Twelve-year-old Bruhat Soma, of Tampa, Florida, is handed the Scripps Cup by E. W. Scripps Company CEO Adam Symson after winning the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Soma spelled 29 words correctly in a tiebreaker spell-off against Faizan Zaki, also 12, to win the competition after making it through 14 rounds over three days. The 2024 national finals began with 245 spellers from around the world. ⁠ ⁠ Swipe ➡️ to see some of our favorites from this year's Bee I May 28-30, 2024 I 📸: anna.money I #GettyImagesNews #GettyImages #Scripps #SpellingBee