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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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