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United States National Spelling Bee

The United States National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee run on a non-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company.

The National Spelling Bee was formed in 1925 as a consolidation of numerous local spelling bees. The bee is held in May of each year, and is open to students under sixteen years of age. Its goal is educational: to encourage children to perfect the art of spelling. The winner of each year's bee is awarded a college scholarship.

The following are a few of the "winning words" in previous years.

• abrogate, in 1926
• foulard, in 1931
• canonical, in 1939
• sacrilegious, in 1942
• semaphore, in 1946
• insouciant, in 1951
• crustaceology, in 1955
• equipage, in 1963
• chihuahua, in 1967
• maculature, in 1979
• sarcophagus, in 1981
• staphylococci, in 1987
• kamikaze, in 1993
• logorrhea, in 1999
• prospicience, in 2002

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