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Are you smarter than a 13-year-old? Take our Scripps Spelling Bee test and find out

By Holly J. Morris

Published May 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM PDT

Faizan Zaki won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in National Harbor, Md.

"Éclaircissement."

And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night.

If you weren't playing along at home, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real thing. You can't stop and ask the judges for the Latin root or whatever, but do your best.

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Holly J. Morris

Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.

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