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Washington Post
By correctly spelling
‘marocain,’ California girl becomes bee queen
By Sarah Larimer
June 1
Back and forth they went, Rohan Rajeev and Ananya Vinay.
Some of the words they spelled: Heiligenschein. Durchkomponiert.
Sceloporus.
One, or both of them, would be the new champion of the Scripps National
Spelling Bee at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in
Maryland. But late into the night Thursday, it still wasn’t clear who
would win yet. By 11:30, though, confetti rained down and a champion
emerged. Ananya had won on “marocain,” a fabric.
Ananya, a 12-year old Californian, cheers for the Golden State
Warriors. She is a big reader. Her bio noted that in her free time, she
imagines stories. The one she was writing for herself Thursday sure was
pretty rad. “I’m so happy right now,” she said after she won.
The two were among the brightest and best young spellers gathered for
Thursday’s finals, a marathon event that stretched late into the
evening. Among the other words young participants were asked to
conquer: pterygoideus, mollienisia, cinerarium and hesychast. Could you
spell hesychast? I mean, truly, could you hang with these kids?
It’s okay to answer honestly: Nope. N-o-p-e.
This was the 90th National Spelling Bee, an event celebrated on social
media, shown on ESPN, and generally, something that serves as a true
delight for even the most casual of word nerds...
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