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Spelling bees<\/a> have gotten a lot more intense. How many of these do you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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torrone, enthymeme, iguape, Denebola, fais-dodo, cywyddau, pohutukawa, monadnock, \u00e9meute, nannofossil, tongkang, Natchitoches, flaith, semele, rusell, sawder, campernelle, Nicol, Zamenis, Tharparkar, tlachtli, madoqua, retiarius, balintawak, tessaraconter, taurokathapsia, rapakivi, uayeb, paroemia, melengket, teraglin, homelyn, chikungunya, bromocriptine (cashaw)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Check out the first 90 seconds of this video where Shrey Parikh gets 32 out of 34 correct to become the 2026 champion<\/a>. That speed round is called a \u201cspell-off,\u201d and so many of the kids are getting all the words right that they use it to break ties. Lots of words to press. \ud83e\udd20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spelling bees have gotten a lot more intense. How many of these do you know? torrone, enthymeme, iguape, Denebola, fais-dodo, cywyddau, pohutukawa, monadnock, \u00e9meute, nannofossil, tongkang, Natchitoches, flaith, semele, rusell, sawder, campernelle, Nicol, Zamenis, Tharparkar, tlachtli, madoqua, retiarius, balintawak, tessaraconter, taurokathapsia, rapakivi, uayeb, paroemia, melengket, teraglin, homelyn, chikungunya, bromocriptine (cashaw) Check out the first 90 … Continue reading Bee Champion<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWEudHRcL2ZpbGVzXC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvUGhvdG8tb24tMjAyMC0xMC0yOC1hdC0yLjA1LVBNLTEtMTAyNHg2ODIuanBnIiwidHh0IjoiQmVlIENoYW1waW9uIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJmdWxsc2NyZWVuIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjEwNDc4NjV9.5sEDBK-02kHq6cdtcM4yj51bYAp85h8MO0lTZHLa3OoMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/bee-champion\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bee Champion","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/bee-champion\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/bee-champion\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Asides","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-06-01T18:44:51Z","datePublished":"2026-06-01T18:44:51Z","dateModified":"2026-06-02T06:06:43Z"},"rendered":"