87th Scripps National Spelling Bee

87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Date	May 27–29, 2014
Location	Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland
Winner	Ansun Sujoe; Sriram Hathwar; (co-winners)
Age	13 (Sujoe); 14 (Hathwar);
Residence	Fort Worth, Texas (Sujoe); Painted Post, New York (Hathwar);
Sponsor	Texas Christian University (Sujoe); Corning Rotary Club (Hathwar);
Winning word	feuilleton (Sujoe); stichomythia (Hathwar);
No. of contestants	281
Pronouncer	Jacques Bailly
Preceded by	86th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Followed by	88th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held from May 27 to May 29, 2014 at the Gaylord National in Oxon Hill, Maryland and was broadcast live on ESPN3, the semi-finals on ESPN2, with the final rounds live on ESPN. Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas and Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York won the competition, making the 87th Bee the twelfth in the past sixteen competitions to have an Indian-American champion.

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