NATIONAL SPELLING BEE: ROUND 9

Evan O'Dorney nailed laquear. I could have nailed soffit, which was in the definition.

Nate Gartke totally rocked rougnon--fastest spell in the finals so far.

But Joseph Henares just couldn't see his way through aniseikonia.

And Prateek Kohli stumbled on oberek--so much for New York this year.

And Isabel Jacobson took a dive on cyanophycean.

And now there are two.