First misspelled word

Thu, May 29, 2008 - 8:16 AM

Thu, May 29, 2008 - 8:16 AM
We've got our first misspelled word.

Mee Jin Park of American Samoa got a tough word: dentifrice.

He spelled it: dentifriss.

What the heck is a dentifrice? It’s a powder, paste, or liquid for cleaning the teeth.

Park isn’t necessarily out of the game. Spellers get three points in this round for spelling a word right.

To become a quarterfinalist, the results of this first round of spelling are combined with written test. Quarterfinalists will be announced before noon today.

-- Amy Dominello