national spelling bee

     

"Staphylococci" was the word that won Stephanie Petit this national contest

Trivia about national spelling bee

  • 12-year-old Wendy Guey of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida won this contest with "vivisepulture"
  • 13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon won it in 1997 by knowing euonym,E-U-O-N-Y-M
  • 12-year-old George Abraham Thampy won this contest in 2000; his final word was "demarche"

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