be a good speller

Then something hurtled through an open second floor window and the good spellers shouted, "Ms. Jones!"

But only try this if he's likely to find them, that is, if he's a potentially good speller.

English teachers have to be good spellers, don't they?

The difference between a good and bad speller is neuromuscular, the professor says.

"It's not a matter of raising good spellers," he said.

No. 2: You don't have to be a good speller to get the job.

But his grade-school teacher would be proud of him in at least one respect: He is a good speller.

Those who say Lee was a good speller should have looked at his letters and journals before making such a ridiculous claim.

He spent his entire school career on the verge of flunking out and consequently was not an especially good speller.