34 of the Toughest Winning Words From the National Spelling Bee

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Winning words 2014: feuilleton + stichomythia

Who won: Ansun Sujoe, a 13-year-old from Texas, and Sriram Hathwar, a 14-year-old from New York, tied for first place after exhausting the entire list of words

How to say them: “foi-yuh–tawn” + “stik-uh–mith-ee-uh”

What they mean: a part of a newspaper for fiction, essays, and other lighter reading; a Greek drama technique where two characters speak alternately

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