96th Scripps National Spelling Bee
| 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee | |
|---|---|
 The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, hosted the Scripps National Spelling Bee. | |
| Date | May 26-30, 2024 |
| Location | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland |
| Winner | Bruhat Soma |
| Age | 12 |
| Residence | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Sponsor | Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund |
| Sponsor location | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Winning word | abseil (spell-off) |
| Pronouncer | Jacques Bailly and Brian Sietsema |
| Preceded by | 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| Followed by | 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
The 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee competition that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.[1]
The 2024 bee welcomed 245 spellers from the United States and its territories, Canada, Ghana, and The Bahamas. After competing in preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final rounds on May 28, and May 29, 2024, the field of competition narrowed to 8 finalists who competed on the night of May 30, 2024.[2][3]
Competition
The bee aired on Scripps-owned networks ION and Bounce TV.
The competition featured preliminary, quarterfinal, semifinal, and final rounds. The show reached the time limit, leading to the implementation of the "spell-off" shootout. Bruhat Soma defeated Faizan Zaki in the shootout, 22-20, winning the cash prize of $50,000.[4]
Field
The Scripps National Spelling Bee starts off with regional or school spelling bees for grades 8 and under. More than 240 spellers competed in the 2024 national bee.[4][5]
- Bruhat Soma, 12, from Florida (champion) [winning word: abseil]
- Faizan Zaki, 12, from Texas (2nd place)
- Ananya Rao Prassanna, 13, from North Carolina
- YY Liang, 12, from New York
- Adithi Muthukumar, 13, from Colorado
- Shrey Parikh, 12, from California
- Rishabh Saha, 14, from California
- Kirsten Tiffany Santos, 13, from Texas
Word list championship round
- desmotrope
- eustachian
- febrifuge
- habitude
- immanent
- morbilliform
- oosorption
- plagiotropic
- jurisprudential (word meaning)
- tesseract (word meaning)
- sine qua non (word meaning)
- velocipede (word meaning)
- liminal (word meaning)
- modus operandi (word meaning)
- grunion
- peccant
- indumentum
- saltigrade
- sphenography
- apophasis
- gobiesocid
- molysite
- dehnstufe
- martaban
- avahi
- Jumano
- Lillooet
- Okvik
- tennesi
- daena
- kanin
- Hoofddorp
- murrina
- nicuri
Spell-off championship round
See also
References
- ↑ "Bruhat Soma wins 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ Spellingbee.com About page, retrieved 2023-06-01
- ↑ Trotta, Daniel (May 30, 2024). "Bruhat Soma, 12, wins US national spelling bee in a spell-of". Reuters. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- 1 2 Bishop, Sydney; Maxouris, Christina (2024-05-30). "Bruhat Soma wins 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee". CNN. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ "Spelling Bee finalists 2024: Meet the remaining spellers for Scripps National Spelling Bee finals | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2025-05-17.