# Spelling Bee Contestant Gets Strange Word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 31, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302 "2008-05-31T22:24:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302/1 "2008-05-31T22:24:32Z")

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[http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=8078095](http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=8078095)

Poor kid. I would have pissed myself laughing if I was there…

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302/2 "2008-05-31T22:27:31Z")

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Is there a way to share in the fun without having to watch a video?

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**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302/3 "2008-05-31T22:30:47Z")

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The word is “numnah”, which sounds a whole lot like “numbnuts”. Kid was way better composed than I would have been, even when the whole audience was cracking up.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302/4 "2008-06-01T03:21:00Z")

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I knew exactly what it was about, but for some reason, I love the simplicity of this thread title, since “Spelling Bee Contestant Gets Strange Word” is in itself as surprising a headline as “Famous Person Does Something Stupid,” if you catch my drift.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302/5 "2008-06-01T04:25:01Z")

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“Oh … NUMNAH! That’s a relief!” 😃

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-contestant-gets-strange-word/451302/6 "2008-06-01T07:16:30Z")

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Nice of that video clip site to put their watermark right over the top of the word he’s spelling, making it illegible.