The final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee opened Thursday. Here’s a look at the contestants who competed in the event, which draws scores of spellers to suburban Washington D.C. from around the nation.
Zander Reed, 12, a home-schooled seventh grader from Iowa, cringes after incorrectly spelling "alleviate" during round two of the preliminaries of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md., on May 27, 2015.
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