Moment 14-year-old Shrey Parikh wins US national spelling bee

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 29, 2026 · 78 words

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Watch: Moment 14-year-old wins US national spelling bee A teenager from California has won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, following three days of competition at Washington's Constitution Hall.

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What happened

Why it matters

Shrey Parikh went head to head with Ishaan Gupta, a 12-year-old, in the final round.

Common ground

The pair had to spell as many words as they could in 90 seconds.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “"cashaw", a type of pumpkin, declared his winning word”

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Three independent sources confirm that the winning word was 'cashaw', which is identified as a type of pumpkin.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Shrey correctly spelled 32 words, winning the final round with the word "cashaw," which is a type of pumpkin. June 1. Transcript. Your first ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY6EaasOlVG/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Shrey correctly spelled 32 words in the allotted time frame, with "cashaw", a type of pumpkin, declared his winning word. 28 May 2026. United States.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c87qnjj8x7lo

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... Shrey correctly spelled 32 words during the challenge, with “cashaw” — a type of pumpkin — becoming his championship-winning word. Speaking ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZExamEkex_/

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Claim 2: “A teenager from California has won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee”

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Multiple independent web sources (AOL, BBC, and other news reports) confirm that 14-year-old Shrey Parikh from California won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, from May 27-29, 2025. The Bee marked a special milestone with its comme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/97th_Scripps_National_Spelling…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 98th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee competition being held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. out of a desire to bring the bee back to D.C. proper after being held at t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_Scripps_National_Spelling…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The competitio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scripps_National_Spell…

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Claim 3: “Shrey Parikh went head to head with Ishaan Gupta, a 12-year-old, in the final round”

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Two independent web sources confirm Shrey Parikh defeated Ishaan Gupta, a 12-year-old from Jersey City, in the final round.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shrey Parikh felt the pressure of arriving at the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a favorite, but his confidence showed every time he got a word he knew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2DgYf1MaM

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web search NEUTRAL — A 14-year-old teenager from California has won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, after three days of competition at Washington's Constitution Hall.He defeated Ishaan Gupta, a 12-year-old seventh…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21m0j5xm7o

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Claim 4: “The pair had to spell as many words as they could in 90 seconds”

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Multiple web search results specify that the final round challenge required contestants to spell as many words as possible within a 90-second time limit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Scripps National Spelling Bee, formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and often referred to as the National Spelling Bee or simply “the Spelling Bee” in the United States, is an annual …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee

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Claim 5: “three days of competition at Washington's Constitution Hall”

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Web search results and Wikipedia (98th Scripps National Spelling Bee entry) confirm the event was held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and lasted three days.

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Claim 6: “Shrey correctly spelled 32 words in the allotted time frame”

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Three independent sources (BBC and two other web reports) explicitly state that Shrey Parikh correctly spelled 32 words in the allotted time frame.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pishachini (lit. 'demoness') is an Indian Hindi-language television supernatural drama series that aired from 8 August 2022 to 13 January 2023 on Colors TV. It is digitally available on JioHotstar. Pr…
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