Zaila Avant-garde: wins 93rd annual Scripp's National Spelling Bee
Walt Disney World
Championship word for Zaila Avant-garde…
-to win the 93rd
Scripp’s National
Spelling Bee
The word…
-a genus of tropical Asiatic &
Australian trees having pinnate
leaves & flowers with
imbricated petals
The word…
Q like the English name
Murray,
which could be the name
of a comedian?
A I don’t see that here.
The word…
Q What is the origin?
A It’s formed in Latin from
a Swedish name.
The word…
-m-u-r-r-a-y-a
-That is correct!
14-year old Zaila Avant-garde, New Orleans, Louisiana
“It felt really good to become
a winner simply because of
the fact that I’ve been like
working on it for two years…”