALL REMAIN IN THE COMPETITION.

SIX, ALL SPELLERS ELIMINATED IN THE SAME ROUND ARE TIED FOR 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 SPELLER IS DECLARED THE CHAMPION.

EIGHT, IF THE SPELLER MISSPELLS THE ANTICIPATED CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD, A NEW SPELLING ROUND BEGINS WITH ALL THE SPELLERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND.

ALL WORDS USED IN THIS REGIONAL SPELLING BEE ARE ENTRIES IN MERRIAM-WEBSTER UNABRIDGED, THE OFFICIAL DICTIONARY OF THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

IT'S THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOR TO NONESSUATIONSINGS -- PRONUNCIATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE ORIGINS PROVIDED TO THE PRONOUNCER AND JUDGES, AND IT WILL BE USED AS THE FINAL AUTHORITY CONSULTED BY SPELLING BEE OFFICIALS IF QUESTIONS ARISE.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO SPEND A MOMENT ADDRESSING THE SPELLERS.

SPELLERS, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FACE THE PRONOUNCER TO WATCH AS SHE PRONOUNCES THE WORD.

AGAIN, YOU MAY ASK THE PRONOUNCER FOR THE WORD'S DEFINITION, SENTENCE, PART OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN AND ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATION.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO SPELL, FACE THE JUDGES AND SAY THE WORLD YOU'RE GIVEN INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR THEM.

THIS WILL GIVE THE JUDGES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONFIRM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORD.

WHEN YOU'RE READY TO BEGIN SPELLING YOUR WORD, REMEMBER TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, ENUNCIATE EACH LET REAR CAREFULLY AND SPEAK -- LETTER CAREFULLY AND SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.

ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE BE CAREFUL RETRACING THE SPELLING OF A WORD IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF SPELLING IT.

IF YOU RETRACE ANY OF YOUR SPELLING, YOU MUST START FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE WORD SO AS TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU'RE RESTARTING THE WORD, NOT JUST ADDING UNNECESSARY LETTERS.

ALSO IF YOU RETRACE YOUR SPELLING, YOU MUST NOT ALTER THE LETTERS OR SEQUENCE OF LETTERS FROM THOSE FIRST UTTER ORED.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WOULD BE DISQUALIFIED IF YOUR WORD WAS SPELL IS AND YOU SAID S-E, THEN STARTED OVER AND SAID S-P-E-L-L.

ON BEHALF OF ENVISION CREDIT UNION AND WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LET'S BEGIN.

>> WE'RE NOW READY TO BEGIN ROUND ONE OF THE BIG BEND REGIONAL PELLING BEE -- SPELLING BEE SPONSORED BY ENVISION CREDIT UNION.FOR THIS ROUND ONLY, PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE AUDIENCE BY SHARING YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU ATTEND.

SPELLERS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE EVENT THAT YOU MISSPELL DURING THIS ROUND.

ONE OF THE JUDGES WILL SAY CORRECT OR INCORRECT.

THEN THE HEAD JUDGE WILL PROVIDE THE CORRECT SPELLING, ASK YOU WILL GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE ROUND IS OVER.

ONCE THE ROUND IS OVER, ELIMINATED STUDENTS SHOULD FIND A SEAT IN THE AUDIENCE WITH YOUR PARENTS AND STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COMPETITION.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES.

JUDGES, ARE YOU READY?

SPELLER NUMBER ONE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

>> MY NAME IS BRADEN PIGOTT, AND I'M REPRESENTING MEDART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> YOU CAN STAY IS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST WORD.

[LAUGHTER] AND THE FIRST WORD IS, THIS WORD HAS A NEAR HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS SIMMER, IT IS A VERB MEANING TO STEW GENTLY WITH A BUBBLING SOUND BELOW OR JUST AT THE BOILING POINT.

SIMMER.

>> SIMMER.

S-I-M-M-E-ARE R, SIMMER.

>> SPELLER TWO?

>> MY NAME IS CHARITY MONIX, AND I'M REPRESENTING CRAWFORD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.

>> YOUR WORD IS INFANT.

>> MAY YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> MAC IF FELT AWKWARD WITH HIS BABY BROTHER UNTIL HIS MOM SHOWED HIM HOW TO PROPERLY HOLD AN INFANT.

>> IMFANT?

>> INFANT.

>> INFANT.

I-N-F H. A -- N-T.I-N-F H. A -- N-T.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME GLENN CUNNINGHAM, AND I'M REPRESENTING WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> YOUR WORD IS PROBLEM.

>> PROBLEM.

P-R-O-B-L-E-M.

PROBLEM.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> I'M JULIA MITCHELL, IS AND I'M REPRESENTING -- FLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> YOUR WORD IS SNORE.

>> SNORE?

>> SNORE.

>> OKAY.

S-N-O-R-E, SNORE.

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS S-N-O-R-E.>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

>> OH, I'M SORRY.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THREE JUDGEMENTINGS.>> MY NAME LANENY CRUISE.

>> YOUR WORD IS PIGSTY.

>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> YES.

WITH SNACK WRAPPERS, DIRTY DISHES AND PILES OF LAUNDRY EVERYWHERE, EVEN MARLENE HAD TO ADMIT THAT ROOM WAS A PIGSTY.

>> CAN I GET A DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> YES.

PIGSTY, A DIRTY DWELLING OR ROOM THOUGHT TO RESEMBLE AN ENCLOSE YOUR WITH COVERED SHED OR AREA FOR SWINE.

