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Bruhat Soma spelled 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, beating Faizan Zaki by nine words, to win the title on Thursday night. He receives a trophy and more than $50,000 in cash and prizes.
The 12-year-old seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, had won three consecutive bees before arriving at a convention center outside Washington for the most prestigious spelling competition in the English language.
