He will walk away with thousands of dollars in prize money after beating over 200 spelling competitors at the competition in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Dev Shah from Florida has won this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee! pic.twitter.com/hxddw7HAdWThis year’s competition began with 229 spellers. By Wednesday night after the semifinals, 11 spellers were left.
At the finals Thursday night, two spellers were eliminated in the first round,misspelling their words. This included Sarah Fernandes from Omaha, Nebraska, Pranav Anandh from Morton, Pennsylvania. The second round was a word meaning round. Tarini Nandakumar from Texas was eliminated, leaving 8 spellers in the competition.Seven spellers continued on to round 4. Dhruv Subramanian and Vikrant Chintanaboina, both from California, and Aryan Khedkar from Michigan were also eliminated.
With four spellers left, Shradha Rachamreddy from California and Surya Kapu from Utah were eliminated in round 5. Kapu, who was in the finals last year, received a standing ovation from the crowd. Kapu and Rachamreddy tied for third. Two spellers remained, Dev Shah, from Florida, and Charlotte Walsh, from Virginia. In the first round with just two spellers remaining, Dev spelled his word right and Charlotte spelled her word wrong.SEE MORE: Spelling Bee finalists zip into the final night of competition
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