>> PIGSTY.

P-I-G-S-T-Y-E.

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS P-I-G-S-T-Y.

>> MY NAME IS LOGAN ALLEN , AND I'LL BE REPRESENTING TRENTON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.

>> THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORLD IS ERASE.

IT IS A VERB MEANING TO RUB OR SCRAPE OUT AS METERS OR FIGURES ONE -- LETTERS OR FIGURES WRITTEN OR PAINTED.

>> ERASE.

E-R-A-S-E.ERASE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME IS MEGAN SMITH, AND I AM REPRESENTING CREATIVE LEARNING ACADEMY.

>> THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS AROUND.

IT IS AN ADVERB MEANING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, APPROXIMATELY, ABOUT.

AROUND.

A-R-O-U-N-D.

AROUND.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

COULD YOU INTRODUCE -- MY NAME IS MINA, AND I'M REPRESENTING BRONSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> YOUR WORD IS TIMIDLY.

>> CAN I GET THAT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?>> YES.

AFTER HITTING A BASEBALL INTO HER MOM'S CAR, LISA CREPT TIMIDLY INTO THE HOUSE TO TELL HER PARENTS.

>> TIMIDLY.

T-I-M-I-D-L-Y.

TIMIDLY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME IS OWEN JUNE KNOW, AND I'LL BE REPRESENTING APALACHICOLA BAY CHARTER SCHOOL.

>> YOUR WORD IS BRILLIANT.

>> BRILLIANT.

B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T.

BRILLIANT.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME IS SARA FOLSOM, AND I'M REPRESENTING MA LOPE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> YOUR WORD IS SWALLOW.

>> S-W-A-L-L-O-W.

SWALLOW.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> HUH, MY NAME SIDNEY GRAHAM FROM UNIVERSITY ACADEMY.

>> DO YOU WANT TO TILT THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE, THEN WE CAN -- THERE YOU GO.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HEAR YOU.

>> YOUR WORD IS TROPE.

>> TROPE.

CAN I ARE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> YES.

THE USE OF A WORD OR EXPRESSION IN A DIFFERENT SENSE FROM THAT WHICH PROPERLY BELONGS TO IT FOR GIVING LIFE OR EMPHASIS TO ANED IDEA.

>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?

>> THE PHRASE "LOVE IS A ROSE" IS A COMMON EXAMPLE OF A TROPE.

>> TROPE.

T-R-O-P-E.>> TROPE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME IS VENKAT MADDIPOTI, AND I'LL BE REPRESENTING MACLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS PEERLESS.

IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING MATCHLESS OR INCOMPARABLE.

>> PEERLESS.

CAN YOU USE IT IN A DEFINITION -- OR CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?

>> YES.

RANDY WONDERED HOW HE COULD COMPETE AGAINST THE PEERLESS DEFENDING CHAMPION.

>> PEERLESS.

P-E-E-R-L-E-S-S.PEER REST.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME IS WILLIAM NELSON, AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT WOODLAWN BEACH MUDDLE SCHOOL.

>> AND YOUR WORD IS HANKERING.

>> HANKERING.

H-A-N-K-E-R-I-N-G.

HANKERING.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> MY NAME ZACHARY YA A HAD.

>> YOUR WORD IS CAMPUS.

>> CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> YES.

THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS OF A UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR SCHOOL.

>> CAMPUS.

C-A-M-P-U-S.

CAMPUS.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS CONCLUDES ROUND ONE OF THE REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.

ALL THOSE SPELLERS WHO ARE NO LONGER CONTINUING, YOU CAN EXIT THE STAGE NOW.

>> AND WE WILL BEGIN ROUND TWO WITH SPELLER ONE.

YOUR WORD IS MIRACULOUS.

>> MIRACULOUS.

M-I-R-A-C-U-L-O-U-S.

MIRACULOUS.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CIVICS.

>> MAW YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> YES.

ADVANCED STUDENTS IN TIM'S SCHOOL USUALLY SELECT THE COURSE IN CIVICS TO FULFILL THE NINTH GRADE HISTORY REQUIREMENT.

>> CIVICS.

C-I-V-I-C-S.

CIVICS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD YETI.

>> YET THE CITY.

MAY I IS HAVE THE -- YETI.

MAY I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> YES.

A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE WITH HUMAN OR APE-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS REPORTED TO EXIST IN THE HIGH HIMALAYAS.>> YETI.

Y-E-T-I.

YETI.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> YOUR WORD IS ELDERLY.

>> ELDERLY.

E-L-D-E-R-L-Y, ELDERLY?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS DOMINO.

>> DOMINO.

D-O-M-I-N-O.

DOMINO.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS BIAS.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING AN INCLINATION OF TEMPERAMENT OR OUTLOOK, PREJUDICE.>> CAN YOU PLEASE USE WITH IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> STUART'S BIAS AGAINST CERTAIN P GROUPS MAKES HIM UNFIT TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

>> BIAS.

B-I-A-S.BIAS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS KNUCKLE.

>> CAN I HAVE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?

>> MOTHER WONDERS IF GOUT IS THE CAUSE OF INFLAMMATION IN THE KNUCKLE OF HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

>> KNUCKLE.

K-N-U-C-K-L-E.SNUCK IFING.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SNIPPET.

>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> YES.

