Wisconsin speller Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya has been eliminated from the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
He was eliminated in the vocabulary round of the Semifinals and exited the competition tied for 17th place.
This year was his third time, and final time competing.
Aiden wasn't the only speller representing the Badger State in the National Bee. 13-year-old Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja from Franklin also competed in the big leagues.
Unfortunately, she was eliminated in round four for misspelling "hamelia." She and the other spellers who were eliminated in that round will be tied for 60th place.
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