July 16, 2023
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy of Indian origin, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee, an annual spelling competition held in USA. He won the finals of the competition held in Maryland, USA, by correctly spelling the word ‘psammophile’. He competed against 14-year-old Charlotte Walsh from Virginia in the last round to win the competition. The contest comprised 231 students from elementary and middle school. Dev, an eighth-grade student at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School, Florida, had participated in the contest in 2019 and 2021 where he tied for the 51st spot and 76th spot, respectively.
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ACTIVITY: Spelling Challenge
Do some research online and list 10 words competitors were asked to spell in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the last 5 years.
