Twelve-year-old George Abraham Thampy, from Saint Louis, Missouri won the competition by correctly spelling the word "demarche".
Thampy was the second home-schooled student to ever win the Bee.
[6] Second place went to 12-year old Sean Conley of Newark, California who missed "apotropaic".
Third place went to 14-year old Allison Miller of Niskayuna, New York, who missed "venire".
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