A local student was eliminated from the National Spelling Bee during the second round.
Thirteen-year-old Charley Wiggins, of Ontario, was asked to spell the word “ocotillo.” Charley gave the incorrect answer of “ocatillo.” Ocotillo is a plant indigenous to the southwest U.S.
Several other students were eliminated in the second round for misspelling words such as wobbulator, malfeasance, and sirenomelus, to name a few.
