spelling-beeForty-one spellers were named as semi-finalists in the National Spelling Bee, with both Hannah Evans of Albuquerque and Rajat Singh of Santa Fe failing to make the cut. Here are the words from the written test.

The complete list is here.


Rajat Singh successfully spelled “fustian” to stay in the running for one of the 50 semifinalists in the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee, to be chosen tonight.

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Updated at 4:40pm –New Mexicans Fail to Make Semis in Bee




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