This year, an Indian-American girl named Harini Logan won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by defeating 12-year-old Vikram Raju, know her age, biography and the all time winners list
She won the spelling bee in the first-ever lightning-round tiebreaker. According to a Scripps National Spelling Bee tweet, she spelled 22 words correctly during the unprecedented spell-off.
This year’s Bee was the first in-person Bee since 2019. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, the Bee was canceled, and in 2021, spellers participated digitally in the quarterfinals and semi-finals, with the winners then flying to Florida for the major event.
Know Who Is Harini Logan 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner, Age, Biography, Parents, Prize Money And All Time Winners List
This year, the Scripps National Spelling Bee hosted 234 spellers in National Harbour, Maryland which began at the end of May. And now, we have got the results and as expected the winner dominates the news.
So, let’s find out more about Harini and how did she win the competition and what did she get in it:
Who Is Harini Logan?
Harini Logan is a teenager who just won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition for the year 2022.
She is only 14 years old at the time. She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Her ethnicity is Indian, yet she is an American citizen. She is in the eighth grade at the San Antonio Montessori School and Dinesh Chandrasekhar and Rampriya Logan are her parents.
Logan is inspired by USA’s vice president Kamala Harris and is the fifth Scripps champion to be coached by Grace Walters, ex-student at Rice University. Logan won $50,000 cash prize and Scripps Cup along with prizes from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica.
Vikram Raju and Harini Logan, the final two contenders, had trouble spelling their words between rounds 13 and 18. The judges agreed to hold the first spell-off at that moment, allowing the champion 90 seconds to correctly spell as many words as possible, and the champion will win the Bee.
Logan spelled 22 words correctly, notably her winning word, moorhen, a term that refers to a female red grouse. Raju, the other contestant, spelled 15 incorrectly.
At the national level, Harini outspelled 230 contenders, including ‘sereh,’ a fragrant grass native to southern Asia, ‘charadriiform,’ a bird order that comprises shorebirds, auks, and gulls,’ and ‘ditalini,’ a short elbow-shaped macaroni.
Prize Money She Won
She received a $50,000 cash reward for winning the competition.
In addition to this, she also received a commemorative medal and the Scripps Cup, as well as a $2,500 cash award and Merriam-Webster reference library, as well as $400 in reference books from Encyclopedia Britannica.
Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners List
| 1st |
1925 |
gladiolus |
Frank Neuhauser |
The Courier-Journal |
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2nd |
1926 |
cerise |
Pauline Bell |
The Courier-Journal |
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 3rd |
1927 |
abrogate |
Dean Lucas |
Akron Beacon Journal |
Akron, Ohio |
| 4th |
1928 |
knack |
Betty Robinson |
South Bend News-Times |
South Bend, Indiana |
| 5th |
1929 |
luxuriance |
Virginia Hogan |
Omaha World-Herald |
Omaha, Nebraska |
| 6th |
1930 |
albumen |
Helen Jensen |
The Des Moines Register and Tribune |
Des Moines, Iowa |
| 7th |
1931 |
foulard |
Ward Randall |
White Hall Register-Republican |
White Hall, Illinois |
| 8th |
1932 |
invulnerable |
Dorothy Greenwald |
The Des Moines Register and Tribune |
Des Moines, Iowa |
| 9th |
1933 |
torsion |
Alma Roach |
Akron Beacon Journal |
Akron, Ohio |
| 10th |
1934 |
brethren |
Sarah Wilson |
Portland Evening Express |
Portland, Maine |
| 11th |
1935 |
intelligible |
Clara Mohler |
Akron Beacon Journal |
Akron, Ohio |
| 12th |
1936 |
eczema |
Jean Trowbridge |
The Des Moines Register and Tribune |
Des Moines, Iowa |
| 13th |
1937 |
promiscuous |
Waneeta Beckley |
The Courier-Journal |
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 14th |
1938 |
sanitarium |
Marian Richardson |
The Louisville Times |
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 15th |
1939 |
canonical |
Elizabeth Ann Rice |
Telegram & Gazette |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 16th |
1940 |
therapy |
Laurel Kuykendall |
The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 17th |
1941 |
