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Shrey Parikh wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Ishaan Gupta in lightning round
May 28, 2026
14-year-old Shrey turned a tense, high-quality final into a blowout, racing through the 90-second “spell-off” and getting 32 words right to be crowned the best young speller in the English language.
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