The finals went down last night in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and a 12-year-old contestant named Roy Seligman got the word "ambystoma".
It's spelled A-M-B-Y-S-T-O-M-A . . . but he said "I" instead of "Y".
At first they gave it to him. But then they WENT TO THE REPLAY, determined he'd spelled it wrong, and sadly sent him packing.
14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans went on to win, becoming the competition's first African American champion.
Congratulations Zaila!