Dev is the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.
| Round | Word/Question | Spelling/Answer Given |
| 1 | ardoise |
ardoise
|
| 2 | Grotesqueness is the quality of being: |
comically out of place or absurd
|
| 3 | cocomat |
cocomat
|
| 4 | exhortation |
exhortation
|
| 5 | What does it mean to glower? |
to look or stare with sullen brooding annoyance or anger
|
| 6 | Perioeci |
Perioeci
|
| 7 | Who would most likely practice legerdemain? |
a magician
|
| 8 | poliorcetics |
poliorcetics
|
| 9 | schistorrhachis |
schistorrhachis
|
| 10 | Someone who engages in chiromancy: |
tells fortunes using lines on the palm of the hand
|
| 11 | aegagrus |
aegagrus
|
| 12 | rommack |
rommack
|
| 13 | tolsester |
tolsester
|
| 14 | bathypitotmeter |
bathypitotmeter
|
| 15 | psammophile |
psammophile
|
journey to the Scripps National Spelling Bee
winning word in qualifying spelling bee
fustanella
other words spelled correctly in local competition
fulbright, agrypnia, myocarditis, spick-and-span,