“Cholent” made an appearance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals this week in Maryland.

13-year-old Shiva Yeshlur from Wyoming spelled the word correctly, despite likely having no prior knowledge what it was.

After being presented with the word, Yeshlur requested a definition from the judges.

“A Jewish Sabbath-day dish of slow-baked meat and vegetables,” the judge told him. He then asked for the word’s language of origin, was told it was Yiddish and correctly spelled the word.

While Yeshlur mastered cholent, he sadly did not move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals, which were held on Thursday night.

14-year-old Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas was declared spelling champ in the finals. He correctly spelled “koinonia” after runner up Nasya Modi misspelled “Bewusstseinslage.” He is the 14th consecutive Indian-American champion.