Bruhat Soma , Wins National Spelling Bee.<br />12-year-old Bruhat from Tampa, Florida, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30.<br />12-year-old Bruhat from Tampa, Florida, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30.<br />During a lightning-round tiebreaker with Faizan Zaki, Bruhat correctly spelled <br />29 words in 90 seconds, AP reports. .<br />Bruhat received a trophy and <br />over $50,000 in cash and prizes.<br />I was pretty confident that I had <br />a chance at winning because I’ve <br />been working so hard. And I really <br />wanted to win. That’s why I <br />practiced the spell-off so much, Bruhat Soma, via statement.<br />The word that Bruhat won the <br />competition with was "abseil.".<br />It means "descent in mountaineering by means <br />of a rope looped over a projection above.".<br />The finals only had eight spellers competing, the fewest since 2010, AP reports. .<br />Some critics were upset that the two spellers were subjected to a "spell-off" instead of being given the chance to compete in a conventional round.<br />I do wish that we would <br />have gotten to see more <br />of a duel between them, Charlotte Walsh, 2023 Spelling Bee runner-up.<br />I definitely think they should have been <br />given an opportunity to have some <br />conventional spelling rounds before <br />they defaulted to the spell-off, Scott Remer, one of four coaches who worked with Faizan, via statement
