Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – A 14-year old from San Antonio won the National Scripps Spelling Bee. Harini Logan, defeated Vikram Raju in the bee’s first-ever lightning-round tie-breaker.
Both spellers got four words wrong during their grueling showdown before Scripps went to the 90-second spell-off. Harini was faster and sharper throughout, spelling 21 words correctly to beat Vikram by six. Vikram takes home a trophy and more than 50-thousand dollars in cash and prizes.
The bee was hosted by legendary actor and longtime literacy advocate LaVar Burton.
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