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United States National Spelling Bee - Definition and Overview |
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The United States National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee run on a non-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company.
The following are a few of the "winning words" in previous years:
- abrogate, in 1926
- foulard, in 1931
- canonical, in 1939
- sacrilegious, in 1942
- semaphore, in 1946
- insouciant, in 1951
- crustaceology, in 1955
- equipage, in 1963
- chihuahua, in 1967
- maculature, in 1979
- elucubrate, in 1980
- sarcophagus, in 1981
- psoriasis, in 1982
- Purim, in 1983
- luge, in 1984
- milieu, in 1985
- odontalgia, in 1986
- staphylococci, in 1987
- elegiacal, in 1988
- spoliator, in 1989
- fibranne, in 1990
- antipyretic, in 1991
- lyceum, in 1992
- kamikaze, in 1993
- antediluvian, in 1994
- xanthosis, in 1995
- vivisepulture, in 1996
- euonym, in 1997
- chiaroscurist, in 1998
- logorrhea, in 1999
- demarche, in 2000
- succedaneum, in 2001
- prospicience, in 2002
- pococurante, in 2003
- autochthonous, in 2004
The National Spelling Bee was formed in 1925 as a consolidation of numerous local spelling bees. The bee is held in June of each year, and is open to students under sixteen years of age. Its goal is educational: to encourage children to perfect the art of spelling. The winner of each year's bee is awarded a cash prize including S12,000 from the Scripps National Spelling Bee and a cup.
The 2002 Academy Award nominated documentary, Spellbound followed eight competitors during the 1999 competition, including winner Nupur Lala.
A fourteen-year-old eighth grader, David Tidmarsh, won the 2004 spelling bee on June 3rd, correctly spelling "autochthonous" in the fifteenth round.
The following are recent winners of the competition:
- 1994 - Ned G. Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1995 - Justin Tyler Carroll, Memphis, Tennessee
- 1996 - Wendy Guey, West Palm Beach, Florida
- 1997 - Rebecca Sealfon, New York, New York
- 1998 - Jody-Anne Maxwell, Kingston, Jamaica
- 1999 - Nupur Lala, Tampa, Florida
- 2000 - George Abraham Thampy, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2001 - Sean Conley, Aitkin, Minnesota
- 2002 - Pratyush Buddiga, Denver, Colorado
- 2003 - Sai R. Gunturi, Dallas, Texas
- 2004 - David Scott Tidmarsh, South Bend, Indiana
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