LISA CUT A SNIPPET FROM THE NEWS ARTICLE TO INCLUDE IN HER SCRAPBOOK.

>> SNIPPET.

S-N-I-P-I-T-T.

SNIPPET?

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS S-N-I-P-P-E-T.

YOUR WORD IS FRAGILE.

>> FRAGILE.

F-R-A-G-I-L-E.

FRAGILE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS EAVESDROP.

>> EAVESDROP.

CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> TO SECRETLY LISTEN TO A PRIVATE CONVERSATION.

>> THANK YOU.

EAVESDROP.

E-A-V-E-S-D-R-O-P.EAVESDROP.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS VACATION.

>> VACATION.

CAN I IS ARE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> A PERIOD SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR BUSINESS IN TRAVEL OR RECREATION.

>> SAY -- VACATION.

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N.

VACATION.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS VELCRO.

>> VELCRO.

V-E-L-C-R-O.

VELCRO.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS ASTONISH.

>> CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> TO STRIKE WITH A SUDDEN SENSE OF SURPRISE OR WONDER, ESPECIALLY THROUGH SOMETHING UNEXPECTED OR DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT AS TRUE OR REASONABLE, SURPRISE GREATLY, AMAZE.

>> ASTONISH.

A-S-T-O-N-I-S-H.

ASTONISH.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES ROUND TWO OF THE REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.

THOSE SPELLERS WHO ARE CONTINUING ON CAN REMAIN ON THE STAGE.

AND, JUDGES, I'M GOING TO MOVE AHEAD TO NUMBER 50 ON PAGE 18.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN ROUND THREE.

YOUR WORD IS MANUFACTURE.

>> MANUFACTURE.

M-A-N-A-F-A-C-T-U-R-E.>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS M M-A-N-U-FAX-A-C-T-U-R-E.YOUR WORD IS VETERAN.

>> VETERAN.

V-E-T-E-R-A-N.VETERAN.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS GYMNASTICS.

>> GYMNASTICS.

CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?>> YES.

SIMONE TOOK UP BOTH GYMNASTICS AND CHEERLEADING WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD.

>> GYMNASTICS.

J-Y-M -- GYMNASTICS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS KUDOS.

>> DEFINITION, PLEASE.

>> PRAISE GIVEN FOR A ACHIEVEMENT.

>> KUDOS.

C-U-D-O-O-S.

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS K-U-D-O-S.

YOUR WORD IS VALIANT.

>> VALIANT.

V-A-L-I-A-N-T.

VALIANT.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS MISCONCEPTION.

>> MISCONCEPTION.

CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE DEFINITION?>> A WRONG OR INACCURATE THOUGHT, IDEA OR NOTION.

>> MISCONCEPTION.

M-I-S-C-O-N-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.

MISCONCEPTION.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS MAXIMUM.

>> MAXIMUM.

M-A-X-I-M-U-M.

MAXIMUM.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS EXCURSION.

>> EXCURSION.

E-X-C-U-R-I-S-I-O-N.>> I'M SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED SPELLING FROM THE BEGINNING.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS E-X-C-U-R-S-I-O-N.

YOUR WORD IS CULINARY.

>> CULINARY.

C-U-L-I-N-A-R-Y.CULL FLOWER.

>> THAT IS CORRECT -- CULINARY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS LENIENCY.

>> LENIENCY.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> THE QUALITY OR TATE OF BEING -- OR STATE OF BEING INDULGENT OR MERCIFUL.

>> LENIENCY.

L-E-N-I-E-N-C-Y.LENIENCY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS PHONICS.

>> COULD YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A DEAF -- COULD YOU PLEASE USE IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> MR.

LEVI USED PHONICS TO HELP HIS STUDENTS CONNECT LETTERS WITH SOUNDS.

>> PHONICS.

P-H-O-N-I-X.UPON THE NIXES.

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS P-H-O-N-I-C-S.

YOUR WORD IS INTERLOPER.

>> CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> ONE THAT INTRUDES, INTERMEDDLES OR INTERFERES.

>> INTERLOPER.

I-N-T-E-R-L-O-P-E-R.

INTERLOPER.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT CONCLUDES ROUND THREE OF THE BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.

THOSE WHO ARE CONTINUING ON TO THE NEXT ROUND CAN REMAIN ON THE STAGE.

AND WE WILL NOW GIVEN ROUND FOUR.

SPELLER TWO, YOU CAN APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.

YOUR WORD IS RASPBERRY.

>> RASPBERRY.

R-A-S-B-E-R-R-Y.

[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS R-A-S-P-B-E-R-R-Y.

RASPBERRY.

YOUR WORD IS ELEVATOR.

>> ELEVATOR.

CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?>> SURE.

THE HOTEL'S ARCHITECTURAL SHOW PIECE IS ITS GLASS ELEVATOR WHICH MANY TOURISTS MAKE A POINT TO RIDE.

>> ELEVATOR.

E-L-E-V-A-T-O-R.ELEVATOR.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CASHIER.

>> CASHIER.

C-A-S-H-I-E-R.

CASHIER.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS BASE RISK.

VAS RISK.

>> B-A-S-I-L-I-S-K.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS LEGITIMATELY.

>> COULD I GET DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> ACCORDING TO LAW OR RULES, LEGALLY, PROPERLY.

>> COULD I GET A SENTENCE, PLEASE?>> MABEL OWNED HER CAR LEGITIMATELY, EVEN THOUGH SHE COULDN'T FIND HER TITLE OR REGISTRATION.

