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The 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee competition that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The 2023 bee welcomed 231 spellers from the United States and its territories, Canada, Ghana, and The Bahamas.
This year's list included a politician, entertainers, an athlete and the winning word from this year's Spelling Bee. At the Scripps National Spelling Bee in June, Dev Shah correctly spelled ...
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]
[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.
Check the list of all the winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee from its inception in 1925 through 2023.
The National Spelling Bee is intense. Over 11 million kids take part in the spelling bee circuit across the country. Eventually, 200 spellers advance to the national stage.
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 ...
When competitors are up on stage at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, it comes down to one particular face-off: the speller versus the dictionary. For the finalists who make it to the finals, it ...