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Shrey Parikh
age 14 | grade 8
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
San Bernardino, California
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Shrey is the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.
| Round | Word/Question | Spelling/Answer Given |
| 1 | naricorn |
naricorn
|
| 2 | To augment is to: |
make something larger or greater
|
| 3 | Spelling test threshold met. | |
| 4 | deracinate |
deracinate
|
| 5 | What is an edict? |
a public command or ordinance
|
| 6 | cartomancy |
cartomancy
|
| 7 | authigenic |
authigenic
|
| 8 | An idiolect is: |
the language or speech patterns of a single individual at a particular period of life
|
| 9 | cronstedtite |
cronstedtite
|
| 10 | gelsemia |
gelsemia
|
| 11 | What does it mean to stymie something? |
to prevent it from happening
|
| 12 | Bhubaneswar |
Bhubaneshwar*
|
| 13 | potto |
potto
|
| 14 | Pluchea |
Pluchea
|
| 15 | hwyl |
hwyl
|
| 16 | Metohija |
Metohija
|
| 17 | Telei |
Telei
|
| 18 | Philepitta |
Philepitta
|
* An acceptable alternate spelling was given.
Spell-Off Results - 32 correct out of 34
| Word | Result |
| torrone | correct |
| enthymeme | correct |
| iguape | incorrect |
| Denebola | correct |
| fais-dodo | correct |
| cywyddau | correct |
| pohutukawa | correct |
| monadnock | correct |
| émeute | correct |
| nannofossil | correct |
| tongkang | correct |
| Natchitoches | correct |
| flaith | correct |
| semele | correct |
| rusell | correct |
| sawder | correct |
| campernelle | correct |
| Nicol | correct |
| Zamenis | correct |
| Tharparkar | correct |
| tlachtli | correct |
| madoqua | correct |
| retiarius | correct |
| balintawak | correct |
| tessaraconter | correct |
| taurokathapsia | correct |
| rapakivi | correct |
| uayeb | incorrect |
| paroemia | correct |
| melengket | correct |
| teraglin | correct |
| homelyn | correct |
| chikungunya | correct |
| bromocriptine | correct |