{"id":1018,"date":"2026-06-01T18:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askneurology.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/matt-bee-champion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:44:51","slug":"matt-bee-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askneurology.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/matt-bee-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt: Bee Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spellingbee.com\/\">Spelling bees<\/a> have gotten a lot more intense. How many of these do you know?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">torrone, enthymeme, iguape, Denebola, fais-dodo, cywyddau, pohutukawa, monadnock, \u00e9meute, nannofossil, tongkang, Natchitoches, flaith, semele, rusell, sawder, campernelle, Nicol, Zamenis, Tharparkar, tlachtli, madoqua, retiarius, balintawak, tessaraconter, taurokathapsia, rapakivi, uayeb, paroemia, melengket, teraglin, homelyn, chikungunya, bromocriptine (cashaw)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yFkrOpDja1o\">Check out the first 90 seconds of this video where Shrey Parikh gets 32 out of 34 correct to become the 2026 champion<\/a>. That speed round is called a \u201cspell-off,\u201d and so many of the kids are getting all the words right that they use it to break ties. 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