{"id":2644,"date":"2026-05-28T01:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:11:03","slug":"2026-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/2026-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to the 9 spellers who advanced to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee \u2014 every one of them is a SpellPundit student! Here are a few photos of these outstanding spellers with their SpellPundit trophies after placing in the Top 10 of the 2026 SpellPundit Spelling Bee competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aiden Meng, Danville, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliver Halkett, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shrey Parikh, San Bernardino, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zwe Spacetime, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarv Dharavane, Tucker, GA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ishaan Gupta, Jersey City, NJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kushi Gottimukkala, Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avishka Dudala, Dallas, TX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logan Bailey, Houston, TX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-203x270.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aiden-Meng-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-832x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-832x1024.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-768x945.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-1248x1536.jpeg 1248w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-1664x2048.jpeg 1664w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Oliver-Halkett-219x270.jpeg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-203x270.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ishaan-Gupta-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-203x270.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logan-Bailey-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the 9 spellers who advanced to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee \u2014 every one of them is a SpellPundit student! Here are a few photos of these outstanding spellers with their SpellPundit trophies after placing in the Top 10 of the 2026 SpellPundit Spelling Bee competition. Aiden Meng, Danville, CA Oliver Halkett, Los Angeles, CA Shrey Parikh, San Bernardino, CA Zwe Spacetime, Washington D.C. Sarv Dharavane, Tucker, GA Ishaan Gupta, Jersey City, NJ Kushi Gottimukkala,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/2026-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finalists\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions\/2649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}