The stakes are high as the 6th Grader has correctly spelled and defined these words in Tuesday's competition, in a round still in progress.

The first bee was held in 1925, when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited other newspapers to host spelling bees and send their champions to Washington. The bee is now held just outside the nation’s capital, at a convention center on the banks of the Potomac River. It starts Tuesday and concludes Thursday night.