The 30 Impossible Words a St. Pete 7th Grader Spelled To Win the National Spelling Bee
12 year old Bruhat Soma is a phenom. As the winner of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee, he wins over $50,000 in cash and prizes. And Bruhat earned every…
Twelve-year-old Bruhat Soma, of Tampa, Florida, holds up his trophy alongside his family after winning the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30, 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. Soma spelled 29 words correctly in a tiebreaker spell-off to win the competition. The competition began with 245 spellers from around the world.
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)12 year old Bruhat Soma is a phenom. As the winner of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee, he wins over $50,000 in cash and prizes. And Bruhat earned every cent. The 30 impossible words he spelled correctly in just 90 seconds will blow your mind.
According to the Associated Press, Bruhat rehearsed every day for 6 months. That practice clearly paid off. The 7th grader at Turner/Bartels K-8 School in Tampa was like a machine as he effortlessly plowed through a list of words that would stump most adults.
His spellingbee.com bio lists badminton and ping-pong as his hobbies. Bruhat plays the snare drum in the school band and is avid reader.
They say the 3rd time is a charm. Bruhat finished in 163rd place 2 years ago. Last year he paced 74th. But the third time was indeed the charm as he won the national title last night.
Those 30 Impossible Words Bruhat Spelled In 90 Seconds
Curious to see how you would have done? Keep in mind Bruhat spelled these 30 incredibly difficult words correctly in 90 seconds!
- Brouette
- Adelantado
- Hyporcheme
- Bisellium
- Mycteric
- Endecha
- Sericin
- Nyctalopia
- Ascham
- Wenzel
- Cebell
- Heautophany
- Kwazoku
- Panetiere
- Sagaie
- Nachschlage
- Exorhason
- Giclee
- Ashwagandha
- Puszta
- Sarotum
- Scintillante
- Myrabalanus
- Sciniph
- Voussoir
- Caizinha
- Ramoneur
- Aposiopesis
- Abseil
This wasn't the first time a local genius won the big one!
It's time for a real life version of "Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader?" Grab someone who thinks they're smart and see if they can spell the words 14 year old Dev Shah from Largo did tonight to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
The 14 year-old walked away with $50,000 and the National Spelling Bee trophy. He out-spelled 228 other contestants to get to the final round. According to ABC Action News, Dev has been seriously competing in spelling bee's in the summer of fifth grade. When it came down to the final round of just two spellers, Dev spelled his word correctly, while his competitor did not. Dev then had to spell one more correct word for the championship title. He jumped from 51st and 76th place in previous competitions to first!
Here are the 15 words Dev spelled correctly and their meanings from Merrian-Webster. I can't even pronounce half of them and that's supposedly my job.
Ardoise
"A grayish purple color."
Grotesqueness
"The quality of being comically out of place or absurd."
Cocomat
"A matting made of coconut fiber."
Coconut fronds being weaved into a decorative hat by Polynesians at Papeete, Tahiti. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
Exhortation
"An address emphatically urging someone to do something."
Glower
"To look or stare with sullen brooding annoyance or anger."
Perioeci
"Those who live in the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians."
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)Teacher Mike Walmetz demonstrates the position of the earth and the moon during a lunar eclipse at the Flower Hill School. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
Legerdemain
"Use of one's hands conjuring tricks."
Poliorcetics
"The art of conducing and resisting sieges."
Schistorrhachis
"A not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed."
Chiromancy
"Supposed prediction of a person's future from interpreting the lines on the palms of their hands."
British statesman Herbert Morrison (1888 - 1965) has his palm read by Mrs Vaughan Williams at the Brockham Green Festival in Surrey, 2nd July 1951. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Aegagrus
"An undomesticated goat."
Rommack
"To romp or play boisterously."
Tolsester
"A toll paid to the feudal lord by a tenant for liberty to brew and sell ale."
Bathypitotmeter
"An instrument designed to record the current velocity and water temperature."
Psammophile
"An organism that prefers or thrives in sandy soils."
Speller Dev Shah of Largo, Florida, celebrates with his father Deval Shah, mother Nilam Shah, and brother Neil Shah after he won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center on June 1, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. Shah correctly spelled the word "psammophile" and won the competition. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
