CONGRATULATIONS
Houston Public Media spellers Shourav Dasari of The Woodlands and Raksheet Kota of Katy placed in the TOP FIVE at the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee! 8th grader Shourav Dasari #Speller254 placed fourth, winning a medal and cash prize of $10,000. He was eliminated in round 15 after misspelling the word “Struldbrug” (imaginary persons who can never die). 8th grader Raksheet Kota #Speller200 tied for fifth place, winning a medal and a cash prize of $3,750. He was eliminated in round 12 after misspelling the word “oedemerid” (a soft-bodied beetle).
The 2017 Scripps champion is 12-year-old #Speller264 Ananya Vinay, a 6th grader from Fresno, California, who spelled “marocain” (a dress fabric made of silk or rayon) correctly to win.
Congratulations to our 2017 HPM Spelling Bee Winners
The Houston Public Media Spelling Bee is the nation’s largest local spelling bee with spellers from over 1,100 schools in 42 Texas counties representing 100,000+ students.
More Photos of 2017 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee
School enrollment for the 2018 Spelling Bee begins end of August 2017.
Study Resources
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Suffixes, Prefixes, Stems/Roots/Combining Forms
Consolidated Word List
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day
Spelling Workshop with Syamantak Payra, 2016
Books
- Words of Wisdom: Keys to Success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee (Fourth Edition), by Scott B. Remer
- How to Spell Like a Champ, by Barrie Trinkle, Paige Kimble, Carolyn A. Andrews