Alabama Spelling Bee

It’s quite the achievement making it to Scripps National Spelling Bee. Do you know these words or could you spell them?

Practice now, kids, for next year!

On his way to the 2026 Bee championship, Shrey Parikh correctly spelled or defined 49 different words:

* naricorn, augment, deracinate, edict, cartomancy, authigenic, idiolect, cronstedtite, gelsemia, stymie, Bhubaneshwar, potto, Pluchea, hwyl, Metohija, Telei, Philepitta, torrone, enthymeme, iguape, fais-dodo, cywyddau, pohutukawa, monadnock, émeute, nannofossil, tongkang, Natchitoches, flaith, semele, rusell, sawder, campernelle, Nicol, Zamenis, Tharparkar, tlachtli, madoqua, retiarius, balintawak, tessaraconter, taurokathapsia, rapakivi, paroemia, melengket, teraglin, homelyn, chikungunya, bromocriptine *

An absolutely ridiculous display of skill and speed.

Although Hassan's time on the big stage was cut short by that dastardly dictionary, his experience at Scripps National Spelling Bee will be a memory that he cherishes for a lifetime. This upcoming 5th grader has personality that busts at the seams.

Hassan, we are so proud of you and can't wait to see you again next year!

Whoo hoo! Hassan has successfully completed rounds 1 and 2 at Scripps National Spelling Bee! 🐝 We are all rooting for you. 👏🏻

Wouldn’t it “bee” great if Hassan followed in Erin’s footsteps and became another Scripps National Spelling Bee champion? We’ll certainly be 🐝 watching!

Throwback to 2019 and that time we made arrangements for the Bee Champion to throw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium. Who could have imagined we'd end up with eight champions instead of just one 🤣 We scrapped the first pitch – eight flying baseballs could have been problematic – but the Yankees honored all of our OctoChamps on the field that day! ⚾️