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This year's spelling bee held the audience in suspense. One student came out on top after a neck-and-neck final stretch.

"A spokesperson for the Scripps National Spelling Bee told TNND all of the words used in its program are pulled from the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, which is its official dictionary ...

OXON HILL, Md. — As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care.