The winner of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee will walk away with a nice cash prize, as well as major bragging rights.

Faizan Zaki, last year’s runner-up, won the coveted award after surviving two dramatic final rounds and calling the pronouncer, “bro.”

"I was just so excited and, like, after I spoke my word, at the end, when I spoke my word, I was kind of losing breath," Faizan Zaki said on " Good Morning America " Friday, after getting just two hours of sleep following his win.