A four-letter word sent Shradha Rachamreddy to a third-place finish in last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old from San Jose, California, made it back as one of 245 spellers competing in this year's bee, which began Tuesday at a convention center outside Washington.
<p>OXON HILL, Md. — A four-letter word sent Shradha Rachamreddy to a third-place finish in last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee.
&quot;</p><p>The good news for Shradha was that she nearly won it all as a seventh-grader, meaning she had one year of eligibility left.
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