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Colorado speller remains in Scripps National Spelling Bee after 3 rounds, advances to quarterfinals

Aditi Muthukuma, from Northglenn, moves on, but Boulder’s Sofia Tommey Wu is knocked out in Round 1

Aditi Muthukumar, 12, from Westminster, Colo., competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Aditi Muthukumar, 12, from Westminster, Colo., competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Sofia Tommey Wu, a fifth-grader at Boulder's Douglass Elementary School, met her match when she misspelled "pappardelle," the broad, ribbon-like pasta, in the first round Tuesday morning.
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