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Meet Shrey Parikh: 14-year-old Indian-origin Spelling Bee winner who spelled 32 words in 90 seconds

Indian-origin teenager Shrey Parikh has achieved what millions of young spellers dream of. The 14-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, California, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. He defeated runner-up Ishaan Gupta in a dramatic spell-off finale. During the tie-breaker, Parikh…

The Times of India

National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India

Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have been Indian American

The Independent UK

With vocabulary more important than ever, National Spelling Bee requires different prep

Competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee are trying to adjust their preparation so they don't get tripped up by onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions

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Mike Tyson dances dressed as a bee during appearance on talk show

Dressed in a bee outfit that made him feel 'bee-autiful' Tyson appeared as a judge for a Spelling Bee competition on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live

Daily Mirror

14-year-old Indian American wins Spelling Bee 2022 competition; here are the winning words she spelt correctly

Memorizing spellings is a tough job! Every kid dreads it. Learning the spellings of simple to difficult words is an important part of the school curriculum. It helps the child to understand the meaning and helps in the pronunciation.

The Times of India

How Indian American spelling bee dominance may fuel educational inequities

Harini Logan, a cheerful 14-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, made history on June 2, 2022. She became the first Scripps National Spelling Bee champion to win after being eliminated and later reinstated. She was also the first to prevail in a lightning-round tiebreaker with the runner-up.

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Fourteen-year-old Harini Logan wins 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee: ‘Just surreal’

Logan named spelling bee champion after unprecedented lighting round

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Harini Logan: Texas teen wins Spelling Bee after first tiebreaker

Fourteen-year-old, of San Antonio, wins first-ever ‘spell-off’ in national US competition, taking home $50,000 prize.

Al Jazeera

SI:AM | Learning From the Celtics’ Comeback

The Warriors have never been in this position before.

Sports Illustrated

The 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee ended with the most intense lightning round spell-off

This was amazing.

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Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

The Independent UK

Quiz: Are you smarter than these Scripps National Spelling Bee finalists?

For the first time in history, the Scripps National Spelling Bee came down to a blistering lightning-round decider, with 14-year-old Harini Logan being crowned champion. So, reckon you can correctly spell the same words these finalists faced?

ABC News

'Moorhen' is the word of a champion as Texas teenager claims Spelling Bee title

A 14-year-old student spells 21 words correctly during a 90-second spell-off to claim the annual competition.

WEKU

Harini Logan, 14, wins Scripps National Spelling Bee in historic tiebreaker

She was eliminated in the multiple-choice vocabulary round, but reinstated after judges fact-checked her answer.

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The Independent UK

Harini Logan wins spelling bee in 1st-ever tiebreaker

Harini Logan has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, defeating Vikram Raju in the bee's first-ever lightning-round tiebreaker

The Independent UK

Vocab questions reduce spelling bee to 3 letters: A, B or C

An onstage vocabulary round introduced a new element of randomness into the Scripps National Spelling Bee

The Independent UK

Pandemic has lingering toll on smaller National Spelling Bee

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is back, fully in person at its usual venue outside Washington for the first time since 2019

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