initials |
Louis Edward Sissman |
The Detroit News |
Detroit, Michigan |
| 18th |
1942 |
sacrilegious |
Richard Earnhart |
El Paso Herald-Post |
El Paso, Texas |
| 19th |
1946 |
semaphore |
John McKinney |
The Des Moines Register and Tribune |
Des Moines, Iowa |
| 20th |
1947 |
chlorophyll |
Mattie Lou Pollard |
Atlanta Journal |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| 21st |
1948 |
psychiatry |
Jean Chappelear |
Akron Beacon Journal |
Akron, Ohio |
| 22nd |
1949 |
onerous |
Kim Calvin |
Canton Repository |
Canton, Ohio |
| 23rd |
1950 |
meticulosity |
Diana Reynard |
Cleveland Press |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Colquitt Dean |
Atlanta Journal |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| 24th |
1951 |
insouciant |
Irving Belz |
Memphis Press Scimitar |
Memphis, Tennessee |
| 25th |
1952 |
vignette |
Doris Ann Hall |
Winston-Salem Journal |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 26th |
1953 |
soubrette |
Elizabeth Hess |
Arizona Republic |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 27th |
1954 |
transept |
William Cashore |
Norristown Times Herald |
Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| 28th |
1955 |
crustaceology |
Sandra Sloss |
St. Louis Globe-Democrat |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| 29th |
1956 |
condominium |
Melody Sachko |
Pittsburgh Press |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 30th |
1957 |
schappe |
Dana Bennett |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| Sandra Owen |
Canton Repository |
Canton, Ohio |
| 31st |
1958 |
syllepsis |
Jolitta Schlehuber |
Topeka Daily Capital |
Topeka, Kansas |
| 32nd |
1959 |
catamaran |
Joel Montgomery |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| 33rd |
1960 |
eudaemonic |
Henry Feldman |
The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 34th |
1961 |
smaragdine |
John Capehart |
Tulsa Tribune |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 35th |
1962 |
esquamulose |
Nettie Crawford |
El Paso Herald-Post |
El Paso, Texas |
| Michael Day |
St. Louis Globe-Democrat |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| 36th |
1963 |
equipage |
Glen Van Slyke III |
The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 37th |
1964 |
sycophant |
William Kerek |
Akron Beacon Journal |
Akron, Ohio |
| 38th |
1965 |
eczema |
Michael Kerpan Jr. |
Tulsa Tribune |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 39th |
1966 |
ratoon |
Robert A. Wake |
Houston Chronicle |
Houston, Texas |
| 40th |
1967 |
chihuahua |
Jennifer Reinke |
The Omaha World-Herald |
Omaha, Nebraska |
| 41st |
1968 |
abalone |
Robert L. Walters |
The Topeka Daily Capital |
Topeka, Kansas |
| 42nd |
1969 |
interlocutory |
Susan Yoachum |
Dallas Morning News |
Dallas, Texas |
| 43rd |
1970 |
croissant |
Libby Childress |
Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 44th |
1971 |
shalloon |
Jonathan Knisely |
Philadelphia Bulletin |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 45th |
1972 |
macerate |
Robin Kral |
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |
Lubbock, Texas |
| 46th |
1973 |
vouchsafe |
Barrie Trinkle |
Fort Worth Press |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| 47th |
1974 |
hydrophyte |
Julie Ann Junkin |
Birmingham Post-Herald |
Birmingham, Alabama |
| 48th |
1975 |
incisor |
Hugh Tosteson García |
San Juan Star |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 49th |
1976 |
narcolepsy |
Tim Kneale |
Syracuse Herald-Journal |
Syracuse, New York |
| 50th |
1977 |
cambist |
John Paola |
The Pittsburgh Press |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 51st |
1978 |
deification |
Peg McCarthy |
The Topeka Capital-Journal |
Topeka, Kansas |
| 52nd |
1979 |
maculature |
Katie Kerwin |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| 53rd |
1980 |
elucubrate |
Jacques Bailly |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| 54th |
1981 |
sarcophagus |
Paige Pipkin |
El Paso Herald-Post |
El Paso, Texas |
| 55th |
1982 |
psoriasis |
Molly Dieveney |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| 56th |
1983 |
Purim |
Blake Giddens |
El Paso Herald-Post |
El Paso, Texas |
| 57th |
1984 |
luge |
Daniel Greenblatt |
Loudoun Times-Mirror |
Leesburg, Virginia |
| 58th |
1985 |
milieu |
Balu Natarajan |
Chicago Tribune |
Chicago, Illinois |
| 59th |
1986 |
odontalgia |
Jon Pennington |
The Patriot News |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 60th |
