A missing letter in a Final Jeopardy! answer spelled doom for one “Jeopardy!” contestant. Mehal Shah, a contestant on the Jan. 30 episode of the show’s Tournament of Champions, was not given credit for his answer in the final round because he misspelled a word by one letter.

The Final Jeopardy on Thursday was Latin Phrases, with this clue: “After Camillagate, a fire at Windsor Castle & marriage problems in her family, Queen Elizabeth II dubbed 1992 this.” The answer? That would be What is annus horribilis?

The Washington Post writer ended up being in second place in the final of the Champions Wildcard tournament, taking home a prize of $40,000. As runner-up, he is set to battle in the upcoming Tournament of Champions, and is playing in the quarterfinals on Feb. 3.