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[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
Bruhat Soma is the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion after a dramatic tiebreaker between the two top spellers in the event. The 12-year-old was crowned Thursday night after correctly ...
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on ... to be declared winner. Shah, who was crowned champion in a hail of confetti before being joined ...
Harini Logan was crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion after a historic spell-off. National Spell Bee champion decided by blazing fast, first-ever spell-off [Video] Skip to main content
In 2019, the Spelling Bee ran out of words that might challenge the contestants and ended up having 8 winners. The 2020 National Spelling Bee competition, originally scheduled for May 24, was suspended and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4] This was the first time it had been canceled since 1945. [5]
The 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. [2] The finals were held on June 2, 2022, and televised on Ion Television and Bounce TV , marking the first time in 27 years that the Bee was not televised on an ESPN network. [ 3 ]
Shah won last year's Bee by correctly spelling "psammophile," which he told Scripps News' Chris Stewart was a "relatively easier" word. Scripps National Spelling Bee 2023 champion Dev Shah shares ...
Avant-garde reached the national level in the 2019 Bee. She used a study resource called SpellPundit to learn about 12,000 words per day. Her coach was former Scripps finalist, Cole Shafer-Ray, who also coached the runner-up, Chaitra Thummala. [1] In the 2021 competition, she won the title by correctly spelling "Murraya". The first place comes ...