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The National Spelling Bee was formed in 1925 as a consolidation of numerous local spelling bees, organized by The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. Frank Neuhauser won the first National Spelling Bee held that year, by successfully spelling "gladiolus".
[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.
There were a record 293 spellers this year (the all-time record until the Bee's rules greatly expanded the field in 2018). 41 spellers made it to the final day of competition on Thursday. [1] The winner was Kavya Shivashankar. [2] Her winning word was Laodicean. [2] She was sponsored by The Olathe News. [2]
The National Spelling Bee is back and in full swing after last year's part in-person, part virtual competition because of the pandemic. The Bee has been around since 1925. There have been a few ...
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word "psammophile."
The finals of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee will be televised live beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday. You can watch it over the air, on cable, satellite or online on ION.
The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Bay Lake, Florida. The finals were held on July 8, 2021, and televised on ESPN2 and ESPN . [ 2 ] It was won by Zaila Avant-garde , the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and the second black person to do so ...
Notably, the 1999 bee was covered by the Jeffrey Blitz documentary Spellbound, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [ 3 ] Second place went to David Lewandowski, a 14-year old speller from Schererville, Indiana who placed 39th in the prior year's bee , and who misspelled "opsimath". [ 1 ]