>> LEGITIMATELY.

L-E-G-I-T-A-M-A-T-E-L-Y.

LEGITIMATELY.>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS L-E-G-I-T-I-M-A-T-E-L->>.

Y. THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH -- [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS UNABATED.

IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING AT FULL STRENGTH OR FORCE.

>> UNABATED.

U-N-A-B-A-T-E-D.

UNABATED.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CONTRITE.

>> CONTRITE.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> REMORSEFUL, HUMBLY AND THOROUGHLY PENITENT.

>> CONTRITE.

C-O-N-TR-I-T-E.CON CONTRITE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS UTILITARIAN.

>> CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> YES.

CHARACTERIZED BY OR AIMING AT USEFULNESS AS DISTINGUISHED FROM BEAUTY OR ORNAMENT.

>> UTILITARIAN.

U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N.

UTILITARIAN.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES ROUND FOUR OF THE BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.

THOSE SPECIALS WHO ARE CONTINUING ON CAN REMAIN ON THE STAGE.

OKAY.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN ROUND FIVE.

YOUR WORD IS LEISURE.

>> LEISURE.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> TIME AT ONE'S COMMAND THAT IS FREE OF ENGAGEMENTS OR RESPONSIBILITIES.>> CAN I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?

>> THIS WORD WENT FROM LATIN TO FRENCH TO ENGLISH.

>> I HAVE THE PART OF SPEECH?

>> IT IS A NOUN.

>> LEISURE.

L-E-I-S-U-R-E.

LEISURE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS IRRITABILITY.

>> IRRITABILITY.

I-R-R-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

IRRITABILITY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS BEAUTICIAN.

>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> ONE WHO GIVES BEAUTY EXTREMES AS TO SKIN AND HAIR -- TREATMENTS, A COSMETOLOGIST.

>> BEAUTICIAN.

B-E-A-U-T-I-C-I-A-N.

BEAUTICIAN.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS VERSATILE.

>> VERSATILE.

IS THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> YES.

VERSATILE.

>> OKAY.

VERSATILE.

V-E-R-S-A-T-I-L-E.

VERSATILE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD TEMPESTUOUS.

>> TEMPESTUOUS.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> OF, INVOLVING OR RESEMBLING A FURIOUS STORM.

>> TEMPESTUOUS.

T-E-M-P-E-S-T-U U-O-U-S.

TEMPESTUOUS.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SEMESTER.

>> SEMESTER.

S-E-M-E-S-T-E-R.

SEMESTER.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS CONCLUDES ROUND FIVE OF THE REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.

ALL OF THE SPELLERS ARE REMAINING.

[LAUGHTER]WE WILL BEGIN ROUND SIX WITH SPELLER THREE.

YOUR WORD IS THAT THE VERSE.

TRAVERSE.

>> TRAVERSE.

CAN YOU REPREET -- REPEAT THE WORD?

>> TRAVERSE.

>> TRAVERSE, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> TO GO OVER, ACROSS OR OVER.

>> TRAVERSE, RIGHT?

>> TRAVERSE.

T-R-U-V-E-R-S-E.>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS T-R-A-V-E-R-S-E.>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

YOUR WORD SR.

CELEBRATORY.

>> CELEBRATORY.

C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-O-R-Y.

CELEBRATORY.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CHEMISTRY.

>> CHEMISTRY.

C-H-E-M-I-S-T-R-Y.

CHEMISTRY.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS ATOMIC.

>> ATOMIC.

A-T-O-M-I-C.

ATOMIC.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS PORTRAIT.

>> PORTRAIT.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> A PAINTING, DRAWING OR OTHER PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF A PERSON, USUALLY SHOWING THE FACE.

>> PORTRAIT.

P-O-R-T-R-A-I-T.

PORTRAIT.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

FINISH THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS POPULACE.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR INHAS BEEN TATES -- INHABITANTS.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR INHAS BEEN TAXES.

>> CAN I HAVE A SENTENCE?

>> WHEN THE STATE TRIED TO CHANGE THE MOTTO ON THEIR LICENSE PLATE, THE POPULACE ERUPTED IN PROTEST.

>> POPULACE.

P-O-P-U-L-A-S.

POPULACE.>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS P-O-B-U -- POPULACE.

>> THANK YOU.

AND THIS CONCLUDES ROUND SIX OF THE REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.

THOSE SPELLERS WHO ARE CONTINUING ON CAN REMAIN ON THE STAGE.AND WE WILL BEGIN ROUND SEVEN, AND SPELLER SEVEN, YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

YOUR WORD IS GLOVE YOU -- GLOBULAR.>> G-L-O-B-U-L-A-R.

GLOBULAR.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS ILLUSTRIOUS.

>> CAN I IS HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> NOTABLY OUTSTANDING BECAUSE OF DIGNITY, ACHIEVEMENT OR QUALITY.

>> ILLUSTRIOUS.

>> I-L-L-U-S-T-R-I-O-U-S, ILLUSTRIOUS?>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS TESTIMONY.

>> TESTIMONY.

T-E-S-T-I-M-O-N-Y.

TESTIMONY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS ON OPTIMUM.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD, PLEASE?

>> OPTIMUM.

>> OPTIMUM.CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> MOST FAVORABLE OR MOST CONDUCIVE TO A GIVEN END, ESPECIALLY UNDER FIXED CONDITIONS.

>> OPTIMUM.

