Spelling Bee
Indian-American Shrey Parikh wins Scripps National Spelling Bee competition
Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old Indian-American student from California, on Friday won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 32 words correctly in 90 seconds. Parikh won after beating Ishan Gupta of New Jersey. Parikh, who was also a finalist in the 2024 edition of the competition, takes home a slew of prizes, including "USD 50,000, a commemorative medal, the Scripps Cup, as well as USD 2,500 from Merriam-Webster, USD 1,000 in flight credits from Delta and USD 400 of reference works from Encyclopaedia Britannica. The three-day competition began Monday at D.A.R. Constitution Hall here with 247 contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Defence Department schools in Europe and five other countries: the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates. Nine contestants advanced to the finals that were held on Thursday evening. Shrey and Ishaan each had 90 seconds to correctly spell as many words as they co
Indian-American Faizan Zaki wins 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old Indian-American student from Texas, has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt claircissement" correctly, maintaining the dominance of the children from the community in the prestigious US competition. Zaki bested Sarvadnya Kadam to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. A 7th-grade student at C M Rice Middle School, Zaki finished second in 2024 in a spell-off to another Indian-American Bruhat Soma. This was Zaki's fourth time participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This was Zaki's fourth time participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaki earned the prestigious title in round 21 when he correctly spelt claircissement, which is defined as the clearing up of something obscure: enlightenment. He outlasted eight other accomplished spellers to win the title on Thursday night. The culmination of the national championship came with a shock. Zaki had an earlier chance to win this year's bee, in the ..
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