Shrey Parikh wins Scripps National Spelling Bee

Key facts

• Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old Indian-American student from California who was also a finalist in the 2024 edition, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• He spelled 32 words correctly in 90 seconds, defeating Ishaan Gupta of New Jersey who spelled 25 words.
• The winning word was 'cashaw'.
• Parikh received prizes including $50,000, the Scripps Cup, a commemorative medal, $2,500 from Merriam-Webster, $1,000 in flight credits from Delta, and $400 worth of reference works from Encyclopaedia Britannica.
• The competition featured 247 contestants from all 50 US states, Washington D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Defence Department schools in Europe, and five other countries: the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirates.