![]() ![]() (The root of “pullulation” is “ pullus,” which means “a young bird in the downy stage.”) Upon review, the judges acknowledged that the contest’s myopic view of pullulation was a disservice to Harini’s understanding-and set up the dramatic finale. Earlier in the event, during the “word meaning” round, when the young contestants have to prove they also know what the polysyllables they’re spelling mean, judges struggled to determine if she had correctly defined “pullulation,” which Merriam-Webster defines as both “swarm, teem,” and “to breed or produce freely.” Harini’s bell had dinged when she called it the nesting of mating birds, as judges had sought an answer related to the swarming of bees. It wasn’t the only dramatic moment in Harini’s quest for glory. And Harini was dominant in overtime, notching a rapid-fire 22 correctly spelled words to Vikram’s 15 to claim the prize. In the spell-off, Harini and her opponent, Colorado twelve-year-old Vikram Raju, were each given ninety seconds to spell as many words correctly as possible. She won a spell-off, an intense spelling shoot-out instituted after the 2019 bee ended in a downright un-American eight-way tie for first place. 113 Pages 2014 The Ultimate Book of Spells: A Complete Guide to Using. Captain Awesome is up against Miss Stinky Pinky in the second grade spelling bee. Harini’s win came in a new format for the bee, which has run almost continuously since 1925 (it went on hiatus during World War II and skipped 2020 for COVID). 32 Pages 2008 The Complete Guide to English Spelling Rules. Captain Awesome and the ultimate spelling bee.
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