spelling bee

Colorado’s top speller reaches Top 5 before bowing out of national spelling bee

denvergazette.com, Approved, State / May 31, 2024 / spelling bee

Colorado’s best speller, who left viewers spellbound, reached the Top 5 before getting eliminated on Thursday night from the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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Can you spell pronouncer? Denver native is the nation’s top word nerd

Approved, denvergazette.com, Local / May 31, 2024 / Features, spelling bee

Jaques Bailly is a spell-ebrity.

The former Denver Catholic school prodigy has been the face of the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a most patient pronouncer for 20 years — so beloved, young competitors recognize him with a “Howdy Dr. Bailly!” when they first step up to the microphone.

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