Shrey Parikh wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Ishaan Gupta in lightning round

May 28, 2026

14-year-old Shrey turned a tense, high-quality final into a blowout, racing through the 90-second “spell-off” and getting 32 words right to be crowned the best young speller in the English language.

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