The 291 elementary- and middle-schoolers competing in the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee gather at a convention center in Oxon Hill, Md., Tuesday, may 30, 2017, to take the bee's nerve-wracking written test. The test goes a long way toward determining who will be among the 50 or so spellers to advance beyond the preliminary rounds. (AP Photo/Ben Nuckols)
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