1987 |
staphylococci |
Stephanie Petit |
The Pittsburgh Press |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 61st |
1988 |
elegiacal |
Rageshree Ramachandran |
The Sacramento Bee |
Sacramento, California |
| 62nd |
1989 |
spoliator |
Scott Isaacs |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| 63rd |
1990 |
fibranne |
Amy Marie Dimak |
The Seattle Times |
Seattle, Washington |
| 64th |
1991 |
antipyretic |
Joanne Lagatta |
Wisconsin State Journal |
Clintonville, Wisconsin |
| 65th |
1992 |
lyceum |
Amanda Goad |
The Richmond News Leader |
Richmond, Virginia |
| 66th |
1993 |
kamikaze |
Geoff Hooper |
The Commercial Appeal |
Memphis, Tennessee |
| 67th |
1994 |
antediluvian |
Ned G. Andrews |
The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 68th |
1995 |
xanthosis |
Justin Tyler Carroll |
The Commercial Appeal |
Memphis, Tennessee |
| 69th |
1996 |
vivisepulture |
Wendy Guey |
The Palm Beach Post |
West Palm Beach, Florida |
| 70th |
1997 |
euonym |
Rebecca Sealfon |
New York Daily News |
New York City |
| 71st |
1998 |
chiaroscurist |
Jody-Anne Maxwell |
Phillips & Phillips Stationery Suppliers |
Kingston, Jamaica |
| 72nd |
1999 |
logorrhea |
Nupur Lala |
The Tampa Tribune |
Tampa, Florida |
| 73rd |
2000 |
demarche |
George Thampy |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| 74th |
2001 |
succedaneum |
Connor Flanagan |
Aitkin Independent Age |
Aitkin, Minnesota |
| 75th |
2002 |
prospicience |
Pratyush Buddiga |
Rocky Mountain News |
Denver, Colorado |
| 76th |
2003 |
pococurante |
Sai Gunturi |
Dallas Morning News |
Dallas, Texas |
| 77th |
2004 |
autochthonous |
David Tidmarsh |
South Bend Tribune |
South Bend, Indiana |
| 78th |
2005 |
appoggiatura |
Anurag Kashyap |
San Diego Union-Tribune |
San Diego, California |
| 79th |
2006 |
Ursprache |
Kerry Close |
Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune |
Spring Lake, New Jersey |
| 80th |
2007 |
serrefine |
Evan O’Dorney |
Contra Costa Times |
Walnut Creek, California |
| 81st |
2008 |
guerdon |
Sameer Mishra |
Journal & Courier |
West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 82nd |
2009 |
Laodicean |
Kavya Shivashankar |
The Olathe News |
Olathe, Kansas |
| 83rd |
2010 |
stromuhr |
Anamika Veeramani |
The Plain Dealer |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| 84th |
2011 |
cymotrichous |
Sukanya Roy |
Times Leader |
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
| 85th |
2012 |
guetapens |
Snigdha Nandipati |
U-T San Diego |
San Diego, California |
| 86th |
2013 |
knaidel |
Arvind Mahankali |
New York Daily News |
New York City |
| 87th |
2014 |
stichomythia |
Sriram J. Hathwar |
Corning Rotary Club |
Corning, New York |
| feuilleton |
Ansun Sujoe |
Texas Christian University |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| 88th |
2015 |
scherenschnitte |
Vanya Shivashankar |
The Olathe News |
Olathe, Kansas |
| nunatak |
Gokul Venkatachalam |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| 89th |
2016 |
Feldenkrais |
Jairam Hathwar |
Corning Rotary Club |
Corning, New York |
| gesellschaft |
Nihar Saireddy Janga |
Houston Public Media |
Austin, Texas |
| 90th |
2017 |
marocain |
Ananya Vinay |
The Fresno Bee |
Fresno, California |
| 91st |
2018 |
koinonia |
Karthik Nemmani |
Scoggins Middle School |
McKinney, Texas |
| 92nd |
2019 |
auslaut |
Rishik Gandhasri |
Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee |
San Jose, California |
| erysipelas |
Erin Howard |
Adventure Travel |
Huntsville, Alabama |
| bougainvillea |
Saketh Sundar |
Howard County Library |
Clarksville, Maryland |
| aiguillette |
Shruthika Padhy |
Rosa International Middle School |
Cherry Hill, New Jersey |
| pendeloque |
Sohum Sukhatankar |
Dallas Sports Commission |
Dallas, Texas |
| palama |
Abhijay Kodali |
Dallas Sports Commission |
Flower Mound, Texas |
| cernuous |
Christopher Serrao |
Discover Lehigh Valley |
Whitehouse Station, New Jersey |
| odylic |
Rohan Raja |
Dallas Sports Commission |
Irving, Texas |
| 93rd |
2021 |
Murraya |
Zaila Avant-garde |
New Orleans Chapter of the Links |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 94th |
2022 |
*Spelled more words correctly in the 90 second spell-off; this is the first year that this format has been implemented to determine the champion. |
Harini Logan |
The Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association |
San Antonio, Texas |
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