Over one hundred words were given out
Free from a single mishap or a rout.
The mediator then sought harder words;
And while he searched the audience relaxed;
Respired more easily, a trifle stirred:
That intense hour had them severely taxed.
Yet, those two districts whose race was not done
Maintained a sphinx composure, every one.
Since but four stood, they now spelled in rotation.
First Charley Travelute got “surreptitious”;