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Fifteen months ago, Dev Shah spent a miserable five hours spelling outdoors in chilly, windy, damp conditions at a supersize regional competition in Orlando, Florida, only to fall short of his dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Then, 14-year-old Dev Shah was given his final word to spell at the 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee: Psammophile.

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OXON HILL, Md.—Fifteen months ago, Dev Shah spent a miserable five hours spelling outdoors in chilly, windy, damp ...

He edged out fellow eighth-grader Charlotte Walsh, 14, from Arlington, Virginia, who finished in second-place after she misspelled "daviely," a Scottish-rooted word for listlessly, in the 14th round

A SCOTS word ultimately decided the victor at the US national spelling bee on Thursday...

He walked away with $50,000 and the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy after beating over 200 spelling competitors.

Scripps National Spelling Bee has been crowning champion spellers since 1925 and a whopping 15 winners have come from the Lone Star State.

The 6.25-inch long megalodon tooth is the largest prehistoric shark tooth diver Michael Nastasio has found in his 22 years of diving.

Kavya Jakasania, a seventh-grade student at Middle School 4 in Jersey City, reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.