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The 78th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee in the United States, with participants from other countries as well. It is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W...

was held June 1–2, 2005 in Washington D.C. 272 students competed.

Anurag Kashyap, 13, won the competition. He spelled the word appoggiatura, a musical term, correctly. 11-year-old Samir Patel of Colleyville

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, Texas

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and Aliya Deri, 13, of Pleasanton

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, California

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tied for second place. Patel misspelled the word Roscian. Deri misspelled the word trouvaille.

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