87th Scripps National Spelling Bee

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87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
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DateMay 27–29, 2014
LocationGaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland
WinnerAnsun Sujoe
Sriram Hathwar
(co-winners)
Age
  • 13 (Sujoe)
  • 14 (Hathwar)
Residence
Sponsor
Winning word
  • feuilleton (Sujoe)
  • stichomythia (Hathwar)
No. of contestants281[1]
PronouncerJacques Bailly
Preceded by86th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Followed by88th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 87th

Indian-American
champion.

Competition details

There were 281 spellers this year, made up of 139 boys and 142 girls.[1] 208 were new national bee contestants. The youngest competitor, at 8 years old, was Hussain A. Godhrawala from South Carolina. The age split was: age 8 (1); age 9 (3); age 10 (7); age 11 (26); age 12 (55); age 13 (98); age 14 (90); age 15 (1). 190 spellers attended public schools, 52 private, 19 parochial, 9 were home schooled, and 9 attended charter schools.[1]

Finals

Both Sujoe and Hathwar spelled their words incorrectly in Round 16 of the championship round. Hathwar misspelled the word corpsbruder, meaning a close comrade. However, Sujoe was unable to take the advantage of the slip-up, misspelling antigropelos, meaning waterproof leggings.[4]

For the rest of the 25-word championship list they spelled every word correctly. In the final round, Hathwar correctly spelled stichomythia and Sujoe correctly spelled feuilleton, exhausting the list of words. As co-champions, Hathwar and Sujoe were the seventh consecutive Indian-Americans to win the competition.[5] It was the first time the competition ended in co-champions in over 50 years, since the 1962 bee.[6]

Hathwar was appearing in the national bee for the fifth time. He had been the youngest participant ever to date when he appeared as a young 8-year-old in the 2008 bee.[7] He was eliminated in the preliminary rounds that year. In 2009 he finished 37th. In 2011 he finished 6th, and he finished third in 2013.[8] His younger brother Jairam was co-winner in 2016.

The top prize was $30,000 this year, which each of the co-winners received due to the tie. Third place was $7,500.[9]

Word list championship round

References

  1. ^ a b c Sautters, Denise (22 May 2014). Phila student ready to tackle national spelling bee, The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
  2. ^ "Spelling Bee - Home". Scripps National Spelling Bee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ^ "About the Spelling Bee". Scripps National Spelling Bee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ^ "2 Indo-American Kids declared joint winners of US Spelling Bee Contest 2014". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  5. ^ Shoichet, Catherine (30 May 2014). "How do you spell T-I-E? National Spelling Bee has two winners". CNN. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. ^ Slack, Donovon (30 May 2014). National Spelling Bee ends in a tie Archived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, 'King5.com (Gannett)
  7. ^ (27 May 2008). 8-year-old competing in national spelling bee, Reading Eagle
  8. ^ Ek, Derrick (6 March 20140. Hathwar wins fifth trip to Scripps National Spelling Bee, The Leader (Corning)
  9. ^ Roling, Chris (29 May 2014). Scripps National Spelling Bee 2014 Results: Winner, Finalists and Funny Moments, Bleacher Report
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