Marie Kondo in here

The word was "topsy-turviness," and James Roach, speller 394 and a Puerto Rico eighth grader, was about to get it right. But first, he had to determine whether the word's sentence sparked joy.

Spoiler alert -- it did. We think we'll keep it.

"Michelle contemplated hiring Marie Kondo to straighten out the topsy-turviness of her office, but ended up opting for the cheaper local option, Shiree Zondo, a former P.E. instructor with a laser pen and a penchant for yelling."

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Harini Logan is the winner of the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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2022 Finalist - Speller 223 Surya Kapu

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2022 Finalist - Speller 104 Abhilash Patel

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2022 Finalist - Speller 205 Vihaan Sibal

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2022 Finalist - Speller 189 Kirsten Santos

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2022 Finalist - Speller 1 Sahasrad Sathish

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2022 Finalist - Speller 197 Nitya Kathiravan

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2022 Finalist - Speller 76 Vikram Raju

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2022 Finalist - Speller 87 Aliyah Alpert

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2022 Finalist - Speller 65 Ekansh Rastogi

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