Can Americans spell the National Spelling Bee’s winning words?
Can Americans spell the National Spelling Bee’s winning words?
The BBC challenged Americans to spell words used in the last three Scripps National Spelling Bee competitions.
Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old, won the competition this year after correctly spelling 32 words in a 90-second lighting round tiebreaker. He defeated 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta, who spelled 25 words correctly.
Parikh won out against 247 spellers competing in the annual contest, aged between nine and 15, taking home a $52,000 (£39,000) cash prize.
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