This Year's Spelling Bee Champion Didn't Schweat the Schwa
Briefly

After 14 rounds of words like probouleutic and zwitterion and schistorrhachis, Dev Shah, an eighth grader from Florida, had to wait through one more commercial break.If he spelled the next word correctly, he would win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.Psammophile, a plant or animal that prefers or thrives in sandy areas, would determine his fate.
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