In 2015, what were the last words given and spelled correctly at the Scripps National Spelling Bee?
The 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland from May 24–28, 2015. Students competed for a prize valued at $38,600 coming from various companies.
For the second year in a row the outcome was a tie, with Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar ending up as co-winners once the Bee's dictionary was emptied again. Vanya was the first sibling of a previous winner to win; her sister Kavya won in 2009. Vanya Shivashankar from Olathe, Kansas and Gokul Venkatachalam from Chesterfield, Missouri won the bee, making the 88th Bee the thirteenth in the past seventeen bees to have an Indian-American champion.
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Mic Fenst
I new nunatuk from living here in Alaska; it's Athabascan based. The other is German based and is a type of pastry.
Mic Fenst
Frank, Probably took that long to get approved. Seriously, some questions I've tried to submit fail because someone doesn't think the art is pretty enough.
George Oliver Prince
I'm a pretty fair speller, but wouldn't have had a chance
Fred Zeb Fudpucker
If the words were the last names of the winners, they would have been the only ones who could have spelled them. No offense.
Gary Ellis
WOW! Very obscure. However I guessed correctly. Blind luck.
seane
Who would remember or know that unless you were involved