Fourteen-Year-Old Shrey Parikh Sets Amazing New Record To Win National Spelling Bee Title

Fourteen-Year-Old Shrey Parikh Sets Amazing New Record To Win National Spelling Bee Title

Fourteen-year-old Shrey Parikh from California clinched the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee title, after setting a new record by correctly spelling 32 words in a 90-second spell-off. The second-place finisher, Ishaan Gupta, correctly spelled 25 words. Parikh’s victory earned him $52,500, a Merriam-Webster reference library, and the Scripps Cup, according to Scripps News. (Credit: Scripps National Spelling Bee via Storyful) Check out more vira…

Shrey Parikh, yet another Indian-American teen, wins the Scripps Spelling Bee

Reading Time: 2 minutes  For many children, spelling bees are a school activity. For Shrey Parikh spelling bee became a lesson in resilience. The 14-year-old Indian-American from Rancho Cucamonga, California, was crowned champion of the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee after a dazzling performance that left judges, audiences and fellow competitors stunned. In the competition’s dramatic spell-off finale, Shrey correctly spelled 32 words in just…

Teen Wins National Spelling Bee by Correctly Spelling 32 Words in 90 Secs

14-Year-Old Wins National Spelling Bee After Correctly Spelling 32 Words in 90 Seconds   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Events DC (@eventsdc) Are you confident with your spelling skills? Even if you know your i’s from your e’s, you’re probably still not quite on the level of California teen Shrey Parikh. The 14-year-old has just been crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion […] READ: 14-Year-Old Wins National Spelling B…

California Eighth Grader Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee With a Record-Setting 32 Words in 90 Seconds

Shrey Parikh, an eighth grader from Rancho Cucamonga, California, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling a record-setting 32 words in 90 seconds during a rare lightning-round spell-off. Watch the moment Speller 29 Shrey Parikh won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee by competing in the third Spell-off in Bee history. His winning word, the final word he spelled correctly during the Spell-off, was “bromocriptine.” Off…