Congratulations to Rancho Cucamonga’s own Shrey Parikh on winning the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee! Your talent is astonishing, further demonstrated by you spelling 32 words correctly during the spell-off, a new Bee record. You make CA-28 proud!
Rep. Judy Chu
Breaking: Shrey Parikh, 14, of California, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday in a spell-off. Parikh spelled 32 words correctly during the spell-off, more than Ishaan Gupta’s 25 words.
More on this year's dramatic finish and slew of prizes: https://wapo.st/3RNU9RV