O-P-T-I-M-U-M.OPTIMUM.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS CONCLUDES ROUND SEVEN OF THE BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BEE.THERE ARE FOUR SPELLERS REMAINING, AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ROUND EIGHT.

SPELLER SEVEN.

YOUR WORD IS FLUENCY.

>> FLUENCY.

F-L-U-E-N-C-Y.

FLUENCY.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CONTRADICTORY.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE DEFINITION?>> TENDING TO DENY THE TRUTH OF.

>> CONTRADICTORY.

C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-O-R-Y.CONTRADICTORY.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD SO BEAD CENT,.

>> O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T-I-A-L OBEDIENTIAL.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORE COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS REVULSIONIVE.

-- REVULSIONIVE MEANING CAUSING IS OFFENSE OR MOOD OF UTTER DISTASTE OR REPUGNANCE.

>> COULD YOU REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE?

>> REVULSIONOFF.

>>R-E-V-U-L-S-I-V-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO WORD 100 ON PAGE 25.

AND, SPELLER SEVEN, YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

YOUR WORD IS TOM FOOLERY.

>> TOM FOOLERY.

>> T-O-M-F-O-O-L-E-R-Y.

TOMFOOLERY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS CLARINET.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING A SINGLE-REELED WOODWIND INSTRUMENT USED IN ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS THAT HAS A CYLINDRICAL TUBE WITH MODERATELY FLARING END AND A STRONG, FLEXIBLE TONE.

>> CLARINET.

C-L-A-R-I-N-E-T.

CLARINET.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS STAMPEDE.

>> STAMPEDE.

S-T-A-M-P-E-D-E.

STAMPEDE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS VERITABLE.

>> VERITABLING.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> NOT FALSE, UNREAL, IMAGINARY OR METAPHORICAL.

>> VERITABLE.

V-E-R-I-T-A-B-L-E.

VERITABLE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES ROUND NINE OF THE SPELLING BEE.

WE HAVE STILL THE FOUR SPELLERS REMAINING.

WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO ROUND TEN WITH SPELLER SEVEN.

YOUR WORD IS BRAVADO.

>> BRAVADO.

B-R-A-V-A-D-O.

BRAVADO.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS ANEMIC.

>> ANEMIC.

A-N-E-M-I-C.

ANEMIC.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS CURFEW.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING THE STATED HOUR, USUALLY OF THE EVENING, AT WHICH PERSONS -- AS JUVENILES, MILITARY PERSONNEL OR OTHER SPECIFIED CLASSES -- MUST BE OFF THE STREETS OR AT WHICH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS OR PLACES OF ASSEMBLY MUST BE CLOSED.

>> CAN I HEAR THE WORD AGAIN?

>> CURFEW.

>> CURFEW.

C-U-R-F-E-W.

CURFEW.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SOLSTICE.

>> SOLSTICE.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> ONE OF THE TWO POINTS ON THE ELLIPTIC AT WHICH ITS DISTANCE FROM THE CELESTIAL EQUATOR IS GREATEST AND WHICH IS REACHED BY THE SUN EACH YEAR ABOUT JUNE 22ND AND DECEMBER 23RD.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD, PLEASE?

>> SOLSTICE.

>> SOLSTICE.

S-O-L-S-T-I-C-E.

SOLSTICE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES ROUND TEN.

JUDGES, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO WORD OR 125.

AND WE'LL BEGIN ROUND 11.

YOUR WORD IS TRANSPERFORMANCE.

>> TRANSFERENCE.

T-R-A-N-IS S-F-E-R-R-E-N-C-E.

>> THAT IS INERECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS TRANSFERENCE.

YOUR WORD IS PREPOSTEROUS.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE DEFINITION?>> CONTRARY TO NATURE, REASON OR COMMON SENSE.

ABSURD, NONSENSICAL.

>> PREPOSTEROUS.

P-R-E-P-O-S-T-E-R-O-U-S.PREPOSTEROUS.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS THOROUGHBRED.

>> THOROUGHBRED.

T-H-O-R-O-Y-G-H-B-R-E-D.AUTHOR THE ROW BRED.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THOROUGHBRED.

YOUR WORD IS IMPEDIMENT.

>> IMPEDIMENT.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> SOMETHING THAT GETS IN THE WAY OFORWARD PROGRESS, HINDRANCE, BLOCK.

>> IMPEDIMENT.

I-M-P-E-D-I-M-E-N-T.

IMPEDIMENT.

>> THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 1.

THOSE SPELLERS REMAINING CAN CONTINUE ON STAGE.

WE HAVE THREE SPELLERS FOR THIS ROUND 12.

SPELLER EIGHT, YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS TARANTULA, CHIEFLY TROPICAL HAIRY E SPIDERS WITH FOUR SPIN RELATES AND EIGHT EYES IN A COMPACT GROUP THAT ARE CAPABLE OF BITING BUT ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY POISONOUS TO HUMANS.

>> TARANTULA.

T-A-R-A-N-T-U-L-A.

TARANTULA.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS CARPAL.

IT IS AN ADJECTIVE MEANING RELATING TO THE WRIST.

>> CARPAL.

C-A-R-P-A-L.

CARPAL.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS UNGET AT BL.

>> UNGET AT BL.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?>> HARD TO REACH, INACCESSIBLE.

>> UN-- CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD, PLEASE?

>> UP GET AT BL.

>> U-N-G-E-T-A-B-L-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 12.

AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ROUND 13.

YOUR WORD IS IS CERAMICS.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE DEFINITION?>> THE ART OR PROCESS OF MAKING USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES FROM CLAY BY SHAPING AND THEN FIRING AT A HIGH TEMPERATURE.

>> IS CERAMICS.

C-E-ARE R-A-M-I-C-S, CERAMICS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS STRIDENCY.

>> STRIDENCY.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> THE QUALITY OR STATE OR LOUDLY OR OBTRUSIVELY COMMANDING NOTICE OR RECOGNITION.

>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE, PLEASE?>> THE POLITICIAN'S STRIDENCY ON THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE INCITED ANGER IN SOME VOTERS.

>> STRIDENCY.

S-T-R-I-D-E-N-C-Y.

STRIDENCY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS LEGISLATURE.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING AN ORGANIZED BODY OF PERSONS HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAWS FOR A POLITICAL UNIT AND OFTEN EXERCISING OTHER FUNCTIONS.

>> LEGISLATURE.

L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-U-R-E.LEGISLATURE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 13.

AND FOR ROUND 14 WE'LL SKIP AHEAD TO WORD 160.

THAT IS ON PAGE 35.

THIS WORD COULD BE CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR WORD.

YOUR WORD IS GASTRONOME.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING AN ENTHUSIAST OVER AND EXPERT JUDGE OF EXCELLENCE IN FOOD AND DRINK.

>> GASTRONOME.

G-A-IS S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E.

GASTRONOME?>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS INCLEMENT.

>> UP CLINT.

-- INCLEMENT.

CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION, PLEASE?

>> OF THE WEATHER, PHYSICALLY SEVERE, HARD OR, ROUGH, SYSTEMMY.

>> INCLEMENT.

I-N-C-L-E-M-E-N-T.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS MUNICIPAL.>> MUNICIPAL.CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION PLEASE?

>> OF OR RELATING TO A PRIMARILY URBAN POLITICAL UNIT AS A TOWN OR CITY HAVING CORPORATE STATUS AND USUALLY POWERS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?>> PROPERTY TAXES IN MOST US STATES ARE SET BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.>> MUNICIPAL.-MU-N-I-C-I-P-A-L-.

MUNICIPAL.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT CONCLUDES ROUND 14.WE WILL GO INTO ROUND 15 WITH SPELLER 8.

YOUR WORD IS NASCENT.>> CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE DEFINITION?>> UNDERGOING THE PROCESS OF BEING BORN, BEGINNING TO EXIST.>> ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> YES, NASCENT.

>> NASCENT.

N-A-I-S-S-E-N-T.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS JURASSIC.>> JURASSIC.CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION?>> YES.CONSTITUTING OR RELATING TO THE PERIOD OF THE MESOZOIC ERA PRECEDING THE CRETACEOUS AND SUCCEEDING THE TRY ASSET.>> JURASSIC.J-U-R-A-S-S-I-C.

JURASSIC.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS UNIVOCAL.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> HAVING ONE MEANING ONLY, SUBJECT TO A SINGLE INTERPRETATION.>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE?>> UNIVOCAL.

>> -YU-N-I-C-O-V-A-L >> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ROUND, WE WILL CONTINUE ON TO ROUND 16 AND PICK IT UP AT NUMBER 181 ON PAGE 38.

YOUR WORD IS DERELICT.>> CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE DEFINITION?>> ABANDONED, ESPECIALLY BY THE OWNER.FORGOTTEN, RUN DOWN.

>> ARE THERE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> NOW THERE ARE NOT.>> CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE WORD?>> DERELICT.>> DERELICT.

D-E-R-I-L-E-C-T.

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLING IS DERELICT.

THIS WORD HAS A NEAR HOMONYM.YOUR WORD IS MERIDIAN.

IT IS A NOUN MEANING A GREAT CIRCLE OF THE CELESTIAL SPHERE PASSING THROUGH ITS POLES AT THEZENITH OF A GIVEN PLACE.>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?>> MERIDIAN.

M-E-R-I-D-I-A-N.

MERIDIAN.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS TABERNACLE.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION PLEASE?>> A BUILDING OR SHELTER USED THE DOMINANTLY FOR EVANGELISTIC SERVICES.>> TABERNACLE.T-A-B-E-R-C-I-N-E.

TABERNACLE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.THAT CONCLUDES ROUND 16.

WE HAVE TWO S REMAINING.

WE WILL BEGIN ROUND 17.

I WILL MIND THE AUDIENCE THAT IF EITHER SPELLER MISSES THE WORD AND THE OTHER SPELLER GETS THE WORD CORRECT WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER ROUND FOLLOWING THAT SO EVERYONE WILL REMAIN ON STAGE UNTIL THAT IS CONCLUDED, AS MANY ROUNDS AS THAT MAY TAKE.

THIS BEGINS ROUND 17.

YOUR WORD IS FASCINATED ARE.

>>F-A-S-C-I-N-A-T-O-R.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS STALWART.>> CAN YOU BE THE WORD?>> STALWART.CANNOT HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> BRAVE, VALIANT, RESOLUTE.

>> STALWART.

S-T-A-W-L-A-R-T.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

WE WILL GO TO ROUND 18.

YOUR WORD IS MULTIFARIOUS.

>> MULTIFARIOUS.

M-U-L-T-I-F-A-R-I-O-U-S.

MULTIFARIOUS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CRYPT IS OUR.

