Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to hijack the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory. As a reporter attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya, completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.