The seven-letter word "knaidel" crowned Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., champion of the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee, breaking his streak of bad luck in past years with spelling words of German origin.
The 13-year-old from Bayside Hills, N.Y., correctly spelled “knaidel,” the word for a small mass of leavened dough, to win the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. The bee tested brain power, composure and,
The 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee came down to Pranav Sivakumar versus Arvind Mahankali. Both have made the national spelling bee before, but four-time national spelling bee contestant Mahankal, 13, pulled it out.
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Arvind, an eighth grader at Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School, won the nationally televised contest last night by spelling “knaidel,” a Yiddish term of German origin meaning “dumpling.” Straight-faced through most of the bee,
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