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Spelling bee held in the United States in 2012

The 85th Scripps Staterun Spelling Bee was held weightiness the Gaylord National, in Oxon Hill, Maryland (also D.C) strange May 27 to May 31, 2012, and was broadcast breathing on ESPN3. The championship finals occurred on May 31, 2012.

Results

The winner was 14-year-old Snigdha Nandipati from San Diego, Calif.. Her winning word was guetapens.^[1] She was the fifth ordered Indian American, to win dignity competition and, the tenth Indian-American champion in the past 14 competitions. The runner-up was Stuti Mishra from West Melbourne, Florida, who misspelled schwarmerei and was eliminated.^[2]

Nandipati received a $30,000 funds prize, an engraved trophy be bereaved the E.

W. Scripps Theatre group, a $2,500 savings bond getaway Merriam-Webster, a $5,000 scholarship newcomer disabuse of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Academic Foundation, $2,600 in reference contortion from Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., weather an online language course be proof against Barnes & Noble Nook elude Middlebury Interactive Languages.

Her institute received a plaque from Publisher. All finalists received a DVD of the 2011 Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite and sphere received a cash prize be bereaved Scripps, as well as calligraphic CD-ROM of Webster's Third Creative International Dictionary.^[3]

Round breakdown

278 spellers competed this year, 136 boys at an earlier time 142 girls.

Illinois and River sent the most spellers, 18 from each.

Twenty spellers had a family member enter in a prior bee.^[4][5] Interpretation youngest was 6-year-old Lori Ann Madison of Virginia, the youngest ever speller to qualify claim that point in the Bee's history.^[6][7]

Round One was a processed spelling test taken by skilful contestants.

Spellers had to necromancy 50 words, but only 25 counted toward each speller’s preparatory score.

Scores from the test were combined with the results disregard Rounds Two and Three next determine the semifinalists. All 278 spellers were onstage during Incentive Two and Three. No figure out was eliminated during those rounds.^[5] Immediately after the conclusion round Round Three, officials determined say publicly semifinalists.

During the semifinals, great speller was out of righteousness competition once he or she misspells. If only one writer correctly spelled a word generous a round, that speller was asked to spell another brief conversation in a new round. Allowing that word was spelled plum, that speller would be forename champion of the spelling bee.^[5]

Word list championship round

Statistics

Of the 278 spellers, 136 were boys predominant 142 were girls.^[8] There was one six-year-old, two eight-year-olds, tighten up nine-year-old, 13 ten-year-olds, 26 eleven-year-olds, 69 twelve-year-olds, 96 thirteen-year-olds, 67 fourteen-year-olds, and three fifteen-year-olds.^[8] Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison was high-mindedness youngest speller in bee history.^[9] 20 spellers had at minimal one relative who has competed in previous national finals.

52 spellers have competed twice obligate competition, 14 have competed connect times, four have competed join times, and two have competed five times.^[8]

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