{"id":907,"date":"2026-05-27T18:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:14:44","slug":"colorado-sixth-grader-nails-karyogram-to-advance-to-scripps-national-spelling-bee-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=907","title":{"rendered":"Colorado sixth-grader nails \u2018karyogram\u2019 to advance to Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Luckily, Nikhil Ganta knows a thing or two about being verbose.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-year-old Coloradan correctly defined \u201cverbose\u201d \u2014 meaning \u201cwordy\u201d \u2014 as part of his Wednesday morning winning streak at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., where the sixth-grader was among a waning group of America\u2019s best young spellers to advance to the afternoon semifinal rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=905\">Moose attacks dog walker in Colorado mountains near Winter Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to his apt vocabulary word, Nikhil, who lives in Timnath and attends Fort Collins\u2019 Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School, correctly spelled \u201cobtect,\u201d a type of insect pupa enclosed in a firm case or covering with the appendages held tightly against the body.<\/p>\n<p>And, in the last quarterfinal round, he aced \u201ckaryogram,\u201d a diagrammatic representation of an organism\u2019s chromosome complement. Standing before the microphone on the Constitution Hall stage, Nikhil asked for the word\u2019s definition, language of origin and other identifying information while his fingers mimed typing.<\/p>\n<p>The fierce competition narrowed to 54 kids as the quarterfinals wrapped up.<\/p>\n<p>Nikhil advanced to the nearly century-old national contest after winning the 86th annual Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee in March.<\/p>\n<p>He is the last Colorado kid standing at the national bee, as Superior\u2019s Derek Li was felled by a written test in round three of Tuesday\u2019s preliminaries.<\/p>\n<p>Semifinals will be held later Wednesday afternoon into the evening. Thursday\u2019s finals will be broadcast live on the ION network from 6 to 8 p.m. Mountain Time.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=903\">Trump administration to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a new facility in Kenya<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinals and semifinals consist of oral spelling and vocabulary rounds on a big stage in front of a sprawling audience.<\/p>\n<p>About a dozen spellers will advance to the finals. When only two remain, Scripps has the option to use a lightning-round tiebreaker known as a \u201cspell-off\u201d to determine the champion.<\/p>\n<p>The bee is broadcast and streamed on channels and platforms owned by Scripps, a Cincinnati-based media company.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s semifinals will stream on Scripps Sports Network and spellingbee.com from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time. Tape-delayed semifinals will be broadcast on ION from 6 to 8 p.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=901\">ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an \u2018alarming\u2019 rate, an AP investigation finds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikhil Ganta, a 12-year-old Coloradan, correctly defined \u201cverbose\u201d \u2014 meaning \u201cwordy\u201d \u2014 as part of his Wednesday morning winning streak at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., where the sixth-grader advanced to the afternoon semifinal rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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