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Quiz: Can you correctly spell the winning words from the National Spelling Bee?

We've put together this quiz using the winning words from the last five years.

Quiz: Can you correctly spell the winning words from the National Spelling Bee?

We've put together this quiz using the winning words from the last five years.

So it all started when I heard when uh Doctor Bailey gave me the word um I, I immediately recognized it um and I knew the definition and that it was from French so I just went for it. I uh started spelling and then I just got really excited at the end there and I started like like like um like struggling to breathe and stuff so yeah it was definitely exciting. I'm just, I'm just relieved because I know there, there were *** lot of expectations for me, uh, to, to win since I did get 2nd place last year, um, but I'm also, um, I'm also just really excited that I like won finally uh it's been *** 7 year long journey, so I'm, I'm glad that it finally gets to come to *** close.
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Updated: 4:41 PM EDT May 30, 2025
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Quiz: Can you correctly spell the winning words from the National Spelling Bee?

We've put together this quiz using the winning words from the last five years.

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Updated: 4:41 PM EDT May 30, 2025
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Bougainvillea, scherenschnitte and cymotrichous. These are just some of the winning words from the last decade of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The long-standing annual competition has crowned 109 champions, nearly half of them are eighth graders, from all over the United States.The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion is Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Texas who was the runner-up in last year’s national bee. The Hearst Television Data Team compiled this year's winning word, along with the winning words from the last five years, into a quiz.Can you buzz through this spelling bee quiz?

Bougainvillea, scherenschnitte and cymotrichous. These are just some of the winning words from the last decade of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The long-standing annual competition has crowned 109 champions, nearly half of them are eighth graders, from all over the United States.

The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion is Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Texas who was the runner-up in last year’s national bee. The Hearst Television Data Team compiled this year's winning word, along with the winning words from the last five years, into a quiz.

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Can you buzz through this spelling bee quiz?

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