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Akash competing at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Vukoti competed in his first spelling bee when he was 2 years old. [8] He was inducted into American Mensa at the age of 3 and became a Davidson Young Scholar [9] at the age of 5. [10] He became the first-ever first grader to compete in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ...
[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.
The home-school spellebrity became the youngest competitor in Spelling Bee history, nailing words like "nyctinasty" and "sevruga." Edith Fuller, 6, was the National Spelling Bee's youngest-ever ...
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]
Scripps Spelling Bee's head judge brings history, encouragement to spellers. With 245 competitors, this was the largest field of spellers since the 2019 Bee. They ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old.
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.
Notwithstanding efforts to avoid a third year running of inseparable co-winners (see below), Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga were declared co-champions after 24 championship rounds. [13] [14] Co-champion Nihar Janga, at age 11, was the first winner since 2002 to win in his first appearance at the national bee. [15]
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word "psammophile."