Draft:96th Scripps National Spelling Bee

96th Scripps National Spelling Bee
96th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Date	May 26-30
Location	Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center (National Harbor, Maryland)
Winner	Bruhat Soma
Age	12
Residence	St. Petersburg, Florida
Sponsor	Rays Baseball Foundation and ; Rowdies Soccer Fund
Sponsor location	St. Petersburg, Florida
Winning word	abseil (spell-off)
Pronouncer	Jacques Bailly and Brian Sietsema
Preceded by	95th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Followed by	97th Scripps National Spelling Bee

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The 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee competition that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

The 2024 bee welcomed 245 spellers from the United States and its territories, Canada, Ghana, and The Bahamas. After competing in preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final rounds on May 28, and May 29, 2024, the field of competition narrowed to 8 finalists who competed on the night of May 30, 2024.

Field

Scripps National Spelling Bee's field of competition begins with 11 million students, in grades 8 and younger, who compete in local and regional spelling bee competitions to qualify for the Scripps Bee.^[1]

The 8 finalist spellers, and their respective sponsors, were the following students:

Rishabh Saha, 14, an 8th grader representing SNSB Region One Bee of Merced, California.

Shrey Parikh, 12, a 6th grader representing the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools of San Bernardino, California.

Aditi Muthukumar, 13, an 8th grader representing The Denver Post of Denver, Colorado.

Bruhat Soma, 12, a 7th grader representing the Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund of St. Petersburg, Florida.

YY Liang, 12, a 7th grader representing ScholarSkills for STARS of New Windsor, New York.

Ananya Rao Prassanna, 13, a 7th grader representing the Carolina Panthers of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Faizan Zaki, 12, a 6th grader representing the Dallas Sports Commission of Dallas, Texas.

Kirsten Tiffany Santos, 13, an 8th grader representing Houston Community College of Houston, Texas.

Competition

Final rankings

1st place

Bruhat Soma (spelled 29 words correctly in the spell-off)

2nd place

Faizan Zaki (spelled 20 words correctly in the spell-off)

3rd place (tie)

Shrey Parikh

Ananya Prassanna^[2]

5th place

Aditi Muthukumar^[3]

6th place

Kirsten Santos^[4]

7th place (tie)

Rishabh Saha

YY Liang^[5]

Word list championship round

Spell-off championship round

References

^ Spellingbee.com About page, retrieved 2023-06-01
^ "2024 Round Results - Round 14 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
^ "2024 Round Results - Round 13 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
^ "2024 Round Results - Round 11 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
^ "2024 Round Results - Round 9 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[1] Spellingbee.com About page, retrieved 2023-06-01

[2] "2024 Round Results - Round 14 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[3] "2024 Round Results - Round 13 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[4] "2024 Round Results - Round 11 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[5] "2024 Round Results - Round 9 | Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

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