>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE A CONCEALED LIFE AMONG THE ORGANICDEBRIS OF THE FOREST FLOOR.>>C-R-Y-P-T-O-Z-O-A.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 18.

WE WILL BEGIN ROUND 19 AND STARTED WORD 201 ON PAGE 41.

THIS WORD - MAKE SURE -- THIS WORD HAS A HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS SORREL.IT IS A NOUN MEANING A HORSE OF A BRIGHT CHESNA COLOR OFTEN WITH A WHITE MANE AND TAIL.

>>S-O-R-R-E-L.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS GESTICULATING.

>>, HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> TO MAKE MOTIONS OF THE BODY OR LIMBS ESPECIALLY WHEN SPEAKING.G-E-S-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS CONCLUDES ROUND 19.

WE WILL GO TO ROUND 20.

YOUR WORD IS ON MARSH -- HOMAGE.

>> ARE THERE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> THERE ARE.

HOMAGE AND HOMAGE.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> A REVERENTIAL REGARD, RESPECT, DIFFERENCE.>> WHAT WAS THE WORD AGAIN?

>> HOMAGE.

>>H-O-M-A-G-E >> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD HAS A NEAR HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS ETHANOL, A NOUN MEANING A COLORLESS, VOLATILE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID C2H5OH FORMS BY FERMENTATION.

>> REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE.>> ETHANOL.

>> ETHANOL.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS BEGINS ROUND 21.

YOUR WORD IS CONGLOMERATE.>> CONGLOMERATE.

C-O-N-G-L-O-M-E-R-A-T-E.

CONGLOMERATE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS OBELISK.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION PLEASE?>> AND UPRIGHT, FORESIGHTED MONOLITHIC PILLAR GRADUALLY TAPERS AS IT RISES AND TERMINATES IN A.. >> OBELISK.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND JUDGES, I AM GOING TO PICK UP AT THE TOP OF PAGE 47, WORD NUMBER 233.

YOUR WORD IS OMNISCIENT.>> OMNISCIENT.

O-M-N-I-S-C-I-E-N-T.

OMNISCIENT.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD HAS A COMMON THEM.

YOUR WORD IS TOPAZ, A PLURAL NOUN MEANING FOODS SERVED OR CONSUMED INFORMALLY USUALLY IN SMALL AMOUNTS AND TYPICALLY UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AND ASA REGULAR MEAL.>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE?>> TOP IS.

T-O-P-A-S.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS IS ROUND 23.

YOUR WORD IS MADEMOISELLE.

>>M-A-D-E-M-O-I-S-E-L-L-E.

MADEMOISELLE.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SMORGASBORD.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION PLEASE?>> A LUNCHEON OR SUPPER BUT THEYOFFERING A VARIETY OF FOODS AND DISHES.

>>S-M-O-R-GH-SA-S-B-O-R-D >> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SCOOTER.

>>S-C-H-N-O-O-N-E-R.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS FIRM ASIDE.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?>> AN AGENT THAT DESTROYS WORMS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INTESTINAL HE PARASITIC.

>>V-ER-M-A-C-I-D-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT CONCLUDES ROUND 24 AND WE WILL GO INTO 25.

YOUR WORD IS PSORIATIC'S.>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE?>> BARIATRICS.>> ARE THERE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> THERE ARE NOT.

>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?>> THE SCIENCE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.

>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?>> JOANNA BEWILDERED HER FRIENDSWHEN SHE SAID HER FATHER IS A SPECIALIST IN THERIATRICS.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE THE WORD PLEASE?>>THERIATRICS.

>>T-H-E-R-I-A-T-R-I-C-S.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> YOUR WORD IS STROGANOFF.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION PLEASE?>> SLICED, THIN, COOKED IN A SAUCE OF MEAT STOCK, SOUR CREAM, MUSTARD, ONION AND CONDIMENTS.

>>S-T-R-O-HG-A-N-O-F-F.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT CONCLUDES ROUND 25.WE ARE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD TO WORD 251 ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 49.

YOUR WORD IS TERRIFY ALL.>> ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> YES.

SIERRA FILE.

>>T-U-R-O-P-H-I-L-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS BERGAMOT.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION PLEASE?>> THE OIL EXPRESSED FROM THE RIND OF A PEAR-SHAPED CITRUS FRUIT AND USED CHIEFLY AS A PERFUME.>>B-E-R-G-A-M-O-T >> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS K RITA --QUERIDA.

>> ARE THERE ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> YES.

QUERIDA.

>> DEFINITION PLEASE?>> A FEMALE SWEETHEART.>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE PLEASE?>> S1 TOLD HIS PARITY PLAN TO MARRY LOUISA AS SHE WAS HISQ HISQUERIDA.

>>Q-U-E-R-I-D-A.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS REMBRANDT.>> THAT I HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> A DARK GREY-BROWN THAT IS LESS STRONG THAN AVERAGE CHOCOLATE BROWN.

>> REMBRANDT.>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SUBTERRANEAN.

>> SUBTERRANEAN.

S-U-B-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N-.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS SOUND ARM.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?>> A CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICER ESPECIALLY A FRENCH POLICE OFFICER.

>>G-E-N-D-A-R-M-E >> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT CONCLUDES ROUND 28.WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO WORD 275 ON PAGE 53.

