Game / activity
Spell it—and explain Ryan’s grievance
At 55:37, after ratings, “Ryan, take it away” introduces the main game. Ryan has ranked twenty-five words by how often he misspells them or how strongly he disagrees with their spelling, taking the higher rank. His initial proposal asks the players to invent words from anywhere; before play starts, the group changes that rule. Ryan supplies words, and Hannah and…
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At 55:37, after ratings, “Ryan, take it away” introduces the main game. Ryan has ranked twenty-five words by how often he misspells them or how strongly he disagrees with their spelling, taking the higher rank. His initial proposal asks the players to invent words from anywhere; before play starts, the group changes that rule. Ryan supplies words, and Hannah and Curtis try both to spell each one and classify his reason. Points depend on the ranking, with partial credit announced for getting only one task right. The spoken rule and each actual award are retained without deriving missing values.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Source-reviewed whole-game verdict; local round wins and intermediate totals are not treated as another final result.
Winner: Hannah
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 15 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Pennsylvania
Hannah spells Pennsylvania correctly and guesses that Ryan disagrees with the spelling. The classification is rejected: this is a word he has misspelled. Hannah receives 3 points. A discussion of whether current Ryan can spell it does not replace the original classification.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Gnocchi
Curtis spells G-N-O-C-C-H-I correctly and pronounces the word correctly. His guess that Ryan cannot spell it is rejected: Ryan disagrees with the spelling. Curtis receives 8 points, described as half of an available 17. The extra N-Y-O-K-Y in the automatic transcript is not part of Curtis’s spelled answer; the original transcript remains preserved.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Dessert
Hannah spells Dessert correctly and identifies confusion with Desert. Both tasks are accepted, and she receives 22 points.
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RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Michael
Curtis spells Michael correctly but guesses Ryan disagrees with it. Ryan says it is a word he spells wrong. The announced award is 11 points; it is preserved without recalculating it from a ranking or scoreboard. An unscored redesign asks how Michael should be spelled: Ryan proposes M-I-C-O-L-E, and Curtis proposes M-I-K-U-L.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Derriere
Ryan says the accent is not required. Hannah spells the word and volunteers an accent anyway, then identifies it as a word Ryan cannot spell. Both tasks are accepted, and she receives 4 points. The accent does not create another required answer.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Precede, then Proceed
The initial ASR word is “Proceed,” but the clarification “comes before” and P-R-E-C-E-D-E establish the first requested spelling. Ryan separately asks Curtis to spell Proceed, and both spellings are accepted. Curtis guesses a spelling difficulty; Ryan instead disagrees with the spelling. The award is 6 points. The additional spelling remains separate from the initial obligation.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Christmas
Hannah spells Christmas correctly and identifies disagreement with the spelling. Her explanation concerns the silent T. Both answers and the explanation are accepted, and she receives 10 points. The explanation begins before the points interruption and resumes afterward; it is not a new scored word.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Ryan’s wife’s maiden name
Curtis spells W-I-E-D-R-I-C-K, transcribed “Weedrick.” Ryan rejects the spelling and gives the partial correction W-E-I. Curtis correctly identifies a word Ryan struggles to spell and receives 7 points. The correction supplied here concerns the initial letters.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Whale
Hannah spells W-H-A-L-E and identifies disagreement with the spelling. Both are accepted. No item award is spoken; later cumulative totals do not establish an exact award here.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Brian
Ryan says one acceptable spelling is enough. Curtis gives B-R-Y-A-N and then B-R-I-A-N; both are accepted. His explanation about confusing Brian with Brain is rejected because Ryan disagrees with the spelling. Curtis receives 8 points. The volunteered second variant is not another independently required spelling.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Liaison
Hannah spells L-I-A-I-S-O-N and identifies a word Ryan cannot spell. Both tasks are accepted. Ryan says he now also disagrees with it, but mostly cannot spell it. No numerical item award is stated.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Deschanel
Curtis spells D-E-S-C-H-A-N-E-L and says Ryan disagrees with it. Both are accepted; Curtis receives 25 points and is said to lead by one at that moment.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hannah: Meijer
The prompt identifies the grocery store. Hannah spells M-E-I-J-E-R, which is accepted, and disagreement is ultimately accepted too. Hannah makes both the initial “I think this is a disagreement” statement and the final “Anyway, I think it’s a disagreement” statement. The later 87–65 scoreboard is preserved without inventing a separate Meijer award.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Curtis: Chamomile
Curtis spells “C-H-A-M-O” then “M-I-A-L” and guesses Ryan cannot spell it either. Both tasks are rejected. Ryan’s disagreement outweighs his misspelling history for this item. No award or updated final numerical total is announced.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
A final name—and Hannah’s win
After Hannah has already won, Curtis tries a bonus name: Timothee Chalamet. His given name is accepted, but C-H-A-M-A-L-E-T is rejected and corrected to C-H-A-L-A-M-E-T. No bonus points are announced. Hannah offers to steal and is told there is no reason because she has already won.