Spelling Bee Results

There were 13 spellers in the regional competition. The winner would go to Nationals in D.C. and receive a $1500 cash prize.
Devin spelled correctly for 24 rounds. His words were:

1. chronic
2. canasta
3. magnolia
4. Olympian
5. autopsy
6. begonia
7. adamant
8. amnesia
9. tachometer
10. egalitarian
11. gregarious
12. rupee
13. malaria
14. femininity
15. coyote
16. luau
17. verboten
18. parapet
19. cilantro
20. belay
21. tsunami
22. wagnerian
23. diablo
24. indigenous
25. poignant

He got the "n" and "g" switched around on poignant.

This girl, Maria, won first place. Dad says I need to home school Devin!

Ryan & Devin then had a spell off for second place. Devin went out on the word aggregate, as he left out the second "g".

The awards presenter gave Devin the nickname of "cool hand Luke".