THIS WORD HAS A NEAR HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS TEMPLER.IT IS A NOUN MEANING A SHAKING OR TRIPLING OF THE EARTH THAT IS VOLCANIC OR TECTONIC IN ORIGIN, EARTHQUAKE >> CAN YOU BE THE WORD?

>>TEMBLOR.

>> ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?

>> TEMBLOR.

>>T-E-M-B-L-O-R.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD HAS A NEAR HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS DENGUE, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CHARACTERIZEDBY HAD A, RACKING JOINT PAIN AND THE RASH CAUSED BY A VIRUS TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITOES CHIEFLY IN TROPICAL AND SEMI TROPICAL REGIONS.>>D-E-N-G-U-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS BEGINS ROUND 30.

YOUR WORD IS POMPADOUR.

>>-PO-M-P-A-D-O-U-R.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS CARTERSVILLE.>> CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> A LEGAL INSTRUMENT MADE TYPICALLY TO A WELL AND MODIFYING IT IN SOME RESPECTS.

>>CODISIL.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS WORD HAS A NEAR HOMONYM.

YOUR WORD IS COTERIE.IS A NOUN MEANING AND IT WAS, NONEXCLUSIVE GROUP OF PERSONS HAVING A BINDING COMMON INTEREST OR PURPOSE, A CLICK.

>>C-O-T-E-R-I-E.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS NICK TO TATE.

>> THE HAVE THE DEFINITION?

>> TO WINK.

>>N-I-C-T-I-T-A-T-E >> THAT IS CORRECT.

YOUR WORD IS AMARYLLIS.>> IN YOUR PEOPLE WORD?

>> AMARYLLIS.>> ANY ALTERNATE PRONUNCIATIONS?>> THERE ARE NOT.

>> CAN I HAVE A DEFINITION?>> A PLANT OF THE GENUS OF BULBOUS SOUTHERN AFRICAN PLANTS HAVING A MILLET FLOWERS WITH A CORONA OF SCALES BETWEEN THE FILAMENTS.>> CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE?

>> DEBORAH'S AMARYLLIS BLOOMED JUST IN TIME FOR THE DECEMBER HOLIDAYS.>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD?

>> AMARYLLIS.

>>A-M-A-R-I-L-L-U-S.

>> THAT IS INCORRECT.

THE CORRECT SPELLINGA-M-A-R- SPELLINGA-M-A-R-Y-L-L-I-S IS.

>> THE OTHER 13 WILL NEED TO SPELL THIS WORD CORRECTLY AND AN ADDITIONAL WORD IN ORDER TO BE THE CHAMPION.

YOUR WORD IS SOLIPSISM.

>>S-O-L-I-S-I-S-M.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP WORD, BLE.

>>B-I-A-L-Y-I.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] >> YOUR THE 2020 BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BE CHAMPION AND YOU WILL REPRESENT AT THE 2020 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BE.GREAT WORK BOTH OF YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> YOUR NAME, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR GRADE, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> I AM FROM CLAY SCHOOL AND I'MIN EIGHTH GRADE.>> CONGRATULATIONS.HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SPELLING?

>> SNCE SIXTH GRADE REALLY.

>> WHAT DO YOU DO TO PREPARE?

>> I JUST LOOK AT THE WORDS AND IT HELPS TO KNOW THE DEFINITIONSAND THAT SORT OF THING.>> DO YOU HAVE FAMILY HERE?>> FAMILY WANTS TO COME UP AND HANG OUT WITH OUR CHAMPION HERE?WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

YOU HAVE A BIG TRIP AHEAD.

>> GO DOWN AND SEE HOW THE NATIONAL SPELLING BE WORKS WILL BE PRETTY COOL.>> WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?

>> THIS IS MY MOM AND MY DAD.>> CONGRATULATIONS.LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME PRIZES.

WE HAVE SOME COOL PRIZES.YOU WILL HAVE A ONE YEAR'S INSCRIPTION TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER UNABRIDGED AND ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, ONE YEAR NUMBERS OF TO ONLINE PREMIUM, SAMUEL LEWIS SUGARMAN AWARD, 2020 MEANT SET DONATED BY MISTER J SUGARMAN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST A 6 DAY TRIP TO THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLINGTHE OFFICIAL HOTEL IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND, FOR YOU AND ONLY ONE PARENT.

MAY 20 FOURTH THROUGH THE THIRTIETH, YOU COMPETE WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND PARTS OF THE WORLD, READY FOR IT?CONGRATULATIONS.

WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND SAY WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU AND SPONSOR YOU ON YOUR SPELLING JOURNEY.

DO WE WANT TO SHOW THE GIANT PRIZE?WE WANT TO CELEBRATE ALL THE SPELLERS WHO COMPETED TODAY?IT RECOGNIZES YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, GREAT JOB EVERYBODY, YOUR STANDING IS A SCHOOL CHAMPION AND THOSE IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE MAKES YOU ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE RSB, THE INVITATION FOR SCHOOL SPELLING BE CHAMPIONS, YOU AND YOUR PARENTS CAN CHECK OUT SPELLINGBE.COM TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND APPLY FOR AN INVITATION TO COMPETE TO THE NATIONAL FINALS, UP TO 18 FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES FOR THOSEWHO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MARCH 20 NINTH.THAT CONCLUDES THE BIG BEND REGIONAL SPELLING BE, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPION SPELLER AND ALL OUR CHAMPIONS.ON BEHALF OF WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

DRIVE SAFELY, EVERYONE, THANK YOU.

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