speller

Example Sentences

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And I’m such a bad speller that even the most generous auto-correct can’t figure out that the word I’m trying to write is “mellifluous.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Rare is a speller like Vanya Shivashankar, who came in with enormous buzz in 2015 after years of strong finishes and ended up winning the trophy.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Though Joan Meyer didn’t go to college, her son said she always was an avid reader, a tremendous speller and highly quotable.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Mr. Bailly, who won the competition in 1980, tries to make eye contact with the speller and humanize the moment.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The book underneath the arithmetic was a geography, and the book under the geography was a speller.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger