The 69th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., on May 29–30, 1996, sponsored by the E.W.
Twelve-year-old Wendy Guey, from West Palm Beach, Florida won the competition by correctly spelling the word "vivisepulture".
Second place went to 13-year old Nikki Dowdy of Houston, Texas, who missed "cervicorn".
[4] There were 247 participants this year, 51% female, with about one-fourth coming from a private or parochial school, and 12 home-schoolers.
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