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| Arvind Mahankali |
Arvind Mahankali, 13, has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling ‘knaidel’, a small ball of unleavened dough. Arvind, who lives in new York, defeated ten other finalists to win the $30,000 prize. He told reporters that the victory means he will retire on a high note. The boy wants to become a quantum physicist. It may not be too difficult for him. Knaidel is a German Yiddish word. Arvind’s successful spelling of it breaks what he called “”the German curse” because he had been eliminated from the bee twice previously when he misspelled German words.
