speller

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spell·er | \ ˈspe-lər

Definition of speller

1 : a person who spells words especially in a certain way a poor speller

2 : a book with exercises for teaching spelling

Examples of speller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Besides Avant-garde, the only other Black winner of the bee was 1998 champion Jody-Anne Maxwell from Jamaica, who also became the first speller from outside the US to win. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 18 Aug. 2021 Eleven contestants entered Thursday night's final, with Avant-garde emerging as the nation's top speller. — Kevin Dotson, CNN, 8 July 2021 Cox was a 13-year-old competitive speller from Akron, Ohio—a Black girl some believe was robbed of the title in 1936. — Janell Ross, Time, 16 July 2021 Prince got the best speller and future president award. — Washington Post, 10 July 2021 Words that foiled spellers included chrysal, athanor, cloxacillin, heliconius, torticollis, platylepadid and gewgaw, and at one point judges had to review a video replay to determine whether a speller said the letter I or Y. — New York Times, 9 July 2021 The new vocabulary portion, will ask the speller to answer a multiple-choice question during the second round of each competition level all the way to the finals. — Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021 Vivinsha, 10, is the youngest speller left in the bee, but that hasn’t stopped her enthusiasm for the finals. — Brayden Garcia, Dallas News, 2 July 2021 The champion speller will receive a $50,000 cash prize. — cleveland, 27 June 2021

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