Avijeet Randhawa is one of 56 spellers still in the competition, which began with 231 contestants.
to the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, May 31, only one is still standing., is one of 56 spellers progressing to the semifinals at the contest in Maryland.
Of the national bee’s original 231 contestants, 121 were left at the end of the Tuesday, May 31, preliminaries. as “introduction of sheep-pox virus locally into the body as formerly practiced to induce immunity or reduce the severity of the disease,” as “ovanation.”In the first round of the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Randhawa, a seventh grader from Auburndale Intermediate School in the Corona-Norco Unified School District, correctly spelled “chumble,”In the next round, he correctly answered his word meaning question, “A gourmand is someone who enjoys: a fine dining experience.
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