Dev Shah, 14, from Florida, has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US by correctly spelling the word "psammophile"., Viral News, Times Now
To get down to about ten. so we know this group of spellers, we have lists of various difficulties. so we say, ok, we ll try this and see if we can get. we don t want to get a bunch down at a time. we want to slowly get them down, so we keep the best ones, the ones who know the most. and so we ll pick this list and then the computer randomises that list so that we don t even know which word the kid will get and then it pops out in front of me. so it s a very long process to write a script. by the time we get here, i am reading a script. well, we have a winner in this year s scripps national spelling bee! dev shah, age 14, has outlasted more than 200 other competitors, finishing in first place by spelling this word correctly. the winning word was psammophile which means a plant or animal that thrives in sandy areas. as the winner dev an eighth grader receives a 50 thousand dollar prize, a medal and a trophy. and of course plenty
Contested challenges, the national spelling bee, has wrapped up. this is the winneer dev shah, age 14, who outlasted more than 200 other competitors, finishing in first place by spelling this word correctly psammophile , which means a plant or animal that thrives in sandy areas. as the winner, dev, an eighth grader, receives a $50,000 prize, a medal and a trophy. and of course plenty of bragging rights. today was the climax of a three day competition between the brightest 11 spellers in the us and our reporter riley farrell went along to meet the voice of the contest jacques bailly. so the spelling bee has this devoted following. and i was wondering, what is it about the spelling bee that captures the imagination? well, i think it s the age of the kids. we ve all been there and they re alljust so super cute and so, like, right on the edge of doing things with their lives. also, we all use the english language every day, and yet there are whole reaches of it
But you just have to have a backup plan if you don t remember it. and that s why i study root words, and i study language patterns, so i have a backup plan if i forget something. dana: what is your secret to knowing when or where it has a silent letter, for example the word you one with psammophile, the piece starts the wood but it s silent how you know that? greek has a lot of silent letters. and send the file, the word psammophile means sand, that s how i knew i had a assignment letter. bill: so you win $50,000 that s a pretty nice paycheck when he dented agent within which your future look like? i m going to put some for college, but, i don t know what else to do with it. dana: when you think about your future for your career, what you think you like to do?
Dominance of Indian Americans continues in the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in the US as 14-year-old Dev Shah becomes the 2023 champion and takes home a $50,000 (Rs 41,16,875 approximately) prize. Watch this Visual Story to know more about Shah.