Shrey Parikh is the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion!
Shrey, a 14-year-old speller from San Bernardino, California, representing the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, won this year's Bee following the third Spell-off in Bee history.
He correctly spelled 32 words, a new record for the Spell-off. His winning word is "bromocriptine," which is "a polypeptide alkaloid that is a derivative of ergot and mimics the activity of dopamine."
Meet the Finalists
a new H-O-M-E
The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee will take place at a new venue: DAR Constitution Hall. 247 spellers from across the country and around the world will travel to Washington, D.C., for Memorial Day. For these spellers, Bee Week will include much more than three days of nationally-televised competition.
beelieve in the power of words
In celebration of our centennial in 2025, the Bee launched Beelieve, a fund in partnership with the Scripps Howard Fund to make spelling bees more accessible for schools and communities across the country.
buzzing into a new century of the Bee
Last year, the Bee celebrated 100 years of the National Spelling Bee. Since 1925, children across America have participated in classroom, school and regional spelling bees with the hope of making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
