The Scripps National Spelling Bee is fast approaching! Every year, there is a phrase or hyphenated word asked in the vocabulary section of the preliminaries test. Here is an example:
SpellPundit is All You Need to Win the Scripps National Spelling Bee
For the last several years, EVERY words asked at the Scripps National Spelling Bee has been in the SpellPundit database.
No other commercial spelling bee preparation resource is this comprehensive. Register at www.spellpundit.comto try free spelling and vocabulary modules.
SpellPundit Student Wins the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee
Congratulations to the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee champion Aanvi Manda and runner up Sankalp Gautam! We wish them all the best at the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
Aanvi is a SpellPundit student and at 9 years old, she is also the youngest-ever champion of the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee!
Aanvi Manda, 2019 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee ChampionSankalp Gautam, 2019 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee Runner Up
SpellPundit Student Wins Delaware State Spelling Bee
SpellPundit student Sahil Langote recently won the Delaware State Spelling Bee, qualifying for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Congratulations to Sahil!
SpellPundit student Harini Logan won the San Antonio Express News Spelling Bee for the second time in a row! Harini has been using SpellPundit resources for the last two years. We wish her all the best at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May!
SpellPundit Students Win at 2019 Austin Regional Spelling Bee
The 2019 Austin Regional Spelling Bee was dominated by SpellPundit spellers! Congratulations to the winner, Pranathi Jammula, and the runner-up, Pranav Nandakumar, who have both been using SpellPundit since its launch.
We wish the both of them the best of luck at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.
Pranathi Jammula, 2019 Austin Regional Spelling Bee ChampionPranav Nandakumar, 2019 Austin Regional Spelling Bee Runner-Up
SpellPundit Student Qualifies for Scripps National Spelling Bee
SpellPundit student Tommy Cherry, an eighth grader at Christa McAuliffe Middle School, won the Palm Beach County Spelling Bee. He will join other amazing spellers at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will take place from May 28 – 30 in National Harbor, Maryland. Congratulations to Tommy and we wish him good luck!
SpellPundit students’ winning streak continues! As you may know, at the 2018 Scripps Nationals, four of the top five spellers were SpellPundit Students.
2018 Scripps Spelling Bee: Karthik Nemmani (1st place), Naysa Modi (2nd place), Jashun Paluru (3rd place) and Navneet Murali (5th place) all used SpellPundit study materials.
SpellPundit students continued to win major spelling competitions this summer.
South Asian Spelling Bee (SASB)
Another SpellPundit student, Sohum Sukhatankar, won the South Asian Spelling Bee in Edison, NJ and took home a cash prize of $3,000. Sohum extensively used SpellPundit resources to prepare for this competition.
Other SASB Regional Champions and 1st Runner-Ups (Maya Jadhav, Rishik Ghandhasri, Vayun Krishna, Christopher Serrao, Srivarun Hathwar, Rohan Raja, and Nitya Kathiravan) also used SpellPundit resources to prepare for this competition.
North South Foundation (NSF)
Most of the top 10 Spelling and Vocabulary Bee ranks were achieved by SpellPundit students.
NSF Senior Spelling Bee (SSB):
NSF Junior Spelling Bee (JSB):
NSF Intermediate Vocabulary Bee (IVB):
NSF Junior Vocabulary Bee (JVB):
North America Spelling Bee Champion Challenge (NASCC)
Most of the top spellers at the North America Spelling Champion Challenge were SpellPundit students! In both the East Coast (held in Towson, MA) and West Coast (held in Riverside, CA) competitions, both the winner and runner up were SpellPundit students. These spellers acknowledge that SpellPundit resources have been invaluable in preparing for the bees!
2018 NASCC Spelling Bee East Coast: Paul Hamrick (1st place), Ashrita Gandhari (2nd place)
2018 NASCC Spelling Bee West Coast: Cameron Keith (1st place), Aisha Randhawa (2nd place)
The NASCC champions received $2,000 prize money and an all-expenses-paid trip to Beijing, China!
2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee Primetime Finals Words Analysis
It was an exciting Bee! Congratulations to the 2018 National Spelling Bee Champion Karthik Nemmani and runner-up Naysa Modi, who are both SpellPundit students.
This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee finals finished with 60 words. Every one of these words is in SpellPundit Spelling Modules Levels 1 through 4 or the New Online Words module (please refer to https://test.spellpundit.net/spellshakti/how-to-spelling/ for detailed descriptions about all the different SpellPundit modules).
Many of the words in the final rounds of the spelling bee are in the SpellPundit Level 3 Spelling module. A few examples are:
Cabalassou: a large armadillo
Paillasson: coarsely woven natural or synthetic straw used for hats
Bewusstseinslage: a state of consciousness or a feeling devoid of sensory components
Shamir: a very hard precious stone believed to have been used in building Solomon’s temple
Gelinotte: a European woodland grouse related to the American ruffed grouse
Bundestag: an assembly of representatives of a federation
The following are word asked in the National Spelling Bee finals that are in the SpellPundit New Online Words Module:
Mnemosyne: the Greek goddess of memory and mother of the Muses by Zeus
Loratadine: a long-acting, nonsedating antihistamine drug taken orally to relieve symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis and chronic urticaria
Pareidolia: the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful, image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern
Ankyloglossia: limited normal movement of the tongue chiefly due to an abnormally shortened frenulum : tongue-tie
There were a few homonyms (such as aalii and telyn) asked at this year’s Bee, which are in the new SpellPundit Homonyms module.
There were a few words based on roots, which are found in the SpellPundit Roots Modules:
Succiniferous: bearing amber
succin- (amber) + -iferous (bearing or producing or yielding)
Lophophytosis: a contagious skin disease found in birds that is caused by a fungus occurring in man on hairy surfaces that become covered with yellowish crusts
lopho- (crest, tuft, or comb) + phyt- (plant) + -osis (abnormal or diseased condition)
Ecchymosis: the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels
Pseudepigrapha: spurious words purporting to emanate from biblical characters
pseud- (false) + epi- (upon) + graph (to write)
Overall, there was an interesting mix of words asked at this year’s National Spelling Bee. SpellPundit’s modules can help you learn all the words you need to know to become a primetime finalist, and even bring home the trophy!
No other commercial spelling bee preparation resource is this comprehensive. Register at www.spellpundit.com to try free spelling and vocabulary modules.
Jashun Paluru, Brookston, Indiana
Karthik Nemmani, McKinney, Texas
Navneeth Murali, Neptune, New Jersey
Naysa Modi, Dallas, Texas
Paul Hamrick, Monterey, California
Pranathi Jammula, Austin, Texas
Pranav Nandakumar, Austin, Texas
Shruthika Padhy, Cherry Hill, New Jersey