The end of last night's bee felt a bit anticlimactic in real time, in that the result of the speed spell-off round was judged offstage, so you never quite saw the moment when the winning word came. But rewatching this mind-blowing speed round is like seeing an elite athlete in peak form. Go Shrey!
Dana Stevens
Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of @minakimes.bsky.social
