Word: planilla
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...Matthews, and Pennypacker’s Ryan D. Smith. All four contestants spelled their words incorrectly in the initial segment of the final round. Lao then spelled two words in a row correctly, ending the first annual Freshman Spelling Bee with a flawless spelling of “Planilla,” and netting 100 points for Mass. Hall in addition to $100 for herself. Alt, Smith, and Maheshwary tied for second place and will split the second place prizes for themselves and their respective dorms. After offering high fives to her co-competitors and accepting her reward, Lao said...
...high humidity baked the seedy, aging airbase at Opa-Locka, on the outskirts of Miami. Nevertheless, the line kept growing. Finally, it stretched to contain some 10,000 people, all waiting to get a simple but cherished piece of paper. They called it a planilla (little plan), a Government form on which they could list the relatives in Cuba with whom they hoped to be reunited...
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