Cheddar News Wrap anchors Ken Buffa and Hena Doba celebrate the conclusion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by going head-to-head in our very own contest.

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Cheddar News Wrap Celebrates Scripps National Spelling Bee With Its Own Challenge

Welcome back to news wrap the scripts. National spelling bee returns this year with 234 spellers from across the U. S. And around the globe. All vying for the Championship Trophy. Young spellers are facing off in this year's competition to fight for the top speller spot and win the grand prize of $50,000. Tonight's the big night kicking off the finals after some grueling competition. That's right. And no one else is more excited about the return of the spelling bee than our team here at cheddar news wrap. So naturally we have to have our own spelling bee. So welcome to round two of the 2022 news wrap spelling bee. We should mention round one. Both of us got our words but today is different today, this might not be, it is this week we will be challenging each other to spell winning spelling bee words throughout scripts history. If we get the word correct, we will hear a ding. If it's incorrect, we will get a buzzer. Now on this friday junior edition of our spelling bee, we will be spelling two out of the only four winning words in scripts history that had two winners. All right ken you ready? Sure. Today's word is meticulous city. Meticulous is a noun meaning strict attention to minute details used in a sentence. The brand Swarovski is the symbol of perfection. Delicacy and meticulous city. So any slight defect is not allowed again. Meticulous city Mitic. Alright, so I'm gonna say I'm running around my attic. Okay. M. E. T. I cu la City. See you particularly. Is there an element fabulosity? Oh, there's a kinetic T I C. Ah La City I L O S I T Y. I don't know but guys but Alright. Alright. There it is. M E T I Q U L O S I T M I T I C U L O S T I. All right, so this this was the winning word of the 23rd scripts. National spelling bee in 1950 by diana reynard from Ohio and cole quit dean from Atlanta Georgia. This goes down in history as the first time the national spelling bee word list was exhausted and co champions had to be declared. I'm very competitive if I don't get my word, I'm so sorry. It's your turn. Today's word is one more time is Squam. Youlus Esquipulas esquire nebulous definition and use it in a sentence. Alright, it's an adjective that means not covered in scales or scale, like objects having a smooth skin. Using the sentences I learned to respect a wall made of stones to always respect any wall. That is Esquipulas Of course. E S Q U A M U L O S E. Oh my God, do you see the genuine joy? God scrabulous. She did it. I've never heard that word in my life. Never scrabulous was the deciding factor of the 35th national spelling bee. And with winners. Nettie Crawford of Rose. Well, New Mexico and like day of hardin Illinois surprisingly winners. both misspelled the word after an hour of head to head spelling for the top prize. Sorry, folks, can be a winner exactly.