That’s the word 13-year-old Rahil Patel spelled in his third and last round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the Super Bowl of competitive spelling held in Washington, D.C.
“I take Latin, so I’m familiar with the roots: villa means home,” Rahil said.
The precocious eighth-grader calls Richlands, Va., in Tazewell County, home. And while some...
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