34 of the Toughest Winning Words From the National Spelling Bee

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Winning word 1988: elegiacal

Who won: Rageshree Ramachandran, a 13-year-old from California

How to say it: “el-i-jahy–uh k-uh l”

What it means: sorrowful or lamenting

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