Photos: Angst at the 2015 National Spelling Bee

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Photos: Angst at the 2015 National Spelling Bee

Monisha Mahadevan, 14, of Tucker, Ga. incorrectly spells "rollmops" during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Zander Reed, 12, a home-schooled seventh grader from Iowa, cringes after incorrectly spelling "alleviate" in round two - one of the preliminary rounds - of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center on May 27, 2015 in National Harbor, Md. (Allison Shelley/McClatchy DC/TNS)

Dev Jaiswal of Jackson, Mississippi, reacts after correctly spelling his word during the 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals at the Gaylord National Convention Center May 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. Only 49 of the original 283 top young spellers made it to the semifinals to compete for more than $37,000 in cash and prizes. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Muriel Margaret Cotman of Victoria, Texas, is consoled by her parents after misspelling her word during the 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals at the Gaylord National Convention Center May 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. Only 49 of the original 283 top young spellers made it to the semifinals to compete for more than $37,000 in cash and prizes. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cole Shafer-Ray, 14, of Oklahoma City, Okla., left, and Ankita Vadiala, 13, of Manassas, Va., sit on stage during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Katharine Wang, 13, of Morristown, N.J. stands on stage as she tries to spell "cinquecento" during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. Wang spelled the word incorrectly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Srinath Mahankali, 11, of New York, N.Y. stands on stage before correctly spelling "sphenogram" during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ankita Vadiala, 13, of Manassas, Va. reacts positively as she is given the word "billable" to spell during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. Vadiala spelled the word correctly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Julia Weinrod, 11, a fifth-grader at Horace Mann Elementary School in Washington D.C. correctly spells "symplectic" in round three - one of the preliminary rounds - of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center on May 27, 2015 in National Harbor, Md. (Allison Shelley/McClatchy DC/TNS)

Lora Kuhaneck, 13, an eighth grader at Edgewood Middle School in Warsaw, Ind., is comforted after incorrectly spelling "kitsch" in round two - one of the preliminary rounds - of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center on May 27, 2015 in National Harbor, Md. (Allison Shelley/McClatchy DC/TNS)

Sophia Han, 14, of Tianjin, China, thinks about how to spell her word "vermicide" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sophia Hoffman, 12, of Kansas City, Mo., spells the word " magnanimous" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Alexandra Harper, 14, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, reacts after correctly spelling "triskelion" during the preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kayleigh Guffey, 13, of Gastonia, N.C., spells the word "altruism" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Madeline Rickert, 14, of Bismarck, N.D., gestures to the audience after correctly spelling "telamon" during the preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Christopher Relyea, 12, of Cumberland, R.I. is comforted by his mother Marina Relyea after incorrectly spelling "vexillology" during the preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nicholas Lee, 11, of Diamond Bar, Calif., right, crosses his fingers as he and others listen to a speller during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Vince Hoppel, 13, of Salem, Ohio, spells the word "curriculum" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Lucinda Storz, 12, of Rutland, Vt, waits for her turn to spell a word during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Cooper Komatsu, 12, of Los Angeles, gives a thumbs up to a speller on stage during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hailey Hogenson, 13, of Ludington, Mich., flips her hair before spelling the word "amphibious" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of St. Louis, Mo., correctly spells the word "olympian" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Stacie Bunting hugs and kisses her daughter Kaelin Bunting, 10, of Corpus Christi, Texas, who correctly spelled "diagnosis" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. Also pictured is Kaelin's sister McKenna, 8, center left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

James Bryner, 13, of Price, Utah, sticks out his tongue after miss-spelling the word "heliophilous" in the third round of preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Marilyn Santo, 14, of Marietta, Ohio, spells the word "mercurial" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Monisha Mahadevan, 14, of Tucker, Ga. incorrectly spells "rollmops" during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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