California teen wins National Spelling Bee

Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Rancho Cucamonga, California, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in a spell-off, correctly ​spelling 32 words rapid-fire over 90 seconds to claim the $50,000 ‌cash prize. He defeated Ishaan Gupta, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Jersey City, New Jersey, who got 25 words correct from the same list, after having [...]
2026-05-31 05:15:38