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Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old Indian-American student from California, on Friday won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 32 of the 35 words correctly in 90 seconds.

Parikh, an eighth grade student from Day Creek Intermediate School, spelt 'Bromocriptine' correctly in the 90-second spell-off beating seventh grader 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta of Frank R Conwell Middle School, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Twelve-year-old Sarv Dharavane from Peachtree Charter Middle School in Tucker, Georgia finished third.

Ishaan takes home USD 25,000, while Sarv gets USD 15,000 in prize money. "Spelling fast is what I do every day," Shrey said in comments after winning the competition.

Parikh, who was also a finalist in the 2024 edition of the competition, takes home a slew of prizes, including USD 50,000, a commemorative medal, the Scripps Cup, as well as USD 2,500 from Merriam-Webster, USD 1,000 in flight credits from Delta and USD 400 of reference works from Encyclopaedia Britannica. PTI