“Apparel.”

— Melissa Cedeno, retired, Rogers, Ark.

“Entrepreneur. I lost a spelling bee on that one.”

— Chris Michael, teaching assistant, Emporia

“Linguist. I keep typing it wrong even though I'm in a linguistics class.”

— Kaitlin Henry, student, Lawrence

“It's always words with double letters that are the hard ones. I'll say sarsaparilla.”

— Michael Amick, boatman, Lawrence