the vocab rounds shifting from common knowledge to more root knowledge is a good change but it's also too early to be sure of the word choice for the rest of the rounds #spellingbee

omphalo (navel) + skepsis (to see/look) combined make a really fun but sort of common word #spellingbee

scottish words can have tricky consonants - traik is yet another dialectal word (I def don't think this'll be the last of 'em) #spellingbee

katuka- the u is an unusual spelling for the schwa in a word of sanskrit origin #spellingbee

while we're just two spelling rounds in, it seems that the specific rounds have themes in mind (r1 -> greek/geographical) (r2 -> indian subcontinent/scottish) and many of the misspells have been on words that twist the typical spelling patterns #spellingbee

this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee has been the smoothest watching experience so far esp since the two times before I was ? 11 hrs ahead and the other time I was in the mountains w no wifi 💀💀💀#spellingbee

That moment you find out the Bee Finals are on! Tune in now. Don't miss the big confetti moment. 🎊 spellingbee.com/watch #spellingbee

question "trends" -> repeat the word 5 times (i did this) -> ask for all of the information -> ask for all the information (exc. sentence) #spellingbee

pharetrone is esp tricky for the fact that the middle schwa is spelled with an e and not an o (a common combining form for greek words) #spellingbee

heraldry words are infamously tricky especially when they are short - as evidenced by role #spellingbee

bathypitotmeter and daviely absolutely do not belong in the same round #spellingbee

#Speller36 Dev Shah from Florida has spelled the word psammophile correctly, making him our 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion! Maybe he'll head to the beach to celebrate? spellingbee.com/speller-summar… #spellingbee

and another Scripps National Spelling Bee winner from #florida with psammophile - congrats dev!!

Congratulations to Dev Shah for winning the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee Will you sign our Dictionary?

UnBEElievable! #Speller36 Dev Shah representing the SNSB Region One Bee in Largo, Florida is the Champion of the 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee. His winning word? Psammophile. 🐝 #spellingbee

ochem in my spelling bee what has this world come to

sine qua non is a little foul after tesseract and jurisprudential 🤏

hot (luddite-adjacent) take, air/hand writing >>>>>> air typing #spellingbee

the captions also unfortunately misspelled apophasis :(( #spellingbee

After a 24-year break between Florida champs, there are two in a row. #SpellingBee