Three Connecticut students are hoping to spell victory as they compete in the 2015 Scripps National Seplling Bee in Washington D.C.
Anika R. Malayappan, 12, of Danbury, a sixth-grader at Broadview Middle School; Aahil T. Nishad, 9, of Danbury, a fourth-grader at Stadley Rough Elementary School; and Arjun Javjivan, 13, of West Hartford, an eighth-grader at Sedgwick Middle School, are all competing.
The preliminaries test was on Tuesday and rounds two and three are on Wednesday.
Malayappan's word in rourd 2 was chary, which means cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something; Nishad's word was mahal, which means a mansion or palace; and Javjivan's word was regime.
The semifinals test will be Wednesday night and the semifinals will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, followed by the championship finals on Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. eastern time.
The semifinalists will be announced live on ESPN3 and the finalists will be announced live on ESPN2.
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