If we have any fashionistas in the audience, they're getting their share of words to blow their skirts up.
Zachary Kuntz, speller 383, misspelled "crinoline," a full rigid skirt or underskirt.
Later, Mazie Finch, speller 392, got "ruching." It's a pleated, fluted or gathered strip of fabric (as lace, net, ribbon) used for trimming usually in rows and especially on women’s garments.
Mazie got it right.
A little more uncommon? "Pelisse," a long cloak or coat made of fur or lined or trimmed with fur and worn by men and women.
Maya Mollick, speller 426, got it right.
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