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Cashaw! US spelling bee champ Shrey Parikh wins the title in a rare spell-off

Fourteen-year-old Shrey Parikh won the 98th Scripps National Spelling Bee after spelling 32 words correctly in just 90 seconds.

Euronews · May 29

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 · May 29

Florida 12-year-old wins Scripps National Spelling Bee in rare spell-off final

‘Abseil’ was the final word that ultimately led the 12-year-old finalist to victory, taking home over $50,000

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

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

Logan named spelling bee champion after unprecedented lighting round

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2022

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

This was amazing.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 3, 2022

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 · Jun 3, 2022

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.

Axios · Jun 3, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

The National Spelling Bee returns to its usual venue for the first time in 3 years

Spellers were greeted with a new preliminary-round format that gave them no time to get comfortable. They had to get through three words in one turn at the microphone to continue in the bee.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2022

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

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022