Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » National Spelling Bee http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Amherst's Top Speller Advances To National Semifinals !! [VIDEO] http://wyrk.com/amhersts-top-speller-advances-to-national-semifinals/ http://wyrk.com/amhersts-top-speller-advances-to-national-semifinals/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 09:17:04 +0000 Josh http://wyrk.com/?p=92017 His name is Nabeel Rahman and he can spell like a champ.  Nabeel is from East Amherst and has advanced to the national Bee semifinals after scoring well on the written part of the test.   Nabeel is no stranger to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he was there last year.  Check out this video of Nabeel and don't forget to root him on as he pushes forward toward the title.....

]]> http://wyrk.com/amhersts-top-speller-advances-to-national-semifinals/feed/ 0 getty images National Spelling Bee – Have You Ever Even HEARD Of This Word? http://wyrk.com/national-spelling-bee-have-you-ever-even-heard-of-this-word/ http://wyrk.com/national-spelling-bee-have-you-ever-even-heard-of-this-word/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:45:33 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=19420 The word is "cymotrichous" - C-Y-M-O-T-R-I-C-H-O-U-S.  It means having wavy hair.  That was the winning word in the 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. 

14-year old Sukanya Roy of South Abington, Pennsylvania is this year's winner

]]> http://wyrk.com/national-spelling-bee-have-you-ever-even-heard-of-this-word/feed/ 0 Sukanya Roy of South Abington, Pennsylvania holds the trophy she won after winning the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee (Getty Images)