Parikh edges out Gupta to win Scripps Bee in dramatic lightning round
Shrey Parikh won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, defeating Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round finale to take the national title.
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Scripps Bee 2026 finals hinge on spell-off after tense Washington showdown
Live updates from the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington show nearly 250 competitors started the three-day event, with nine advancing to the finals. The winner will receive $50,000, a commemorative medal, the Scripps Cup, plus $2,500 and a Merriam-Webster reference library, and the finals are being broadcast on ION, spellingbee.com, and other Scripps-affiliated stations, with the evening expected to end in a spell-off.