Word: cedilla
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...point, the rules of the game changed: a contestant had to spell not only the word her opponent missed, but another one as well. Sandra's opponent, Jean Copeland of the Prescott (Ariz.) Junior High School, knocked off solecism and encomium, while Sandra got mnemonic. Then Sandra spelled cedilla with an "s," and it was only because Jean flubbed papyraceous that Sandra was saved. By word No. 534, Spelling-Bee Director Charles Schneider was wondering whether he would have to declare a draw...
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