A fast-paced spell-off capped the night: Takeaways from the spelling bee.
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Bruhat Soma won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a record-breaking 29 correct words, beating the previous spell-off winner from 2022.
Spellers faced challenges with words like desmotrope, kanin, murrina, immanent, and apophasis, stumbling due to schwa sounds and homonyms.
In the 13th round, Indigenous words like Jumano were featured, testing spellers' knowledge beyond standard vocabulary.
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