FILE - Bruhat Soma, of Tampa, Fla., and Faizan Zaki, of Allen, Texas, compete in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file) ...

Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, has won the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee after an astonishing spell-off with one other contestant, Faizan Zaki, 12, of Plano, Texas ...

CINCINNATI, May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bruhat (BROO-haht SOH-muh) Soma, a 12-year-old speller from Tampa, Florida, is the champion of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee after winning the ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the abrupt ...

In a dramatic finish, Bruhat Soma, from Tampa, Fla., defeated Faizan Zaki, a 12-year-old from Plano, Texas, in the competition’s second spell-off ever. Emmett Lindner Bruhat Soma held his trophy high ...

WASHINGTON — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the abrupt ending ...

OXON HILL, Md. – All Bruhat Soma does is win. Soma entered the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee with three smaller spelling bee victories already under his belt in 2024, and the 12-year-old from St.